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Message to Students | p. xv |
Reviewing the Basics | p. 1 |
Basic Review | p. 2 |
Answers to Basic Review | p. 2 |
Higher Competency Quiz | p. 4 |
Creating Sentences with Style | p. 7 |
Unraveling Tough Sentences; Creating and Connecting Sentences with Style | p. 9 |
Unraveling Tough Sentences; Creating and Connecting Sentences with Style | p. 21 |
Avoiding Sentence Errors | p. 22 |
Avoiding Error | p. 30 |
Incorporating Authority | p. 31 |
Incorporating Authority | p. 36 |
What to Remember | p. 37 |
Advice to English as a Second Language Writers | p. 37 |
Choosing Words with Style | p. 39 |
Jargon and Terms of Art | p. 40 |
Professional Tone | p. 42 |
Strong Nouns and Verbs | p. 44 |
Nominalizations | p. 46 |
Wordiness | p. 47 |
Treacherous/Misused Words | p. 50 |
What to Remember | p. 57 |
Advice to English as a Second Language Writers | p. 57 |
Concluding Exercises | p. 58 |
Punctuating with Style | p. 61 |
General Punctuation Rules | p. 62 |
Specific Legal Writing Rules | p. 69 |
What to Remember | p. 72 |
Advice to English as a Second Language Writers | p. 72 |
Concluding Exercises | p. 73 |
Organizing with Style | p. 75 |
Undergraduate versus Law School Organization | p. 76 |
How to Begin to Organize | p. 84 |
Introductory Material | p. 85 |
Other Components of Organizing with Style | p. 86 |
Using Headings as Signposts | p. 86 |
Using Topic Sentences and Transitions Effectively | p. 87 |
Other Helpful Advice for Organizing with Style | p. 90 |
What to Remember | p. 93 |
Advice to English as a Second Language Writers | p. 94 |
Concluding Exercises | p. 95 |
Presenting Material with Style | p. 99 |
Visual Presentation | p. 100 |
Memorandum of Law (Segment) | p. 106 |
Law Student Cover Letter | p. 107 |
Proofreading and Other Nuances of Presentation | p. 109 |
What to Remember | p. 113 |
Appendix Answers to Exercises | p. 115 |
Higher Competency Quiz | p. 115 |
Creating Sentences with Style | p. 116 |
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Concluding Exercises | p. 119 |
Concluding Exercises | p. 120 |
Concluding Exercises | p. 121 |
Index | p. 125 |
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