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Preface | |
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The Writing Process | |
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Exploring | |
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Visualizing the Paragraph and the Essay | |
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Key Steps in Exploring | |
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Topic | |
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Audience | |
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Purpose | |
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Exploring Strategies | |
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Journal and Portfolio Writing | |
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Developing the Main Idea | |
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Key Steps in Developing the Main Idea | |
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Writing a Thesis Statement | |
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Developing the Supporting Ideas | |
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Developing the Essay Plan | |
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Key Steps in Developing the Essay Plan | |
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Organizing Supporting Ideas | |
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Developing an Essay Plan | |
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Developing the First Draft | |
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Key Steps in Developing the First Draft | |
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Writing an Introduction | |
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Writing Complete Body Paragraphs | |
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Writing a Conclusion | |
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Choosing an Essay Title | |
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Writing the First Draft | |
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Revising and Editing | |
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Key Steps in Revising and Editing | |
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Revising For Unity | |
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Revising for Adequate Support | |
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Revising for Coherence | |
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Revising for Style | |
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Editing for Errors | |
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Writing the Final Draft | |
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Essay Patterns | |
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Illustration | |
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What is Illustration? | |
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The Illustration Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit an Illustration Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Little Brother is Watching" by Eric Gall | |
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Narration | |
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What is Narration? | |
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The Narrative Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Narrative Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Out of Sight" by Ryan Knighton | |
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Description | |
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What is Description? | |
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The Descriptive Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Descriptive Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Living Among the Bees" by Lucie L. Snodgrass | |
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Process | |
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What is a Process? | |
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The Process Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Process Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Do You Have What It Takes to Be Happy?" by Stacey Colino | |
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Definition | |
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What is Definition? | |
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The Definition Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Definition Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "On Genius" by Dorothy Nixon | |
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Classification | |
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What is Classification? | |
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The Classification Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Classification Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Types of Correctional Officers" by Frank Schmalleger | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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What is Comparison and Contrast? | |
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The Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Comparison and Contrast Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "The Dating World" by Naomi Louder | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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What is Cause and Effect? | |
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The Cause and Effect Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Friendless in North America" by Ellen Goodman | |
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Argument | |
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What is Argument? | |
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The Argument Essay | |
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Explore Topics | |
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The Thesis Statement | |
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The Supporting Ideas | |
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The Essay Plan | |
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The First Draft | |
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Revise and Edit an Argument Essay | |
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A Professional Essay: "Keep Your Roses" by Melonyce McAfee | |
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More College and Workplace Writing | |
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Paraphrasing and Summarizing | |
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Integrating Borrowed Information | |
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Paraphrasing | |
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Summarizing | |
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The Research Essay | |
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Planning a Research Paper | |
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Gathering Information | |
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Evaluating Sources | |
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Taking Notes | |
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Organizing Your First Draft | |
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Incorporating Visuals | |
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Citing Sources | |
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Using MLA Style | |
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Sample Research Essay | |
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Using APA Style | |
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The Rÿsumÿ and Letter Application | |
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Preparing a Rÿsumÿ | |
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Writing a Letter of Application | |
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Responding to Film and Literature | |
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Responding to Film and Literature | |
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Structuring Your Written Response | |
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Becoming a Successful Student | |
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Preparing for Exams | |
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Writing Essay Exams | |
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The Editing Handbook | |
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Effective Sentences Section Theme Conflict | |
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Identify Subjects and Verbs | |
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Identifying Subjects | |
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Identifying Verbs | |
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Sentence Combining | |
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Understanding Key Words | |
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Making Compound Sentences | |
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Making Complex Sentences | |
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Sentence Variety | |
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What is Sentence Variety? | |
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Varying the Opening Words | |
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Combine Sentences with an Appositive | |
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Combining Sentences with Relative Clauses | |
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Writing Embedded Questions | |
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Common Sentence Errors Section Theme Urban Development | |
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Fragments | |
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What Are Fragments? | |
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Phrase Fragments | |
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Fragments with ing and to | |
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Explanatory Fragments | |
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Dependent-Clause Fragments | |
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Run-Ons | |
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What Are Run-Ons? | |
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Correcting Run-Ons | |
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Faulty Parallel Structure | |
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What is Parallel Structure? | |
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Correcting Faulty Parallel Structure | |
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Mistakes With Modifiers | |
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Misplaced Modifiers | |
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Dangling Modifiers | |
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Verbs Section Theme International Trade | |
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Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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Basic Subject Verb Agreement Rules | |
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More Than One Subject | |
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Special Subject Forms | |
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Verb Before the Subject | |
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Interrupting Words and Phrases | |
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Verb Tenses | |
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What is Verb Tense? | |
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Past and Present Tenses | |
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Past Participles | |
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Present Perfect Tense | |
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Past Perfect Tense | |
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Passive Voice | |
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Progressive Forms | |
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Problems with Verbs | |
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Verb Consistency | |
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Avoiding Double Negatives | |
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Non-Standard Forms Gonna, Gotta, Wanna | |
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Problems in Conditional Forms | |
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Non-Standard Forms Would of, Could of, Should of | |
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Recognizing Gerunds and Inifinitives | |
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More Parts of Speech Section Theme Forces of Nature | |
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Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions | |
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Count Nouns and Non-Count Nouns | |
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Determiners | |
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Prepositions | |
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Pronouns | |
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Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement | |
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Indefinite Pronouns | |
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Vague Pronouns | |
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Pronoun Shifts | |
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Pronoun Case | |
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Relative Pronouns | |
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Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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Adjectives | |
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Adverbs | |
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Comparative and Superlative Forms | |
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Word Use and Spelling Section Theme Plants and Insects | |
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Exact Language | |
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Use Specific and Detailed Vocabulary | |
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Avoiding Wordiness and Redundancy | |
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Avoiding Clichÿs | |
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Using Standard English | |
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Spelling and Commonly Confused Words | |
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Spelling Rules | |
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Commonly Misspelled Words | |
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Look-Alike and Sound-Alike Words | |
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Punctuation and Mechanics Section Theme Human Development | |
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Commas | |
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What is a Comma? | |
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Commas in a Series | |
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Commas after Introductory Words or Phrases | |
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Commas around Interrupting Words and Phrases | |
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Commas in Compound Sentences | |
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Commas in Complex Sentences | |
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Apostrophes | |
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What is an Apostrophe? | |
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Apostrophes in Contractions | |
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Apostrophes to Show Ownership | |
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Apostrophes in Expressions of Time | |
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Quotation Marks, Capitalization, and Titles | |
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Quotation marks | |
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Using Quotations in Research Essays | |
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Capitalization | |
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Titles | |
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Numbers and Additional Punctuation | |
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Numbers | |
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Additional Punctuation | |
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Editing | |
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Editing Practice | |
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Reading Strategies and Selections | |
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From Reading to Writing | |
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Reading Strategies | |
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Reading Selections | |
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Conflict | |
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"The CSI Effect" by Richard Willing (Cause and Effect) | |
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"Types of Rioters" by David Locher (Classification) | |
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"Naming Good Path Elk" by Kenneth M. Kline (Narration) | |
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Urban Development | |
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"My African Childhood" by David Sedaris (Comparison and Contrast) | |
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"Living Environments" by Avi Friedman (Classification) | |
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International Trade | |
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"I, Telemarketer" by Eugene Henry (Narration) | |
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"The Rich Resonance of Small Talk" by Roxanne Roberts (Process) | |
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"Google's China Web" by Frida Ghitis (Argument) | |
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Forces Of Nature | |
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"Weird Weather" by Pamela D. Jacobsen (Illustration) | |
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"The Rules of Survival" by Laurence Gonzales (Process) | |
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"Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer (Description) | |
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"Monsoon Time" by Rahul Goswani (Description) | |
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Plants and Insects | |
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Songs of Insects" by Sy Montgomery (Illustration) | |
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Nature Returns to the Cities" by John Roach (Cause and Effect) | |
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Human Development | |
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"Raunch Culture" by Ariel Levy (Definition) | |
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"Twixters" by Betsy Hart (Definition) | |
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"The Untranslatable Word 'Macho;" by Rose del Castillo Guilbalt (Comparison and Contrast) | |
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"Medicating Ourselves" by Robyn Sarah | |
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The Basic Parts of a Sentence | |
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Irregular Verb List | |
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Verb Tenses | |
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Combining Ideas in Sentences | |
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Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Logs | |
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Credits | |
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Index | |