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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| A Student's Guide to Using | |
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| Writing First | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklists for Writing Paragraphs and Essays | |
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| Writing Paragraphs And Essays | |
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| Focus on Paragraphs | |
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| Writing a Paragraph | |
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| Understanding Paragraph Structure | |
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| Focusing on Your Assignment, Purpose, and Audience | |
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| Finding Ideas | |
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| Identifying Your Main Idea and Writing a Topic Sentence | |
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| Choosing and Arranging Supporting Points | |
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| Drafting Your Paragraph | |
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| Revising and Editing Your Paragraph | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklist: Revising Your Paragraph | |
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| Review Checklist: Writing a Paragraph | |
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| Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph | |
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| Writing Unified Paragraphs | |
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| Writing Well-Developed Paragraphs | |
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| Writing Coherent Paragraphs | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph | |
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| Patterns of Paragraph Developmen | |
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| Exemplification | |
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| What is Exemplification? | |
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| Writing an Exemplification Paragraph | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklist: Writing an Exemplification Paragraph | |
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| Moving from Paragraph to Essay: Exemplification | |
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| Narration | |
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| Description | |
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| Process | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Classification | |
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| Definition | |
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| ArgumentNote: Chapters 4 – 11 follow the same format as chapter 3 but details have been omitted to save space | |
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| Focus on Essays | |
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| Writing an Essay | |
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| Thinking about Paragraphs and Essays | |
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| Deciding on a Topic | |
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| Finding Ideas | |
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| Stating Your Thesis | |
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| Choosing Supporting Points | |
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| Arranging Supporting Points | |
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| Drafting Your Essay | |
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| Revising Your Essay | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklist: Revising Your Essay | |
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| I Editing Your Essay | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklist: Editing Your Essay | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Writing an Essay | |
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| Introductions and Conclusions | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Introductions and Conclusions | |
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| Patterns of Essay Development | |
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| Exemplification | |
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| Self-Assessment Checklist: Writing an Exemplification Essay | |
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| Narration | |
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| Description | |
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| Process | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Classification | |
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| DefinitionI Argument | |
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| Review Checklist: Patterns of Essay Development | |
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| Note: Sections B - I follow the same format as section A but details have been omitted to save space | |
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| Revising And Editing Your Writingunit 4 | |
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| Writing Effective Sentences | |
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| Writing Simple Sentences | |
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| Subjects | |
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| Prepositional Phrases | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Writing Simple Sentences | |
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| Writing Compound Sentences | |
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| Using Coordinating Conjunctions | |
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| Using Semicolons | |
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| Using Transitional Words and Phrases | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Writing Compound Sentences | |
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| Writing Complex Sentences | |
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| Identifying Complex Sentences | |
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| Using Subordinating Conjunctions | |
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| Using Relative Pronouns | |
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| Punctuating with Relative Pronouns | |
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| Chapter Review | |
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| Review Checklist: Writing Complex Sentences | |
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| Achieving Sentence Variety | |
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| Varying Sentence Types | |
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| Varying Sentence Openings | |
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| Combining Sentences | |
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| Mixing Long and Short Sentences | |
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