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• Part 1 Basic Principles of Effective Writing
• An Introduction to Writing
• The Writing Process
• The First and Second Steps in Writing
• Step 1 Begin with a Point
• Step 2 Support the Point with Specific Evidence, Practice in Making and Supporting a Point
• The Third Step in Writing
• Step 3 Organize and Connect the Specific Evidence, Practice in Organizing and Connecting Specific Evidence
• The Fourth Step in Writing
• Step 4 Write Clear, Error-Free Sentences
• Revising Sentences
• Editing Sentences
• Practice in Revising Sentences
• Four Bases for Revising Writing
• Base 1: Unity
• Base 2: Support
• Base 3: Coherence
• Base 4: Sentence Skills
• Practice in Using the Four Bases
• Part 2 Paragraph Development
• Introduction to Paragraph Development
• Providing Examples
• Explaining a Process
• Examining Cause and Effect
• Comparing or Contrasting
• Defining a Term
• Dividing and Classifying
• Describing a Scene or Person
• Narrating an Event
• Arguing a Position
• Part 3 Essay Development
• Writing the Essay
• What Is an Essay?
• Important Points about the Essay
• Essays to Consider
• Planning the Essay
• Writing an Exam Essay
• Essay Writing Assignments
• Part 4 Research Skills
• Using the Library and the Internet
• Writing a Research Paper
• Part 5 Handbook of Sentence Skills
• Grammar
• Subjects and Verbs
• Sentence Sense
• Fragments
• Run-Ons
• Standard English Verbs
• Irregular Verbs
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Pronoun Agreement and Reference
• Pronoun Types
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Misplaced Modifiers
• Dangling Modifiers
• Mechanics
• Paper Format
• Capital Letters
• Numbers and Abbreviations
• Punctuation
• Apostrophe
• Quotation Marks
• Comma
• Other Punctuation Marks
• Word Use
• Using the Dictionary
• Improving Spelling
• Vocabulary Development
• Commonly Confused Words
• Effective Word Choice
• ESL Pointers
• Practice
• Combined Mastery Tests
• Editing Tests
• Sentence-Skills Achievement Test
• Part 6 Sixteen Reading Selections
• Introduction to the Readings
• Goals and Values
• All the Good Things
• Rowing the Bus
• Fifth Chinese Daughter
• Adolescent Confusion
• Tickets to Nowhere
• What Good Families Are Doing Right
• Education and Self-Improvement
• Do It Better!
• Anxiety: Challenge by Another Name
• Old Before Her Time
• Let's Really Reform Our Schools
• How They Get You to Do That
• Dealing with Feelings
• Human Groups and Society
• Television Changed My Family Forever
• Rudeness at the Movies
• Bullies in School
• People Need People
• A Drunken Ride, a Tragic Aftermath
• Appendix: Answers and Charts
• Answers to Sentence Skills Diagnostic Test and Introductory Projects
• Charts
• Acknowledgments
• Index