Word Choice and Spelling | |
Your Own List of Misspelled Words | |
Words Often Confused (Set 1) | |
Words Often Confused (Set 2) | |
The Eight Parts of Speech | |
Adjectives and Adverbs | |
Contractions | |
Possessives | |
Words That Can Be Broken into Parts | |
Rules for Doubling a Final Letter | |
Using a Dictionary | |
Sentence Structure | |
Finding Subjects and Verbs | |
Locating Prepositional Phrases | |
Understanding Dependent Clauses | |
Correcting Fragments | |
Correcting Run-on Sentences | |
Identifying Verb Phrases | |
Using Standard English Verbs | |
Using Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement | |
Avoiding Shifts in Time. | |
Recognizing Verbal Phrases | |
Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers | |
Following Sentence Patterns | |
Avoiding Clich?s, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness | |
Correcting for Parallel Structure | |
Using Pronouns | |
Avoiding Shifts in Person | |
Punctuation and Capital Letters | |
Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash | |
Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 | |
Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6 | |
Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics | |
Capital Letters | |
Writing | |
What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? | |
Basic Structures | |
The Paragraph: Defining a Paragraph | |
Types of Paragraphs | |
Sample Paragraphs in an Essay | |
The Essay: The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond | |
Defining an Essay | |
A Sample Essay | |
Writing Skills | |
Writing in Your Own Voice: Narration | |
Description | |
Finding a Topic: Look to Your Interests | |
Focused Free Writing | |
Clustering | |
Talking with Other Students | |
Organizing Ideas: Thesis Statements | |
Organizing an Essay | |
Topic Sentences | |
Organizing Body Paragraphs (or Single Paragraphs) | |
Transitional Expressions | |
Supporting with Details: Types of Support | |
Revising Your Papers | |
Revision Checklist | |
Exchanging Papers | |
Proofreading Aloud | |
Presenting Your Work: Paper Formats | |
Titles | |
Writing an Argument: Taking a Stand and Proving Your Point | |
Three Requirements of a Strong Written Argument | |
A Longer, More Challenging Reading | |
Writing Summaries: Sample Summary | |
Summary Checklist | |
Answers | |
Index | |
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