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CONTENTS
Preface v
PART 1: THE WRITING PROCESS AND WRITING EFFECTIVELY
Module 1: Thinking Like a Writer 1
Module 2: Planning, Shaping, Drafting, and Revising 9
Module 3: Writing Paragraphs 27
Module 4: Critical Thinking 53
Module 5: Reading and Writing Critically 64
PART 2: UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR AND WRITING CORRECT
SENTENCES AND USING PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS
Module 6: Parts of Speech 69
Module 7: Verbs 117
Module 8: Pronoun Case and Reference 145
Module 9: Agreement 167
Module 10: Adjectives and Adverbs 183
Module 11: Sentence Fragments 191
Module 12: Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences 201
Module 13: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 211
Module 14: Shifting and Mixed Sentences 219
Module 15: Conciseness 229
Module 16: Coordination and Subordination 236
Module 17: Parallelism 250
Module 18: Variety and Emphasis 258
Module 19: The Impact of Words 266
Module 20: Spelling and Hyphenation 281
Module 21: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points 294
Module 22: Commas 298
Module 23: Semicolons 323
Module 24: Colons 327
Module 25: Apostrophes 331
Module 26: Quotation Marks 339
| Module 27: | Other Punctuation Marks | 345 |
| Module 28: | Capitals, Italics, Abbreviations, and Numbers | 354 |
PART 3: WRITING RESEARCH
Module 29: Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism 369
PART 4: WRITING ACROSS THE CURRICULUM AND BEYOND
| Module 30: | Comparing the Disciplines | 393 |
| Module 31: | Writing About the Humanities and Literature | 396 |
| Module 32: | Writing in the Social Sciences and Natural Sciences | 405 |
| Module 33: | Business and Public Writing | 410 |
| Module 34: | Making Oral Presentations and Using Multimedia | 417 |
PART 5: WRITING WHEN ENGLISH IS A SECOND LANGUAGE
| Module 35: | Singulars and Plurals | 423 |
| Module 36: | Articles | 433 |
| Module 37: | Word Order | 441 |
| Module 38: | Prepositions | 450 |
| Module 39: | Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles | 459 |
| Module 40: | Modal Auxiliary Verbs | 469 |
EXERCISE ANSWER KEY 475
