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Preface | |
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Writing Success Starts Here! | |
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Getting Started | |
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An Introduction to Writing | |
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The Reading-Writing Connection | |
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Expanding Your Vocabulary | |
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Sentence Basics And Development | |
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Complete Sentences Versus Fragments | |
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Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices | |
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Combining and Expanding Your Ideas | |
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Using Adjectives and Adverbs to Describe | |
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Using Modifiers to Add Detail | |
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Common Sentence Problems And How To Avoid Them | |
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Revising Confusing and Inconsistent Sentences | |
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Using Verbs Correctly | |
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Paragraph Basics And Development | |
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Planning and Organizing | |
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Drafting and Revising | |
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Developing, Arranging, and Connecting Details | |
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Using Methods of Organization | |
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Revising Underdeveloped Paragraphs | |
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Using an Idea Map to Spot Revision Problems | |
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Essays Basics, Development, And Common Problems | |
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Essay Basics and Development | |
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Avoiding Common Problems in Essays | |
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Read And Respond | |
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Reviewing The Basics | |
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Guide to Reviewing the Basics | |
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Understanding the Parts of Speech | |
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Nouns | |
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Pronouns | |
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Verbs | |
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Adjectives | |
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Adverbs | |
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Conjunctions | |
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Prepositions | |
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Interjections | |
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Understanding the Parts of Sentences | |
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Subjects | |
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Predicates | |
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Complements | |
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Basic Sentence Patterns | |
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Expanding the Sentence with Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Expanding the Sentence with Phrases | |
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Expanding the Sentence with Clauses | |
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Basic Sentence Classifications | |
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Using Punctuation Correctly | |
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End Punctuation | |
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Commas | |
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Unnecessary Commas | |
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Colons and Semicolons | |
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Dashes, Parentheses, Hyphens, Apostrophes, Quotation Marks | |
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Managing Mechanics and Spelling | |
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Capitalization | |
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Abbreviations | |
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Hyphenation and Word Division | |
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Numbers | |
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Suggestions for Improving Spelling | |
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Six Useful Spelling Rules | |
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Commonly Confused Words | |