PART ONE: Basic Principles of Effective Writing

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Chapter 1: An Introduction to Writing

Understanding Point and Support

An Overview: How the Book is Organized

Benefits of Paragraph Writing

Writing as a Skill

Writing as a Process of Discovery

Keeping a Journal

Using This Text

Chapter 2: The Writing Process

Prewriting

Writing a First Draft

Revising

Editing

Review Activities

Chapter 3: The First and Second Steps in Writing

Step 1: Begin With a Point

Step 2: Support the Point with Specific Evidence

Practice in Making and Supporting a Point

Chapter 4: The Third Step in Writing

Step 3: Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence

Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence

Chapter 5: The Fourth Step in Writing

Step 4: Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences

Revising Sentences

Editing Sentences

Practice in Revising Sentences

Chapter 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing

Base 1: Unity

Base 2: Support

Base 3: Coherence

Base 4: Sentence Skills

Practice in Using the Four Bases

PART TWO: Paragraph Development

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Chapter 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development

Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development

Important Considerations in Paragraph Development

Using a Computer

Using Peer Review

Doing a Personal Review

Chapter 8: Providing Examples

Chapter 9: Explaining a Process

Chapter 10: Examining Cause and Effect

Chapter 11: Comparing or Contrasting

Chapter 12: Defining a Term

Chapter 13: Dividing and Classifying

Chapter 14: Describing a Scene or Person

Chapter 15: Narrating an Event

Chapter 16: Arguing a Position

Chapter 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments

PART THREE: Essay Development

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Chapter 18: Writing the Essay

What Is an Essay?

Important Points About the Essay

Essays to Consider

Planning the Essay

Essay Writing Assignments

PART FOUR: Special Skills

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Chapter 19: Developing Key Study Skills

Chapter 20: Writing an Exam Essay

Chapter 21: Writing a Summary

Chapter 22: Writing a Report

Chapter 23: Writing a Resume and Job Application Letter

Chapter 24: Using the Library and the Internet

Chapter 25: Writing a Research Paper

PART FIVE: Handbook of Sentence Skills

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Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test

Grammar

Chapter 26: Subjects and Verbs

Chapter 27: Sentence Sense

Chapter 28: Fragments

Chapter 29: Run-ons

Chapter 30: Standard English Verbs

Chapter 31: Irregular Verbs

Chapter 32: Subject-Verb Agreement

Chapter 33: Pronoun Agreement and Reference

Chapter 34: Pronoun Types

Chapter 35: Adjectives and Adverbs

Chapter 36: Misplaced Modifiers

Chapter 37: Dangling Modifiers

Mechanics

Chapter 38: Paper Format

Chapter 39: Capital Letters

Chapter 40: Numbers and Abbreviations

Punctuation

Chapter 41: Apostrophe

Chapter 42: Quotation Marks

Chapter 43: Comma

Chapter 44: Other Punctuation Marks

Word Use

Chapter 45: Using the Dictionary

Chapter 46: Improving Spelling

Chapter 47: Vocabulary Development

Chapter 48: Commonly Confused Words

Chapter 49: Effective Word Choice

Practice

Chapter 50: Combined Mastery Tests

Chapter 51: Editing Tests

Sentence-Skills Achievement Test

CHAPTER 52: ESL Pointers

APPENDIX: Answers and Charts

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Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects

Charts

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