Everyday Writer Exercise

by Andrea A. Lunsford

• ISBN13: 9780312148270
• ISBN10: 0312148275
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-04-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Table of Contents

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS	1	(4)
Recognizing and eliminating the twenty most common errors	1	(4)
SENTENCE STYLE	5	(15)
Matching subjects and predicates	5	(1)
Making comparisons complete, consistent, and clear	6	(1)
Revising for consistency and completeness	6	(1)
Combining sentences with coordination	7	(1)
Writing sentences with subordination	8	(1)
Using coordination and subordination	9	(1)
Creating parallel words or phrases	9	(1)
Revising sentences for parallelism	10	(1)
Revising for parallelism and supplying necessary words	11	(1)
Revising for verb tense and mood	12	(1)
Eliminating shifts in voice and point of view	13	(1)
Eliminating shifts between direct and indirect discourse	14	(1)
Eliminating shifts in tone and diction	15	(1)
Emphasizing main ideas	15	(2)
Eliminating unnecessary words and phrases	17	(1)
Revising for conciseness	18	(1)
Varying sentence length	19	(1)
SENTENCE GRAMMAR	20	(45)
Identifying subjects and predicates	20	(1)
Identifying verbs and verb phrases	21	(1)
Identifying nouns and articles	21	(1)
Identifying pronouns and antecedents	22	(1)
Identifying adjectives and adverbs	23	(1)
Adding adjectives and adverbs	24	(1)
Identifying prepositions	24	(1)
Identifying conjunctions	25	(1)
Identifying conjunctions and interjections	26	(1)
Identifying the parts of speech	27	(1)
Identifying subjects	28	(1)
Identifying predicates	29	(1)
Identifying prepositional phrases	29	(1)
Using prepositional phrases	30	(1)
Identifying verbal phrases	31	(1)
Identifying prepositional, verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases	32	(1)
Adding prepositional, verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases	32	(1)
Using verbal, absolute, and appositive phrases to combine sentences	33	(1)
Identifying dependent clauses	34	(1)
Adding dependent clauses	35	(1)
Distinguishing between phrases and clauses	36	(1)
Classifying sentences grammatically and functionally	37	(1)
Using irregular verb forms	38	(1)
Editing verb forms	39	(1)
Distinguishing between lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise	40	(1)
Deciding on verb tenses	41	(1)
Sequencing tenses	42	(1)
Converting the voice of a sentence	42	(1)
Using subjunctive mood	43	(1)
Selecting verbs that agree with their subjects	44	(1)
Making subjects and verbs agree	45	(1)
Using adjectives and adverbs appropriately	46	(1)
Using comparative and superlative modifiers appropriately	47	(1)
Revising sentences with misplaced modifiers	48	(1)
Revising squinting modifiers, disruptive modifiers, and split infinitives	49	(1)
Revising dangling modifiers	50	(1)
Using subjective case pronouns	51	(1)
Using objective case pronouns	52	(1)
Using possessive case pronouns	53	(1)
Using who, whoever, whom, or whomever	54	(1)
Using pronouns in compound structures, appositives, elliptical clauses; choosing between we and us before a noun	55	(1)
Maintaining pronoun-antecedent agreement	56	(1)
Clarifying pronoun reference	57	(1)
Revising to clarify pronoun reference	58	(1)
Revising comma splices and fused sentences	59	(2)
Revising comma splices	61	(1)
Revising comma splices and fused sentences	62	(1)
Eliminating sentence fragments	63	(1)
Revising a paragraph to eliminate sentence fragments	64	(1)
WORDS/GLOSSARY	65	(15)
Using formal register	65	(1)
Checking for correct denotation	66	(1)
Revising sentences to change connotations	67	(1)
Considering connotation	68	(1)
Using specific and concrete words	69	(1)
Thinking about similes and metaphors	70	(1)
Identifying stereotypes	71	(1)
Identifying and revising sexist language	72	(1)
Rewriting to eliminate offensive references	73	(1)
Recognizing correct spellings	74	(2)
Distinguishing between homonyms	76	(1)
Spelling plurals	76	(1)
Selecting the appropriate word	77	(1)
Editing inappropriate words	78	(2)
PUNCTUATION/MECHANICS	80	(26)
Using a comma to set off introductory elements	80	(1)
Using a comma in compound sentences	80	(1)
Recognizing restrictive and nonrestrictive elements	81	(2)
Using commas to set off items in a series	83	(1)
Using commas to set off parenthetical and transitional expressions, contrasting elements, interjections, direct address, and tag questions	84	(1)
Using commas with dates, addresses, titles, numbers, and quotations	84	(1)
Eliminating unnecessary and inappropriate commas	85	(1)
Using semicolons to link clauses	86	(1)
Eliminating misused semicolons	87	(1)
Using periods appropriately	88	(1)
Using question marks appropriately	89	(1)
Using exclamation points appropriately	90	(1)
Using apostrophes to signal possession	91	(1)
Using apostrophes to create contractions	91	(1)
Using quotation marks to signal direct quotations	92	(1)
Using quotation marks for definitions and titles	93	(1)
Using quotation marks appropriately	94	(1)
Using parentheses and brackets	95	(1)
Using dashes	96	(1)
Using colons	97	(1)
Using ellipses	98	(1)
Reviewing punctuation marks	99	(2)
Capitalizing	101	(1)
Using abbreviations	102	(1)
Spelling out numbers and using figures	103	(1)
Using italics	103	(1)
Using hyphens in compounds and with prefixes	104	(1)
Using hyphens appropriately	105	(1)
FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS	106	(13)
Identifying count and noncount nouns	106	(1)
Using appropriate determiners; stating plural forms explicitly	106	(1)
Using articles appropriately	107	(1)
Positioning modifiers	107	(1)
Using the present, the present perfect, and the past forms of verbs	108	(1)
Using specified forms of verbs	109	(1)
Identifying tenses and forms of verbs	110	(1)
Using verbs appropriately	111	(1)
Using prepositions idiomatically	112	(1)
Recognizing and using two-word verbs	113	(1)
Expressing subjects and objects explicitly	113	(1)
Editing for English word order	114	(1)
Using noun clauses, infinitives, and gerunds appropriately	115	(1)
Using adjective clauses well	116	(1)
Writing conditional sentences	117	(2)
Answers to the Even-Numbered Exercises	119