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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 | |