I. COMPOSING.
COMP 1. Writing with a Computer.
COMP 2. Planning.
COMP 3. Writing a Draft.
COMP 4. Revising.
COMP 5. Editing.
COMP 6. Annotated Student Essay.
II. PARAGRAPHS.
PARA 1. Unity.
PARA 2. Development.
PARA 3. Coherence.
III. GRAMMAR ESSENTIALS.
GRAM 1. Parts of Speech.
GRAM 2. Parts of Sentences.
GRAM 3. Phrases.
GRAM 4. Clauses.
GRAM 5. Types of Sentences.
IV. ESL BASICS.
ESL 1. Verbs.
ESL 2. Nouns, Quantifiers, and Articles.
ESL 3. Adjectives and Adverbs.
ESL 4. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.
ESL 5. Parts of Sentences.
ESL 6. Special Problems.
ESL 7. Confusing Words and Phrases.
V. SENTENCES.
SENT 1. Parallelism.
SENT 2. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.
SENT 3. Shifts.
SENT 4. Unified and Logical Sentences.
SENT 5. Subordination and Coordination.
SENT 6. Emphasis.
SENT 7. Sentence Variety.
VI. EDITING FOR GRAMMAR.
EDIT 1. Subject-Verb Agreement.
EDIT 2. Verbs: Form, Tense, Mood, and Voice.
EDIT 3. Pronoun Problems.
EDIT 4. Adjectives and Adverbs.
EDIT 5. Fragments.
EDIT 6. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
VII. WORD CHOICE.
WORD 1. Eliminate Clutter.
WORD 2. Exactness.
WORD 3. Appropriateness.
WORD 4. Bias in Writing.
WORD 5. The Dictionary.
WORD 6. The Thesaurus.
WORD 7. Glossary of Usage.
VIII. PUNCTUATION.
PUNCT 1. The Comma.
PUNCT 2. The Semicolon.
PUNCT 3. The Colon.
PUNCT 4. The Apostrophe.
PUNCT 5. Quotation Marks.
PUNCT 6. Other Punctuation Marks.
IX. MECHANICS.
MECH 1. Capitals.
MECH 2. Abbreviations.
MECH 3. Numbers.
MECH 4. Italics/Underlining.
MECH 5. The Hyphen.
MECH 6. Spelling.
X. DOCUMENT DESIGN.
DESIGN 1. Understanding the Principles of Design.
DESIGN 2. The Elements of Design.
DESIGN 3. Visuals.
XI. WRITING AN ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY/WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE.
ARGUE 1. Understand the Elements of Argument.
ARGUE 2. Make Appropriate Appeals.
ARGUE 3. Considering Your Audience.
ARGUE 4. Refuting the Opposition's Arguments.
ARGUE 5. Annotated Student Argumentative Essay.
ARGUE 6. Organizing the Argumentative Essay.
WRITING ABOUT LITERATURE.
LIT 1. Reading and Analyzing a Literary Text.
LIT 2. Observing the Conventions.
LIT 3. Using Quotations.
LIT 4. Annotated Student Essay about Literature.
XII. SPECIAL KINDS OF WRITING.
SPECIAL 1. E-Communication.
SPECIAL 2. Business Writing.
SPECIAL 3. Oral Presentations.
SPECIAL 4. Essay Examinations
XIII. THE RESEARCH PAPER.
RESCH 1. Conducting Library and Internet Research.
RESCH 2. Selecting and Evaluating Sources.
RESCH 3 Keeping Track of Information.
RESCH 4. Organizing and Drafting the Research Paper.
RESCH 5. Documenting Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism.
RESCH 6. Integrating Borrowed Information.
RESCH 7. Revising the Research Paper.
XIV. MLA DOCUMENTATION AND FORMAT.
MLA DOCU 1. MLA In-Text Citations.
MLA DOCU 2. MLA List of Works Cited.
MLA DOCU 3. MLA Information Notes.
MLA DOCU 4. MLA Manuscript Format.
MLA DOCU 5. Sample Student Research Paper: MLA Style.
XV. OTHER STYLES: APA AND CMS.
OTHER DOCU 1. APA In-Text Citations.
OTHER DOCU 2. APA Style References.
OTHER DOCU 3. Annotated Student APA-Style Research Paper.
OTHER DOCU 4. Chicago Manual Documentation Style.
OTHER DOCU 5. Other Documentation Styles.
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