Rules for Writers Developmental Exercises

by Van Goor, Wanda; Hacker, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780312208516
• ISBN10: 0312208510
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: BEDFORD

Table of Contents

Preface for Instructors	iii
Acknowledgments	v
Introduction for Students	vi
Clarity (effective sentences)
Coordination and subordination: Guided practice	1	(1)
Coordination and subordination	2	(1)
Coordination and subordination	3	(1)
Coordination and subordination: Guided review	4	(1)
Parallelism: Guided practice	5	(1)
Parallelism	6	(1)
Parallelism	7	(1)
Parallelism: Guided review	8	(1)
Needed words: Guided practice	9	(1)
Needed words	10	(1)
Needed words	11	(1)
Needed words: Guided review	12	(1)
Mixed constructions: Guided practice	13	(1)
Mixed constructions	14	(1)
Mixed constructions	15	(1)
Mixed constructions: Guided review	16	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided practice	17	(1)
Misplaced modifiers	18	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers	19	(1)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers: Guided review	20	(1)
Distracting shifts: Guided practice	21	(1)
Distracting shifts	22	(1)
Distracting shifts	23	(1)
Distracting shifts: Guided review	24	(1)
Sentence emphasis: Guided practice	25	(1)
Sentence emphasis	26	(1)
Sentence emphasis	27	(1)
Sentence emphasis: Guided review	28	(1)
Variety: Guided practice	29	(1)
Variety	30	(1)
Variety: Guided review	31	(2)
Review of 8-15: Clarity (effective sentences)	32	(1)
Clarity (word choice)
Wordy sentences: Guided practice	33	(1)
Wordy sentences	34	(1)
Wordy sentences	35	(1)
Wordy sentences: Guided review	36	(1)
Appropriate language: Guided practice	37	(1)
Appropriate language	38	(1)
Appropriate language	39	(1)
Appropriate language: Guided review	40	(1)
Exact words: Guided practice	41	(1)
Exact words	42	(1)
Exact words	43	(1)
Exact words	44	(1)
Exact words: Guided review	45	(2)
Review of 16-18: Clarity (word choice)	46	(1)
Grammer
Fragments: Guided practice	47	(1)
Fragments	48	(1)
Fragments	49	(1)
Fragments	50	(1)
Fragments	51	(1)
Fragments: Guided review	52	(1)
Run-on sentences: Guided practice	53	(2)
Run-on sentences	55	(2)
Run-on sentences	57	(1)
Run-on sentences	58	(1)
Run-on sentences: Guided review	59	(2)
Subject-verb agreement: Guided practice	61	(1)
Subject-verb agreement	62	(1)
Subject-verb agreement	63	(1)
Subject-verb agreement: Guided review	64	(1)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement: Guided practice	65	(1)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement	66	(1)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement	67	(1)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement: Guided review	68	(1)
Pronoun reference: Guided practice	69	(1)
Pronoun reference	70	(1)
Pronoun reference	71	(1)
Pronoun reference: Guided review	72	(1)
Pronoun and noun case: Guided practice	73	(1)
Pronoun and noun case	74	(1)
Pronoun and noun case	75	(1)
Pronoun and noun case: Guided review	76	(1)
Who and whom: Guided practice	77	(1)
Who and whom	78	(1)
Who and whom	79	(1)
Who and whom: Guided review	80	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided practice	81	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	82	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	83	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs: Guided review	84	(1)
Verb forms: Guided practice	85	(1)
Verb forms	86	(1)
Verb forms	87	(1)
Verb forms: Guided review	88	(1)
Verb tense, mood, and voice: Guided practice	89	(1)
Verb tense, mood, and voice	90	(1)
Verb tense, mood, and voice	91	(1)
Verb tense, mood, and voice	92	(1)
Verb tense, mood, and voice: Guided review	93	(2)
Review of 19-28: Grammar	94	(1)
ESL Grammar
ESL problems with verbs: Guided practice	95	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	96	(1)
Helping verbs, main verbs, and omitted verbs	97	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	98	(1)
Helping verbs and main verbs	99	(1)
Conditional verbs	99	(1)
Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives	100	(1)
Two-word verbs	101	(1)
ESL problems with verbs: Guided review	102	(1)
ESL problems with articles: Guided practice	103	(1)
Articles	104	(1)
Articles	105	(1)
ESL problems with articles: Guided review	106	(1)
Other ESL problems: Guided practice	107	(1)
Omissions and needless repetitions	108	(1)
Placement of adjectives	109	(1)
Present and past participles	110	(1)
Other ESL problems: Guided review	111	(2)
Review of 29-31: ESL grammar	112	(1)
Punctuation
The comma and unnecessary commas: Guided practice	113	(2)
The comma	115	(1)
The comma	116	(1)
The comma	117	(1)
Unnecessary commas	118	(1)
Unnecessary commas	119	(1)
The comma and unnecessary commas: Guided review	120	(1)
The semicolon: Guided practice	121	(1)
The semicolon	122	(1)
The semicolon	123	(1)
The semicolon: Guided review	124	(1)
The colon: Guided practice	125	(1)
The colon	126	(1)
The colon	127	(1)
The colon: Guided review	128	(1)
The apostrophe: Guided practice	129	(1)
The apostrophe	130	(1)
The apostrophe	131	(1)
The apostrophe: Guided review	132	(1)
Quotation marks: Guided practice	133	(1)
Quotation marks	134	(1)
Quotation marks	135	(1)
Quotation marks: Guided review	136	(1)
End punctuation: Guided practice	137	(1)
End punctuation	138	(1)
End punctuation: Guided review	139	(3)
Other punctuation marks: Guided practice	142	(1)
Other punctuation marks	143	(1)
Other punctuation marks	144	(1)
Other punctuation marks: Guided review	145	(2)
Review of 32-39: Punctuation	146	(1)
Mechanics
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided practice	147	(1)
Abbreviations and numbers	148	(1)
Italics (underlining)	149	(1)
Abbreviations, numbers, and italics: Guided review	150	(1)
Spelling, the hyphen, and capital letters: Guided practice	151	(1)
Spelling	152	(1)
The hyphen	153	(1)
Capital letters	154	(1)
Spelling, the hyphen, and capital letters: Guided review	155	(2)
Review of 40-45: Mechanics	156	(1)
The Basics
Parts of speech: Preview	157	(1)
Nouns and noun/adjectives	158	(1)
Nouns and noun/adjectives	159	(1)
Pronouns and pronoun/adjectives	160	(1)
Verbs	161	(1)
Adjectives and adverbs	162	(1)
Prepositions and conjunctions	163	(1)
Parts of speech: Review	164	(1)
Sentence patterns: Preview	165	(1)
Subjects	166	(1)
Direct objects and subject complements	167	(1)
Indirect objects and object complements	168	(1)
Direct objects, indirect objects, and object complements	169	(1)
Pattern variations: Delayed subjects and understood subjects	170	(1)
Pattern variations: Passive verbs	171	(1)
Sentence patterns: Review	172	(1)
Subordinate word groups: Preview	173	(1)
Prepositional phrases	174	(1)
Subordinate clauses	175	(1)
Prepositional and verbal phrases	176	(1)
Verbal phrases	177	(2)
Subordinate word groups: Review	179	(2)
Sentence types: Preview	181	(1)
Sentence types	182	(1)
Sentence types: Review	183	(2)
Answers to Guided Practice and Preview Exercises	185