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Word Choice and Spelling | |
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Your Own List of Misspelled Words | |
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Words Often Confused (Set 1) | |
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Words Often Confused (Set 2) | |
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The Eight Parts of Speech | |
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Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Contractions | |
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Possessives | |
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Words That Can Be Broken into Parts | |
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Rules for Doubling a Final Letter | |
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Using a Dictionary | |
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Sentence Structure | |
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Finding Subjects and Verbs | |
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Locating Prepositional Phrases | |
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Understanding Dependent Clauses | |
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Correcting Fragments | |
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Correcting Run-on Sentences | |
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Identifying Verb Phrases | |
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Using Standard English Verbs | |
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Using Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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Avoiding Shifts in Time. | |
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Recognizing Verbal Phrases | |
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Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers | |
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Following Sentence Patterns | |
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Avoiding Clich?s, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness | |
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Correcting for Parallel Structure | |
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Using Pronouns | |
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Avoiding Shifts in Person | |
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Punctuation and Capital Letters | |
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Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash | |
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Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 | |
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Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6 | |
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Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics | |
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Capital Letters | |
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Writing | |
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What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? | |
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Basic Structures | |
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The Paragraph: Defining a Paragraph | |
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Types of Paragraphs | |
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Sample Paragraphs in an Essay | |
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The Essay: The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond | |
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Defining an Essay | |
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A Sample Essay | |
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Writing Skills | |
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Writing in Your Own Voice: Narration | |
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Description | |
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Finding a Topic: Look to Your Interests | |
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Focused Free Writing | |
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Clustering | |
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Talking with Other Students | |
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Organizing Ideas: Thesis Statements | |
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Organizing an Essay | |
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Topic Sentences | |
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Organizing Body Paragraphs (or Single Paragraphs) | |
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Transitional Expressions | |
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Supporting with Details: Types of Support | |
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Revising Your Papers | |
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Revision Checklist | |
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Exchanging Papers | |
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Proofreading Aloud | |
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Presenting Your Work: Paper Formats | |
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Titles | |
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Writing an Argument: Taking a Stand and Proving Your Point | |
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Three Requirements of a Strong Written Argument | |
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A Longer, More Challenging Reading | |
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Writing Summaries: Sample Summary | |
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Summary Checklist | |
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Answers | |
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Index | |