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This document can be conveniently viewed using Acrobat Reader software. If you do not have Acrobat Reader, you can
download it for free.PART ONE Writing: Skills and Process 1. An Introduction to Writing 2. The Writing Process PART TWO Basic Principles of Effective Writing 3. The First and Second Steps in Writing 4. The Third and Fourth Steps in Writing 5. Four Bases for Revising Writing PART THREE Paragraph Development 6. Exemplification 7. Narration 8. Description 9. Process 10. Cause and Effect 11. Comparison or Contrast 12. Definition 13. Division-Classification 14. Argument PART FOUR Essay Development 15. Introduction to Essay Development 16. Writing the Essay 17. Introductions, Conclusions, and Titles 18. Patterns of Essay Development 19. Special College Skills 20. Writing a Research Paper PART FIVE Handbook of Sentence Skills SECTION I Grammar 21. Subjects and Verbs 22. Sentence Sense 23. Fragments 24. Run-Ons 25. Regular and Irregular Verbs 26. Subject–Verb Agreement 27. Additional Information about Verbs 28. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 29. Pronoun Types 30. Adjectives and Adverbs 31. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers SECTION II Mechanics 32. Manuscript Form 33. Capital Letters 34. Numbers and Abbreviations SECTION III Punctuation 35. Apostrophe 36. Quotation Marks 37. Comma 38. Other Punctuation Marks SECTION IV Word Use 39. Spelling Improvement 40. Commonly Confused Words 41. Effective Word Choice 42. Editing Tests 43. ESL Pointers PART SIX Readings for Writers INTRODUCTION TO THE READINGS LOOKING INWARD OBSERVING OTHERS CONFRONTING PROBLEMS APPENDIX Writing a Résumé and Cover Letter Credits Index | 
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