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Tables of Contents for English Skills
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
To the Instructor
xiii
PART ONE BASIC PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE WRITING
1
132
Preview
2
1
Getting Started
3
8
Important Factors in Writing
11
40
Your Attitude about Writing
12
2
Writing for a Specific Purpose and Audience
14
1
Knowing or Discovering Your Subject
15
2
Keeping a Journal
17
1
Prewriting
18
8
Outlining
26
9
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
35
1
Using a Word Processor
36
3
Practice in Seeing the Entire Writing Process
39
9
A Review of the Chapter
48
3
The First and Second Steps in Writing
51
36
Make a Point
52
2
Support the Point with Specific Evidence
54
7
Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
61
26
The Third and Fourth Steps in Writing
87
20
Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence
88
8
Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
96
1
Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
97
10
Four Bases for Evaluating Writing
107
26
Unity
108
2
Support
110
2
Coherence
112
2
Sentence Skills
114
4
Practice in Using the Four Bases
118
15
PART TWO PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT
133
100
Preview
134
1
Introduction to Paragraph Development
135
6
Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development
135
1
Writer, Purpose, and Audience
136
1
Tools for Paragraph Development
137
4
Providing Examples
141
9
Explaining a Process
150
8
Examining Cause and Effect
158
9
Comparing or Contrasting
167
13
Defining a Term
180
7
Dividing and Classifying
187
9
Describing a Scene or Person
196
10
Narrating an Event
206
8
Arguing a Position
214
9
Additional Paragraph Assignments
223
10
PART THREE ESSAY DEVELOPMENT
233
30
Preview
234
1
Writing the Essay
235
28
What Is an Essay?
235
3
Important Points about the Essay
238
4
Essays to Consider
242
4
Planning the Essay
246
2
Essay Writing Assignments
248
15
PART FOUR SPECIAL SKILLS
263
76
Preview
264
1
Developing Key Study Skills
265
14
Writing an Exam Essay
279
8
Writing a Summary
287
5
Writing a Report
292
6
Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter
298
6
Using the Library
304
17
Writing a Research Paper
321
18
PART FIVE SENTENCE SKILLS
339
236
Preview
340
1
Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
341
6
Grammar
347
100
Subjects and Verbs
347
5
Sentence Sense
352
3
Fragments
355
17
Run-Ons
372
15
Standard English Verbs
387
9
Irregular Verbs
396
8
Subject-Verb Agreement
404
7
Consistent Verb Tense
411
4
Pronoun Agreement, Reference, and Point of View
415
8
Pronoun Types
423
6
Adjectives and Adverbs
429
5
Misplaced Modifiers
434
4
Dangling Modifiers
438
5
Faulty Parallelism
443
4
Mechanics
447
18
Paper Format
447
5
Capital Letters
452
10
Numbers and Abbreviations
462
3
Punctuation
465
32
Apostrophe
465
9
Quotation Marks
474
8
Comma
482
10
Other Punctuation Marks
492
5
Word Use
497
50
Using the Dictionary
497
8
Improving Spelling
505
8
Vocabulary Development
513
4
Commonly Confused Words
517
12
Effective Word Choice
529
8
Sentence Variety
537
10
Practice
547
28
Combined Mastery Tests
547
8
Editing Tests
555
13
Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
568
7
APPENDIX ANSWERS AND CHARTS
575
10
Preview
576
1
Answers to Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
577
4
Charts
581
4
Index
585