The Writing Process | |
Evaluating thesis statements | p. 1 |
Organizing ideas | p. 2 |
Writing in and out of College | |
Using academic language | p. 5 |
Testing argument subjects | p. 6 |
Identifying and revising fallacies | p. 7 |
Clarity and Style | |
Revising: Emphasis of subjects and verbs | p. 9 |
Sentence combining: Beginnings and endings | p. 10 |
Sentence combining: Coordination | p. 11 |
Revising: Subordination for emphasis | p. 12 |
Sentence combining: Subordination | p. 13 |
Revising: Effective subordination | p. 14 |
Revising: Coordination and subordination | p. 15 |
Revising: Parallelism | p. 17 |
Sentence combining: Parallelism | p. 18 |
Revising: Variety | p. 19 |
Revising: Appropriate words | p. 20 |
Revising: Sexist language | p. 22 |
Using a dictionary | p. 23 |
Revising: Denotation | p. 25 |
Considering the connotation of words | p. 26 |
Revising: Concrete and specific words | p. 27 |
Using concrete and specific words | p. 27 |
Using prepositions in idioms | p. 30 |
Using prepositions in idioms | p. 31 |
Using figurative language | p. 32 |
Revising: Trite expressions | p. 32 |
Revising: Completeness | p. 33 |
Revising: Writing concisely | p. 34 |
Revising: Conciseness | p. 35 |
Sentence Parts and Patterns | |
Basic Grammar | |
Identifying nouns, pronouns, and verbs | p. 37 |
Identifying adjectives and adverbs | p. 38 |
Adding connecting words | p. 39 |
Identifying subjects and predicates | p. 40 |
Identifying subjects and predicates | p. 41 |
Identifying sentence parts | p. 42 |
Identifying sentence patterns | p. 43 |
Identifying prepositional phrases | p. 44 |
Sentence combining: Prepositional phrases | p. 45 |
Identifying verbals and verbal phrases | p. 46 |
Sentence combining: Verbals and verbal phrases | p. 47 |
Sentence combining: Absolute phrases | p. 48 |
Sentence combining: Appositive phrases | p. 49 |
Identifying phrases | p. 50 |
Identifying clauses | p. 51 |
Sentence combining: Subordinate clauses | p. 52 |
Identifying sentence structures | p. 53 |
Verbs | |
Using irregular verbs | p. 54 |
Distinguishing between sit/set, lie/lay, rise/raise | p. 56 |
Using -s and -ed verb endings | p. 57 |
Using helping verbs | p. 58 |
Revising: Helping verbs plus main verbs | p. 58 |
Revising: Verbs plus gerunds or infinitives | p. 59 |
Revising: Verbs plus particles | p. 60 |
Revising: Consistent past tense | p. 61 |
Revising: Consistent present tense | p. 61 |
Using correct tense sequence | p. 62 |
Revising: Tense sequence with conditional sentences | p. 63 |
Revising: Subjunctive mood | p. 63 |
Converting between active and passive voices | p. 64 |
Revising: Using the active voice | p. 65 |
Revising: Subject-verb agreement | p. 66 |
Adjusting for subject-verb agreement | p. 68 |
Pronouns | |
Choosing between subjective and objective pronouns | p. 69 |
Choosing between who and whom | p. 70 |
Sentence combining: Who versus whom | p. 71 |
Choosing between subjective and objective pronouns | p. 72 |
Revising: Pronoun case | p. 72 |
Revising: Pronoun-antecedent agreement | p. 74 |
Revising: Pronoun-antecedent agreement | p. 75 |
Revising: Pronoun reference | p. 76 |
Revising: Pronoun reference | p. 77 |
Revising: Consistency in pronouns | p. 77 |
Revising: Pronoun reference | p. 78 |
Modifiers | |
Revising: Adjectives and adverbs | p. 79 |
Using comparatives and superlatives | p. 80 |
Revising: Comparisons | p. 81 |
Revising: Double negatives | p. 82 |
Revising: Present and past participles | p. 83 |
Revising: A, an, and the | p. 84 |
Revising: Determiners | p. 85 |
Revising: Adjectives and adverbs | p. 86 |
Revising: Misplaced modifiers | p. 87 |
Revising: Misplaced modifiers | p. 87 |
Arranging adjectives | p. 88 |
Revising: Dangling modifiers | p. 90 |
Revising: Misplaced and dangling modifiers | p. 91 |
Sentence Faults | |
Identifying and revising sentence fragments | p. 91 |
Revising: Sentence fragments | p. 92 |
Revising: Sentence fragments | p. 94 |
Identifying and revising comma splices | p. 95 |
Identifying and revising fused sentences | p. 96 |
Sentence combining: Comma splices and fused sentences | p. 97 |
Revising: Comma splices and fused sentences | p. 98 |
Revising: Mixed sentences | p. 99 |
Revising: Repeated subjects and other parts | p. 101 |
Punctuation | |
Revising: Periods | p. 102 |
Revising: Question marks | p. 102 |
Revising: Exclamation points | p. 103 |
Revising: End punctuation | p. 104 |
Revising: Comma with linked main clauses | p. 105 |
Sentence combining: Linked main clauses | p. 105 |
Revising: Comma with introductory elements | p. 107 |
Sentence combining: Introductory elements | p. 108 |
Revising: Punctuation of nonessential and essential elements | p. 109 |
Revising: Punctuation of nonessential and essential elements | p. 110 |
Sentence combining: Essential and nonessential elements | p. 111 |
Revising: Commas with series items | p. 113 |
Revising: Commas with adjectives | p. 114 |
Revising: Punctuation of series and adjectives | p. 115 |
Revising: Punctuation of dates, addresses, place names, numbers | p. 116 |
Revising: Punctuation of quotations | p. 117 |
Revising: Needless and misused commas | p. 117 |
Revising: Commas | p. 119 |
Revising: Punctuation between main clauses | p. 121 |
Revising: Punctuation between main clauses with conjunctive adverbs or transitional expressions | p. 121 |
Sentence combining: Related main clauses | p. 122 |
Revising: Punctuation of main clauses and series items containing commas | p. 124 |
Revising: Semicolons | p. 124 |
Revising: Colons | p. 125 |
Revising: Colons and semicolons | p. 126 |
Forming possessives | p. 128 |
Revising: Apostrophes with possessives | p. 129 |
Distinguishing between plurals and possessives | p. 130 |
Revising: Misuses of the apostrophe | p. 131 |
Revising: Contractions and personal pronouns | p. 132 |
Forming contractions | p. 132 |
Revising: Contractions and personal pronouns | p. 134 |
Revising: Apostrophes | p. 135 |
Revising: Double and single quotation marks | p. 136 |
Revising: Quotation marks for titles | p. 136 |
Revising: Quotation marks | p. 137 |
Revising: Quotation marks | p. 138 |
Revising: Dashes | p. 139 |
Revising: Parentheses | p. 140 |
Using ellipsis marks | p. 141 |
Revising: Dashes, parentheses, ellipsis marks, brackets, slashes | p. 142 |
Spelling and Mechanics | |
Distinguishing between ie and ei | p. 144 |
Revising: ie and ei | p. 144 |
Keeping or dropping a final e | p. 145 |
Revising: Final e | p. 146 |
Keeping or dropping a final y | p. 147 |
Revising: Final y | p. 147 |
Doubling consonants | p. 148 |
Revising: Consonants | p. 149 |
Attaching prefixes | p. 150 |
Revising: Prefixes | p. 151 |
Forming plurals | p. 151 |
Revising: Plurals | p. 153 |
Using correct spellings | p. 153 |
Working with a spelling checker | p. 155 |
Using hyphens in compound words | p. 155 |
Revising: Hyphens | p. 157 |
Revising: Capitals | p. 157 |
Revising: Underlining or italics | p. 159 |
Revising: Abbreviations | p. 160 |
Revising: Numbers | p. 161 |
Research Writing | |
Synthesizing sources | p. 163 |
Summarizing and paraphrasing | p. 165 |
Combining summary, paraphrase, and direct quotation | p. 166 |
Introducing and interpreting borrowed material | p. 167 |
Recognizing plagiarism | p. 169 |
Writing in the Disciplines | |
Writing works-cited entries | p. 171 |
Sample Answers | p. 175 |
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