Developmental Exercises to Accompany a Writer's Reference

by Hacker, Diana; Van Goor, Wanda

• ISBN13: 9780312196745
• ISBN10: 0312196741
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-03-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Summary

Class-tested by over 2,000,000 students at over 1,500 schools, A Writer's Reference is the most widely adopted of all hand-books. This is a book that students can -- and will -- use on their own. The new fifth edition expands coverage on research and argument and is now thoroughly integrated with an enhanced companion Web site developed by Diana Hacker herself. On the Web and in print, Diana Hacker remains the source students and their instructors can trust.

Table of Contents

Effective Sentences
Parallelism: Guided practice	1	(1)
Parallelism	2	(1)
Parallelism	3	(1)
Parallelism: Guided review	4	(1)
Needed words: Guided practice	5	(1)
Needed words	6	(1)
Needed words	7	(1)
Needed words: Guided review	8	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided practice	9	(1)
Misplaced modifiers	10	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers	11	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided review	12	(1)
Distracting shifts: Guided practice	13	(1)
Distracting shifts	14	(1)
Distracting shifts	15	(1)
Distracting shifts: Guided review	16	(1)
Mixed constructions: Guided practice	17	(1)
Mixed constructions	18	(1)
Mixed constructions	19	(1)
Mixed constructions: Guided review	20	(1)
Coordination and subordination: Guided practice	21	(1)
Coordination and subordination	22	(1)
Coordination and subordination	23	(1)
Coordination and subordination: Guided review	24	(1)
Sentence variety: Guided practice	25	(1)
Sentence variety	26	(1)
Sentence variety: Guided review	27	(2)
Effective sentences (E1--E7)	28	(1)
Word Choice
Wordy sentences: Guided practice	29	(1)
Wordy sentences	30	(1)
Wordy sentences	31	(1)
Wordy sentences: Guided review	32	(1)
Active and passive voice: Guided practice	33	(1)
Deciding whether a be verb is appropriate	34	(1)
Deciding whether a passive verb is appropriate	35	(1)
Active and passive voice: Guided review	36	(1)
Appropriate language: Guided practice	37	(1)
Appropriate language	38	(1)
Appropriate language	39	(1)
Appropriate language: Guided review	40	(1)
Exact language: Guided practice	41	(1)
Exact language	42	(1)
Exact language	43	(1)
Exact language	44	(1)
Exact language: Guided review	45	(2)
Choosing words (W1--W5)	46	(1)
Grammatical Sentences
Subject-verb agreement: Guided practice	47	(1)
Subject-verb agreement	48	(1)
Subject-verb agreement	49	(1)
Subject-verb agreement: Guided review	50	(1)
Other problems with verbs: Guided practice	51	(1)
Verb forms	52	(1)
Verb tense and mood	53	(1)
Active and passive voice	54	(1)
Other problems with verbs: Guided review	55	(2)
Pronouns: Guided practice	57	(1)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement and pronoun reference	58	(1)
Pronoun case	59	(1)
Pronouns: Guided review	60	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided practice	61	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	62	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	63	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided review	64	(1)
Sentence fragments: Guided practice	65	(1)
Sentence fragments	66	(1)
Sentence fragments	67	(1)
Sentence fragments	68	(1)
Sentence fragments	69	(1)
Sentence fragments: Guided review	70	(1)
Run-on sentences: Guided practice	71	(2)
Run-on sentences	73	(2)
Run-on sentences	75	(1)
Run-on sentences	76	(1)
Run-on sentences: Guided review	77	(2)
Grammatical sentences (G1--G6)	78	(1)
ESL Trouble Spots
Articles: Guided practice	79	(1)
Articles	80	(1)
Articles	81	(1)
Articles: Guided review	82	(1)
Special problems with verbs: Guided practice	83	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	84	(1)
Helping verbs, main verbs, and omitted verbs	85	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	86	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	87	(1)
Conditional verbs	87	(1)
Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives	88	(1)
Two-word verbs	89	(1)
Special problems with verbs: Guided review	90	(1)
Sentence structure and other trouble spots: Guided practice	91	(1)
Omissions and needless repetitions	92	(1)
Placement of adjectives	93	(1)
Use of present and past participles	94	(1)
Sentence structure and other trouble spots: Guided review	95	(2)
Editing for ESL problems (T1--T4)	96	(1)
Punctuation
The comma: Guided practice	97	(2)
The comma	99	(1)
The comma	100	(1)
The comma	101	(1)
The comma	102	(1)
The comma	103	(1)
The comma: Guided review	104	(1)
The semicolon: Guided practice	105	(1)
The semicolon	106	(1)
The semicolon	107	(1)
The semicolon: Guided review	108	(1)
The colon: Guided practice	109	(1)
The colon	110	(1)
The colon	111	(1)
The colon: Guided review	112	(1)
The apostrophe: Guided practice	113	(1)
The apostrophe	114	(1)
The apostrophe	115	(1)
The apostrophe: Guided review	116	(1)
Quotation marks: Guided practice	117	(1)
Quotation marks	118	(1)
Quotation marks	119	(1)
Quotation marks: Guided review	120	(2)
Other punctuation marks: Guided practice	122	(1)
Other punctuation marks	123	(1)
Other punctuation marks	124	(1)
Other punctuation marks: Guided review	125	(2)
Editing for punctuation (P1--P7)	126	(1)
Spelling and Mechanics
Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided practice	127	(1)
Spelling	128	(1)
The hyphen	128	(1)
Capitalization	129	(1)
Spelling, the hyphen, and capitalization: Guided review	130	(1)
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided practice	131	(1)
Abbreviations and numbers	132	(1)
Italics (underlining)	133	(1)
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided review	134	(3)
Spelling and mechanics (S1--S6)	135	(2)
Grammar Basics
Parts of speech: Preview	137	(1)
Nouns and noun/adjectives	138	(1)
Nouns and noun/adjectives	139	(1)
Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives	140	(1)
Verbs	141	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	142	(1)
Prepositions and conjunctions	143	(1)
Parts of speech: Review	144	(1)
Parts of sentences: Preview	145	(1)
Subjects	146	(1)
Direct objects and subject complements	147	(1)
Indirect objects and object complements	148	(1)
Direct objects, indirect objects, and object complements	149	(1)
Parts of sentences: Review	150	(1)
Subordinate word groups: Preview	151	(1)
Prepositional phrases	152	(1)
Verbal phrases	153	(2)
Prepositional and verbal phrases	155	(1)
Subordinate clauses	156	(1)
Subordinate word groups: Review	157	(1)
Sentence types: Preview	158	(1)
Sentence types	159	(1)
Sentence types: Review	160	(1)
Answers to Guided Practice and Preview Exercises	161