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Tables of Contents for Rules for Writers Developmental Exercises
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
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