English Workshop: Third Course

by Holt Rinehart & Winston

• ISBN13: 9780030971761
• ISBN10: 0030971764
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-01-01
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt School

Table of Contents

INVITATION TO WRITING
The Writing Process
Prewriting: Finding Ideas for Writing	1	(1)
Prewriting: Brainstorming and Clustering	2	(1)
Prewriting: Asking Questions	3	(2)
Prewriting: Arranging Ideas	5	(1)
Writing a First Draft	6	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	7	(3)
Proofreading and Publishing	10	(3)
Paragraph Workshops
Main Ideas and Topic Sentences	13	(2)
Unity	15	(2)
Coherence	17	(2)
Using Description	19	(1)
Using Evaluation	20	(1)
Using Narration	21	(2)
Using Classification	23	(2)
Composition Workshops
Planning a Composition	25	(2)
Writing Introductions	27	(3)
Writing Conclusions	30	(3)
AIMS FOR WRITING
Expressing Yourself
A Personal Impression Essay	33	(8)
Thinking About the Model	34	(2)
Prewriting	36	(1)
Writing	37	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	38	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	39	(1)
For Your Portfolio	40	(1)
Creative Writing
A Story Poem	41	(8)
Thinking About the Model	42	(2)
Prewriting	44	(1)
Writing	45	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	46	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	47	(1)
For Your Portfolio	48	(1)
Informing Others
A Press Release	49	(6)
Thinking About the Model	50	(1)
Prewriting	51	(2)
Writing	53	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	53	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	54	(1)
For Your Portfolio	54	(1)
Persuading Others
A Persuasive Letter	55	(8)
Thinking About the Model	56	(2)
Prewriting	58	(1)
Writing	59	(1)
Evaluating and Revising	60	(1)
Proofreading and Publishing	61	(1)
For Your Portfolio	62	(1)
LANGUAGE AND STYLE
Sentence Workshops
Sentence Fragments	63	(2)
Subordinate Clause Fragments	65	(2)
Run-on Sentences	67	(4)
Review Exercise	69	(2)
Combining by Inserting Words	71	(2)
Combining by Inserting Phrases	73	(2)
Compound Elements	75	(2)
Combining Through Subordination	77	(2)
Improving Sentence Style	79	(2)
Varying Sentence Beginnings	81	(4)
Chapter Review	83	(2)
Language Workshops
Formal English	85	(2)
Informal English	87	(2)
Denotation and Connotation	89	(4)
Chapter Review	91	(2)
GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND MECHANICS
The Parts of Speech
Nouns	93	(2)
Compound Nouns	95	(2)
Review Exercise 1	96	(1)
Pronouns	97	(2)
Adjectives	99	(2)
Pronouns and Nouns Used as Adjectives	101	(4)
Review Exercise 2	103	(2)
Verbs	105	(2)
Linking Verbs	107	(2)
Verb Phrases	109	(2)
Adverbs	111	(2)
Other Uses of Adverbs	113	(2)
Prepositions	115	(2)
Conjunctions and Interjections	117	(4)
Chapter Review	119	(2)
The Sentence
The Sentence	121	(2)
Subject and Predicate	123	(2)
The Simple Subject and Simple Predicate	125	(2)
Finding the Subject	127	(2)
Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs	129	(2)
Complements	131	(2)
The Subject Complement	133	(2)
Objects	135	(2)
Classifying Sentences by Purpose	137	(4)
Chapter Review	139	(2)
The Phrase
Prepositional Phrases	141	(2)
Adjective Phrases and Adverb Phrases	143	(2)
Verbals and Verb Phrases	145	(2)
Participial Phrases	147	(2)
Gerunds	149	(2)
Gerund Phrases	151	(2)
Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases	153	(4)
Review Exercise	155	(2)
Appositives and Appositive Phrases	157	(4)
Chapter Review	159	(2)
The Clause
Kinds of Clauses	161	(2)
The Adjective Clause	163	(2)
The Adverb Clause	165	(2)
The Noun Clause	167	(2)
Sentence Structure	169	(4)
Chapter Review	171	(2)
Agreement
Subject-Verb Agreement	173	(2)
Intervening Phrases	175	(2)
Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns	177	(2)
The Compound Subject	179	(2)
Doesn't / Don't and Collective Nouns	181	(2)
Other Problems in Agreement	183	(4)
Review Exercise	185	(2)
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement	187	(4)
Chapter Review	189	(2)
Using Verbs Correctly
Regular Verbs	191	(2)
Irregular Verbs	193	(4)
Verb Tense	197	(2)
Active and Passive Voice	199	(2)
Lie and Lay	201	(2)
Sit and Set and Rise and Raise	203	(4)
Chapter Review	205	(2)
Using Pronouns Correctly
Case of Pronouns	207	(2)
Nominative Case Pronouns	209	(2)
Pronouns as Direct Objects	211	(2)
Indirect Objects and Objects of Prepositions	213	(4)
Review Exercise	215	(2)
Who and Whom	217	(2)
Appositives and Incomplete Constructions	219	(4)
Chapter Review	221	(2)
Using Modifiers Correctly
Comparison of Modifiers	223	(2)
Uses of Comparative and Superlative Forms	225	(2)
Dangling Modifiers	227	(2)
Misplaced Modifiers	229	(4)
Chapter Review	231	(2)
A Glossary of Usage
A, An / Beside, Besides	233	(2)
Between, Among / Fewer, Less	235	(2)
Had of / Ought to of	237	(2)
Should of / Would of	239	(2)
Double Negatives	241	(4)
Chapter Review	243	(2)
Capital Letters
Sentences, Pronoun I, and Interjection O	245	(2)
Proper Nouns and Adjectives	247	(2)
People and Places	249	(2)
Groups, Events, and Nationalities	251	(2)
Objects, Structures, and School Subjects	253	(2)
Titles	255	(4)
Chapter Review	257	(2)
Punctuation
End Marks and Abbreviations	259	(2)
Commas in a Series	261	(2)
Commas with Compound Sentences	263	(2)
Commas with Nonessential Words	265	(2)
Commas with Introductory Words	267	(2)
Commas with Sentence Interrupters	269	(4)
Review Exercise	271	(2)
Semicolons	273	(2)
Colons	275	(4)
Chapter Review	277	(2)
Punctuation
Underlining (Italics)	279	(2)
Quotation Marks	281	(4)
Apostrophes	285	(2)
Other Uses of the Apostrophe	287	(4)
Chapter Review	289	(2)
Spelling
The Dictionary	291	(2)
Spelling Rules	293	(2)
Prefixes and Suffixes	295	(2)
Suffixes	297	(2)
Review Exercise	298	(1)
Plurals of Nouns	299	(8)
Chapter Review	303	(4)
Commonly Misspelled Words	307	(1)
Spelling Words	308	(5)
Index	313