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Sentence Skills, Form A, 7/e
John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College

Practice in Effective Writing

Learning Objectives

This chapter will:

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help you understand general versus specific ideas

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help you understand the paragraph

3

help you understand the topic sentence

4

help you identify topics, topic sentences, and support

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help you recognize and provide specific details

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help you select and provide details that fit

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help you use transitions

8

help you organize details in a paragraph

9

help you understand the plan of development in an essay

10

help you recognize and provide specific details in an essay

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help you provide transitions in an essay

12

help you build introductory and concluding paragraphs