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| Word Choice and Spelling | |
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| Your Own List of Misspelled Words | |
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| Words Often Confused (Set 1) | |
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| Words Often Confused (Set 2) | |
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| The Eight Parts of Speech | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Contractions | |
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| Possessives | |
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| Words That Can Be Broken into Parts | |
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| Rules for Doubling a Final Letter | |
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| Using a Dictionary | |
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| Sentence Structure | |
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| Finding Subjects and Verbs | |
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| Locating Prepositional Phrases | |
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| Understanding Dependent Clauses | |
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| Correcting Fragments | |
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| Correcting Run-on Sentences | |
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| Identifying Verb Phrases | |
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| Using Standard English Verbs | |
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| Using Regular and Irregular Verbs | |
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| Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement | |
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| Avoiding Shifts in Time. | |
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| Recognizing Verbal Phrases | |
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| Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Following Sentence Patterns | |
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| Avoiding Clich?s, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness | |
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| Correcting for Parallel Structure | |
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| Using Pronouns | |
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| Avoiding Shifts in Person | |
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| Punctuation and Capital Letters | |
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| Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash | |
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| Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 | |
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| Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6 | |
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| Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics | |
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| Capital Letters | |
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| Writing | |
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| What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? | |
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| Basic Structures | |
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| The Paragraph: Defining a Paragraph | |
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| Types of Paragraphs | |
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| Sample Paragraphs in an Essay | |
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| The Essay: The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond | |
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| Defining an Essay | |
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| A Sample Essay | |
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| Writing Skills | |
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| Writing in Your Own Voice: Narration | |
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| Description | |
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| Finding a Topic: Look to Your Interests | |
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| Focused Free Writing | |
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| Clustering | |
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| Talking with Other Students | |
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| Organizing Ideas: Thesis Statements | |
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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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| Supporting with Details: Types of Support | |
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| Revising Your Papers | |
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| Revision Checklist | |
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| Exchanging Papers | |
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| Proofreading Aloud | |
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| Presenting Your Work: Paper Formats | |
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| Titles | |
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| Writing an Argument: Taking a Stand and Proving Your Point | |
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| Three Requirements of a Strong Written Argument | |
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| A Longer, More Challenging Reading | |
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| Writing Summaries: Sample Summary | |
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| Summary Checklist | |
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| Answers | |
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| Index | |