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For courses in Developmental Writing. This self-paced study guide reinforces the skills students need to demonstrate on the Florida College Basic Skills Exit Test for writing.

The Authors' Preface

v

Foreword

vi

Part One: The Pretests

1

(12)

Writing Pretest

1

(11)

Diagnostic Paragraph

12

(1)

Part Two: Testing and Study Tips

13

(4)

Preparing for the Test

13

(2)

Taking the Test

15

(2)

Part Three: Conceptual and Organizational Skills

17

(166)

Conceptual and Organizational Skills

17

(1)

The Topic Sentence

17

(7)

Supporting Details

24

(6)

Logical Patterns

30

(11)

Relevance of Details

41

(4)

Transitional Devices

45

(5)

Putting the Parts Together: Ten Test Paragraphs

50

(33)

Paragraph and Essay Writing Skills

69

(1)

Brainstorming Activity with Example

70

(1)

Freewriting Activity with Example

71

(1)

Clustering Activity with Example

72

(2)

Paragraph Model

74

(1)

Scoring Criteria for Writing

75

(1)

Scored Writing Samples

76

(5)

Topics for Paragraph Practice Writing

81

(1)

Tips for Time Management

81

(1)

Tips for Writing a College Essay

82

(1)

Sentence Structure Skills

83

(1)

Modifiers

83

(3)

Parallel Structure

86

(3)

Coordination and Subordination

89

(5)

Fragments

94

(4)

Run-ons

98

(4)

Grammar, Spelling, Punctuation, and Capitalization Skills

102

(1)

Adjectives Versus Adverbs and Degree Forms of Adjectives and Adverbs

102

(6)

Verb Forms

108

(8)

Verb Tense

116

(2)

Subject-Verb Agreement

118

(8)

Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

126

(6)

Clear Pronoun Reference

132

(5)

Pronoun Shifts

137

(4)

Pronoun Case

141

(7)

Standard Spelling

148

(5)

Standard Punctuation

153

(13)

Standard Capitalization

166

(5)

Word Choice Skills

171

(1)

Appropriate Expressions

171

(10)

Correct Use of Easily Confused and Misused Words

181

(2)

Part Four: Posttests

183

(11)

Writing Posttest

183

(10)

Paragraph Posttest

193

(1)

Part Five: Answer Keys

194

(11)

Individual Exercises from the Writer's Guide

194

(10)

Writing Pretest

204

(1)

Writing Posttest

204

(1)

Part Six: Explanations of the Answer Keys

205

(34)

Passages from the Writer's Guide

205

(15)

Writing Pretest

220

(9)

Writing Posttest

229

(10)

Part Seven: Appendix

239

Organizational Plan

239

(6)

Paragraph Outline

245

(2)

The Paper Plan

247

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