PART 1 Effective Writing
Chapter 1 Learning Sentence Skills
Chapter 2 A Brief Guide to Effective Writing
Chapter 3 The Writing Process
Chapter 4 Writing with Digital and Electronic Resources

PART 2 Sentence Skills

SECTION 1 Sentences
Chapter 5 Parts of Speech
Chapter 6 Subjects and Verbs
Chapter 7 Fragments
Chapter 8 Run-Ons
Chapter 9 Sentence Variety I

SECTION 2 Verbs, Pronouns, and Agreement
Chapter 10 Standard English Verbs
Chapter 11 Irregular Verbs
Chapter 12 Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 13 Consistent Verb Tense
Chapter 14 Additional Information about Verbs
Chapter 15 Pronoun Reference, Agreement, and Point of View
Chapter 16 Pronoun Types

SECTION 3 Modifiers and Parallelism
Chapter 17 Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 18 Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 19 Dangling Modifiers
Chapter 20 Faulty Parallelism
Chapter 21 Sentence Variety II

SECTION 4 Punctuation and Mechanics
Chapter 22 Paper Format
Chapter 23 Capital Letters
Chapter 24 Numbers and Abbreviations
Chapter 25 End Marks
Chapter 26 Apostrophe
Chapter 27 Quotation Marks
Chapter 28 Comma
Chapter 29 Other Punctuation Marks

SECTION 5 Word Use
Chapter 30 Dictionary Use
Chapter 31 Spelling Improvement
Chapter 32 Omitted Words and Letters
Chapter 33 Commonly Confused Words
Chapter 34 Effective Word Choice

PART 3 Reinforcement of the Skills
Combined Mastery Tests
Editing and Proofreading Tests
Combined Editing Tests
Editing for Sentence-Skills Mistakes

PART 4 Readings for Writing
Introduction to the Readings

APPENDIXES
A. ESL Pointers
B. Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
C. Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
D. Answers to Introductory Activities and Practice Exercises in Part Two

Credits
Index

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