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| Basic Principles of Effective Writing | |
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| An Introduction to Writing | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| The First and Second Steps in Writing | |
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| Begin with a Point | |
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| Support the Point with Specific Evidence, Practice in Making and Supporting a Point | |
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| The Third Step in Writing | |
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| Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence, Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence | |
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| The Fourth Step in Writing | |
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| Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences | |
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| Revising Sentences | |
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| Editing Sentences | |
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| Practice in Revising Sentences | |
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| Four Bases for Revising Writing | |
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| Base 1: Unity | |
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| Base 2: Support | |
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| Base 3: Coherence | |
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| Base 4: Sentence Skills | |
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| Practice in Using the Four Bases | |
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| Paragraph Development | |
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| Introduction to Paragraph Development | |
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| Providing Examples | |
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| Explaining a Process | |
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| Examining Cause and Effect | |
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| Comparing or Contrasting | |
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| Defining a Term | |
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| Dividing and Classifying | |
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| Describing a Scene or Person | |
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| Narrating an Event | |
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| Arguing a Position | |
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| Essay Development | |
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| Writing the Essay | |
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| What Is an Essay? | |
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| Important Points about the Essay | |
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| Essays to Consider | |
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| Planning the Essay | |
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| Writing an Exam Essay | |
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| Essay Writing Assignments | |
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| Research Skills | |
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| Using the Library and the Internet | |
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| Writing a Research Paper | |
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| Handbook of Sentence Skills | |
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| Grammar | |
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| Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Sentence Sense | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Run-Ons | |
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| Standard English Verbs | |
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| Irregular Verbs | |
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| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Pronoun Agreement and Reference | |
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| Pronoun Types | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Misplaced Modifiers | |
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| Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Mechanics | |
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| Paper Format | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Numbers and Abbreviations | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| Apostrophe | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Comma | |
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| Other Punctuation Marks | |
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| Word Use | |
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| Using the Dictionary | |
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| Improving Spelling | |
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| Vocabulary Development | |
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| Commonly Confused Words | |
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| Effective Word Choice | |
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| ESL Pointers | |
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| Practice | |
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| Combined Mastery Tests | |
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| Editing Tests | |
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| Sentence-Skills Achievement Test | |
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| Sixteen Reading Selections | |
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| Introduction to the Readings | |
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| Goals and Values | |
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| All the Good Things | |
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| Rowing the Bus | |
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| Fifth Chinese Daughter | |
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| Adolescent Confusion | |
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| Tickets to Nowhere | |
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| What Good Families Are Doing Right | |
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| Education and Self-Improvement | |
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| Do It Better! | |
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| Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name | |
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| Old Before Her Time | |
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| Let's Really Reform Our Schools | |
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| How They Get You to Do That | |
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| Dealing with Feelings | |
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| Human Groups and Society | |
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| Television Changed My Family Forever | |
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| Rudeness at the Movies | |
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| Bullies in School | |
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| People Need People | |
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| A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath | |
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| Appendix: Answers and Charts | |
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| Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects | |
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| Charts | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |