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| Preface To The Second Edition | |
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| Listening and Writing For Information and Understanding | |
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| How to Listen Well | |
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| Listening Passages and Questions for Review | |
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| Session One, Part A of the New Exam | |
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| Sample Passages, Tasks, Questions, and Essays | |
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| Reading and Writing for Information and Understanding | |
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| Writing to Inform or Persuade: A General Review | |
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| Persuasive Writing | |
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| Writing from a Prompt | |
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| Evaluating Composition | |
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| Preparing for Composition Exams | |
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| Writing on Examinations | |
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| Using Synonymies to Enhance Your Writing | |
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| A Glossary of Terms for Writing | |
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| Session One, Part B of the New Exam | |
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| Sample Text, Task, Questions, and Essay | |
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| Reading Prose | |
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| What Writers Do: A List of Useful Terms | |
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| Reading Fiction | |
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| Plot and Story | |
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| Plot and Conflict | |
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| Plot and Chronology | |
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| Plot and Time | |
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| Narrative Point of View | |
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| Setting | |
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| Character | |
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| Theme | |
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| Reading Nonfiction | |
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| Questions for the Critical Reader | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Methods of Development and Patterns of Organization | |
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| Tone | |
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| A Glossary of Literary Terms and Techniques | |
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| Reading Poetry | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Structure and Language in Poetry | |
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| Theme in Poetry | |
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| Tone | |
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| Writing About Poetry/Explication | |
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| Poetry on Examinations | |
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| A Handful of Poems for Further Reading | |
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| A Glossary of Poetic Terms and Techniques | |
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| Writing About Literature: A General Review | |
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| Topics for Literary Essays | |
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| Topic and Focus | |
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| Selection of Significant Details | |
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| Developing the Topic | |
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| Comparison/Contrast | |
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| Analysis | |
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| Classification | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| Exemplification | |
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| Looking at Key Terms in Literature Questions | |
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| Using Fluent and Precise Language | |
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| Choosing Your Own Topic: Representative Literary Subjects and Themes | |
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| Topics That Focus on Character | |
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| Topics That Focus on Literary Elements and Techniques | |
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| Audience and Literature Essays | |
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| A Note on Conclusions | |
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| Writing About Literature On the New Regents Exam | |
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| Session Two, Part A of the New Exam: Reading and Writing for Literary Response | |
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| Sample Texts, Task, Questions, and Essay | |
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| Session Two, Part B of the New Exam: Reading and Writing for Critical Analysis and Evaluation | |
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| What Is a Critical Lens? | |
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| Sample Tasks | |
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| Grammar and Usage For the Careful Writer: A Guide to Standard Written English | |
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| Reviewing the Fundamentals | |
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| The Parts of Speech | |
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| Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences | |
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| Avoiding Common Errors in Writing | |
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| Agreement of Subject and Verb | |
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| Agreement of Pronoun and Antecedent | |
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| Form of Pronouns | |
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| Parallelism | |
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| Verbs: Using the Correct Tense | |
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| Logical Comparisons | |
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| Clear and Logical Modification | |
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| Expressions Often Confused, Misused, and Overused | |
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| Punctuation: Guidelines and Reminders | |
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| End Punctuation | |
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| The Period | |
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| The Exclamation Mark | |
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| The Question Mark | |
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| Internal Punctuation | |
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| The Comma | |
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| The Semicolon | |
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| The Colon | |
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| The Dash | |
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| The Ellipsis | |
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| The Bracket | |
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| The Apostrophe | |
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| Titles of Works of Literature | |
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| A Final Note on Punctuation | |
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| Vocabulary | |
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| Practice Vocabulary Test | |
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| Studying New Words | |
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| Learning in Context | |
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| Roots and Prefixes from Latin and Greek | |
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| Preparing Note Cards | |
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| A Note on Synonyms and Using a Thesaurus | |
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| Organizing Vocabulary Study | |
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| Vocabulary for Study | |
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| Vocabulary from Regents Exams | |
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| Vocabulary from Op-Ed Pages | |
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| Vocabulary from Book Reviews | |
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| Spelling | |
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| Spelling on the New Regents Exam | |
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| An Exercise for Review and Practice | |
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| Spelling Rules and Patterns | |
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| Words That End in Silent e | |
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| Words the End in y | |
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| Double Letters | |
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| Adding Prefixes and Suffixes | |
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| Words That Include ie or ei | |
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| Noun Plurals | |
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| Homophones | |
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| Words Commonly Confused | |
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| Words Commonly Misspelled | |
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| Recommended Reading | |
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| Novels | |
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| Autobiography, Essays, and Other Nonfiction | |
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| Poetry | |
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| Short Stories | |
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| Plays | |
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| An Introduction to the New York State English Language Arts Learning Standards | |
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| A Glossary of Terms | |
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| The English Language Arts Learning Standards | |
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| Performance Indicators | |
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| A Map to the English Language Arts Standards and Performance Indicators | |
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| Scoring Rubrics | |
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| Model Regents Examinations | |
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| June 1999 Regents Examination | |
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| August 1999 Regents Examination | |
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| Answers to Regents Examinations | |
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| Index | |