Sentence Skills Information Center: Table of Contents


		Table of Contents

Sentence Skills: A Workbook for Writers, 9/e

John Langan, Atlantic Cape Community College

PART 1   Effective Writing
  1  Learning Sentence Skills
         Why Learn Sentence Skills?
         Your Attitude about Writing
         How This Book Is Organized
         How to Use This Book
  2  A Brief Guide to Effective Writing
         What Is a Paragraph?
         The Goals of Effective Writing
         Activities in the Goals of Effective Writing
  3  The Writing Process
         Steps in the Writing Process
         Activities in the Writing Process
         Ten Writing Assignments

PART 2   Sentence Skills
SECTION 1   Sentences
  4  Subjects and Verbs
         Mastery Tests
  5  Fragments
         Mastery Tests
  6  Run-Ons
         Mastery Tests
  7  Sentence Variety I
         Mastery Tests

SECTION 2   Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement
  8  Standard English Verbs
         Mastery Tests
  9  Irregular Verbs
         Mastery Tests
10  Subject-Verb Agreement
         Mastery Tests
11  Consistent Verb Tense
         Mastery Tests
12  Additional Information about Verbs
         Mastery Tests
13  Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View
         Mastery Tests
14  Pronoun Types
         Mastery Tests

SECTION 3   Modifiers and Parallelism
15  Adjectives and Adverbs
         Mastery Tests
16  Misplaced Modifiers
         Mastery Tests
17  Dangling Modifiers
         Mastery Tests
18  Faulty Parallelism
         Mastery Tests
19  Sentence Variety II
         Mastery Tests

SECTION 4   Punctuation and Mechanics
20  Paper Format
         Mastery Tests
21  Capital Letters
         Mastery Tests
22  Numbers and Abbreviations
         Mastery Tests
23  End Marks
         Mastery Tests
24  Apostrophe
         Mastery Tests
25  Quotation Marks
         Mastery Tests
26  Comma
         Mastery Tests
27  Other Punctuation Marks
         Mastery Tests

SECTION 5   Word Use
28  Dictionary Use
         Mastery Tests
29  Spelling Improvement
         Mastery Tests
30  Omitted Words and Letters
         Mastery Tests
31  Commonly Confused Words
         Mastery Tests
32  Effective Word Choice
         Mastery Tests

PART 3   Reinforcement of the Skills
      Combined Mastery Tests
         Fragments and Run-Ons
         Verbs
         Pronouns
         Faulty Modifiers and Parallelism
         Capital Letters and Punctuation
         Word Use
      Editing and Proofreading Tests
         Test 1: Fragments
         Test 2: Fragments
         Test 3: Run-Ons (Fused Sentences)
         Test 4: Run-Ons (Comma Splices)
         Test 5: Standard English Verbs
         Test 6: Irregular Verbs
         Test 7: Faulty Parallelism
         Test 8: Capital Letters
         Test 9: Apostrophes
         Test 10: Quotation Marks
         Test 11: Commas
         Test 12: Commonly Confused Words
      Combined Editing Tests

APPENDIXES
      A  How a Computer Can Help
      B  Parts of Speech
      C  ESL Pointers
      D  Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
      E  Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
      F  Answers to Introductory Activities and Practice Exercises in Part Two

Credits
Index

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