To the Instructor p. ix Acknowledgments p. x What Is the Least You Should Know? p. 1 Spelling and Word Choice p. 3 Your Own List of Misspelled Words p. 4 Words That Can Be Broken into Parts p. 4 Guidelines for Doubling a Final Letter p. 5 Words Often Confused (Set 1) p. 8 Proofreading Exercise p. 17 Sentence Writing p. 17 Words Often Confused (Set 2) p. 18 Proofreading Exercise p. 26 Sentence Writing p. 26 The Eight Parts of Speech p. 27 Paragraph Exercise p. 32 Sentence Writing p. 32 Adjectives and Adverbs p. 33 Proofreading Exercise p. 39 Sentence Writing p. 39 Contractions p. 40 Proofreading Exercise p. 45 Sentence Writing p. 45 Possessives p. 46 Proofreading Exercise p. 51 Sentence Writing p. 51 Review of Contractions and Possessives p. 52 Progress Test p. 54 Sentence Structure p. 55 Finding Subjects and Verbs p. 57 Paragraph Exercise p. 62 Sentence Writing p. 62 Locating Prepositional Phrases p. 63 Paragraph Exercise p. 68 Sentence Writing p. 68 Understanding Dependent Clauses p. 69 Paragraph Exercise p. 75 Sentence Writing p. 75 Correcting Fragments p. 76 Proofreading Exercise p. 82 Sentence Writing p. 82 Correcting Run-on Sentences p. 83
Review of Fragments and Run-On Sentences p. 89 Proofreading Exercise p. 90 Sentence Writing p. 90 Identifying Verb Phrases p. 91 Review Exercise p. 95 Using Standard English Verbs p. 97 Proofreading Exercise p. 102 Sentence Writing p. 102 Using Regular and Irregular Verbs p. 103 Progress Test p. 112 Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement p. 113 Proofreading Exercise p. 119 Sentence Writing p. 119 Avoiding Shifts in Time p. 120 Proofreading Exercises p. 121 Recognizing Verbal Phrases p. 123 Paragraph Exercise p. 128 Sentence Writing p. 128 Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers p. 129 Proofreading Exercise p. 132 Sentence Writing p. 132 Following Sentence Patterns p. 133 Paragraph Exercise p. 138 Sentence Writing p. 139 Avoiding Clichés, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness p. 140 Proofreading Exercises p. 143 Correcting for Parallel Structure p. 145 Proofreading Exercise p. 150 Sentence Writing p. 150 Using Pronouns p. 151 Proofreading Exercise p. 157 Sentence Writing p. 157 Avoiding Shifts in Person p. 158 Proofreading Exercises p. 159 Review of Sentence Structure Errors p. 161 Proofreading Exercise p. 163 Punctuation and Capital Letters p. 165 Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash p. 165 Proofreading Exercise p. 171 Sentence Writing p. 171 Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3 p. 172
Proofreading Exercise p. 177 Sentence Writing p. 178 Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6 p. 179 Proofreading Exercise p. 184 Sentence Writing p. 185 Review of the Comma p. 185 Comma Review Exercise p. 186 Sentence Writing p. 186 Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics p. 187 Paragraph Exercise p. 192 Sentence Writing p. 192 Capital Letters p. 193 Review of Punctuation and Capital Letters p. 198 Comprehensive Test p. 199 Writing p. 201 What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing? p. 201 Writing as Structure p. 202 First-Person and Third-Person Approaches p. 202 Basic Structures p. 203 The Paragraph p. 203 Defining a Paragraph p. 203 Types of Paragraphs p. 204 Sample Paragraphs in an Essay p. 204 Sample of a Single-Paragraph Assignment p. 205 The Essay p. 206 The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond p. 207 Defining an Essay p. 207 A Sample Essay: "Wandering Home" p. 208 Writing Skills p. 210 Writing in Your Own Voice p. 210 Narration p. 211 A Sample Essay: "A Missing Part of Me" p. 212 Description p. 213 Writing Exercises p. 214 Narration: Famous Sayings p. 214 Description: A Valuable Object p. 215 Finding a Topic p. 215 Look to Your Interests p. 215 Focused Free Writing (or Brainstorming) p. 216 Clustering p. 216 Talking with Other Students p. 217
List Your Interests p. 217 Do Some Free Writing p. 217 Try Clustering Ideas p. 218 Organizing Ideas p. 218 Thesis Statements p. 218 Topic, Fact, or Thesis? p. 219 Write a Thesis Statement p. 219 Organizing an Essay p. 220 Topic Sentences p. 220 Organizing Body Paragraphs (or Single Paragraphs) p. 220 Transitional Expressions p. 221 Adding Transitional Expressions p. 222 How Do You Get Ready to Write? p. 222 Supporting with Details p. 222 Types of Support p. 223 A Sample Final Draft: "Drawing a Blank" p. 224 Write an Essay on One of Your Interests p. 225 Choosing and Using Quotations p. 226 Choosing Quotations p. 226 Using Quotations p. 227 Signal Phrases and Punctuation p. 227 A Sample Paragraph Using Quotations p. 229 Guidelines for Including Quotations p. 229 Write a Paragraph Using Quotations p. 230 Writing an Argument p. 230 Taking a Stand and Proving Your Point p. 230 A Sample Argument: "Is Crying a Weakness or a Strength?" p. 231 Three Requirements of a Strong Written Argument p. 232 Take a Stand on Grades p. 233 Reading Longer, More Challenging Works p. 233 "The Green Pioneer" p. 233 Writing Summaries p. 235 A Sample Reading: "Bollywood Film Facts" p. 236 A Sample Summary p. 238 Write a Short Summary: Ask Yourself, "What's the Big Idea?" p. 238 Summary Checklist p. 239 Revising, Proofreading, and Presenting Your Work p. 239 A Sample Rough Draft: "If at First You Don't Succeed … Try, Try Again" p. 240 Is the Glass Half Empty or Half Full? p. 242 Revision Checklist p. 242 Exchanging Papers (Peer Evaluations) p. 242
Proofreading Aloud p. 243 Presenting Your Work p. 243 Paper Formats p. 243 Tides p. 243 Answers p. 245 Index p. 323 Table of Contents provided by Blackwell's Book Services and R.R. Bowker. Used with permission.