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To the Instructor | |
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Basic Principles of Effective Writing | |
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An Introduction to Writing | |
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Understanding Point and Support | |
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An Overview: How the Book is Organized | |
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Benefits of Paragraph Writing | |
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Writing as a Skill | |
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Writing as a Process of Discovery | |
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Keeping a Journal | |
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Using This Text | |
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The Writing Process | |
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COnsidering Purpose and Audience | |
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Prewriting | |
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Writing a First Draft | |
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Revising | |
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Editing | |
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Review Activities | |
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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 | |
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Reinforcing Point and Support | |
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The Importance of Specific Details | |
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The Importance of Adequate Details | |
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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 | |
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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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Unity | |
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Support | |
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Coherence | |
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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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Nine Patterns of Paragraph Development | |
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Important Considerations in Paragraph Development | |
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Using a Computer | |
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Using Peer Review | |
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Doing a Personal Review | |
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Exemplification | |
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Process | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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Definition | |
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Division and Classification | |
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Description | |
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Narration | |
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Argument | |
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Additional Paragraph Assignments | |
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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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Practice in Writing the 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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Preview | |
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Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test | |
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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 and Dangling Modifiers | |
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Mechanics3 | |
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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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Readings for Writers | |
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Introduction to the Readings | |
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"All the Good Things," | |
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"Rowing the Bus," | |
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"The Scholarship Jacket," | |
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"Joe Davis: A Cool Man," | |
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"The Fist, the Clay, and the Rock," | |
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"What Good Familes Are Doing Right," | |
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"Do It Better!" Ben Carson with Cecil Murphey | |
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"Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name," | |
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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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*"Managing Conflicts in Relationships," | |
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"Extra Large, Please," | |
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"The Most Hateful Words," | |
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*"Group Pressure," | |
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*"In the Beginning," | |
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"From Father to Son, Last Words to Live by," | |
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"A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath," | |
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Reading Comprehension Chart | |
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Appendix: Answers and Charts | |
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Preview | |
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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 | |