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| To the Instructor | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| What Is the Least You Should Know? | |
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| Spelling and Word Choice | |
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| Your Own List of Misspelled Words | |
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| Words That Can Be Broken into Parts | |
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| Guidelines for Doubling a Final Letter | |
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| Words Often Confused (Set 1) | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Words Often Confused (Set 2) | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| The Eight Parts of Speech | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Contractions | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Possessives | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Review of Contractions and Possessives | |
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| Progress Test | |
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| Sentence Structure | |
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| Finding Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Locating Prepositional Phrases | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Understanding Dependent Clauses | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Correcting Fragments | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Correcting Run-on Sentences | |
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| Review of Fragments and Run-On Sentences | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Identifying Verb Phrases | |
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| Review Exercise | |
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| Using Standard English Verbs | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Using Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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| Progress Test | |
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| Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Avoiding Shifts in Time | |
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| Proofreading Exercises | |
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| Recognizing Verbal Phrases | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Following Sentence Patterns | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Avoiding Clich�s, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness | |
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| Proofreading Exercises | |
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| Correcting for Parallel Structure | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Using Pronouns | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Avoiding Shifts in Person | |
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| Proofreading Exercises | |
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| Review of Sentence Structure Errors | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Punctuation and Capital Letters | |
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| Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6 | |
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| Proofreading Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Review of the Comma | |
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| Comma Review Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics | |
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| Paragraph Exercise | |
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| Sentence Writing | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Review of Punctuation and Capital Letters | |
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| Comprehensive Test | |
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| Writing | |
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| What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? | |
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| Writing as Structure | |
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| First-Person and Third-Person Approaches | |
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| Basic Structures | |
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| The Paragraph | |
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| Defining a Paragraph | |
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| Types of Paragraphs | |
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| Sample Paragraphs in an Essay | |
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| Sample of a Single-Paragraph Assignment | |
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| The Essay | |
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| The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond | |
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| Defining an Essay | |
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| A Sample Essay: "Wandering Home" | |
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| Writing Skills | |
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| Writing in Your Own Voice | |
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| Narration | |
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| A Sample Essay: "A Missing Part of Me" | |
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| Description | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Narration: Famous Sayings | |
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| Description: A Valuable Object | |
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| Finding a Topic | |
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| Look to Your Interests | |
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| Focused Free Writing (or Brainstorming) | |
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| Clustering | |
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| Talking with Other Students | |
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| List Your Interests | |
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| Do Some Free Writing | |
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| Try Clustering Ideas | |
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| Organizing Ideas | |
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| Thesis Statements | |
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| Topic, Fact, or Thesis? | |
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| Write a Thesis Statement | |
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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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| Adding Transitional Expressions | |
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| How Do You Get Ready to Write? | |
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| Supporting with Details | |
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| Types of Support | |
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| A Sample Final Draft: "Drawing a Blank" | |
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| Write an Essay on One of Your Interests | |
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| Choosing and Using Quotations | |
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| Choosing Quotations | |
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| Using Quotations | |
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| Signal Phrases and Punctuation | |
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| A Sample Paragraph Using Quotations | |
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| Guidelines for Including Quotations | |
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| Write a Paragraph Using Quotations | |
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| Writing an Argument | |
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| Taking a Stand and Proving Your Point | |
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| A Sample Argument: "Is Crying a Weakness or a Strength?" | |
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| Three Requirements of a Strong Written Argument | |
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| Take a Stand on Grades | |
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| Reading Longer, More Challenging Works | |
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| "The Green Pioneer" | |
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| Writing Summaries | |
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| A Sample Reading: "Bollywood Film Facts" | |
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| A Sample Summary | |
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| Write a Short Summary: Ask Yourself, "What's the Big Idea?" | |
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| Summary Checklist | |
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| Revising, Proofreading, and Presenting Your Work | |
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| A Sample Rough Draft: "If at First You Don't Succeed … Try, Try Again" | |
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| Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? | |
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| Revision Checklist | |
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| Exchanging Papers (Peer Evaluations) | |
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| Proofreading Aloud | |
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| Presenting Your Work | |
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| Paper Formats | |
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| Tides | |
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| Answers | |
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| Index | |