The least you should know about English. Writing skills, form C

Front Cover......Page 1
Title Page......Page 5
ISBN 9780495902867......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
To the Instructor......Page 11
Acknowledgments......Page 12
What Is the Least You Should Know?......Page 13
Your Own List of Misspelled Words......Page 15
Words Often Confused (Set 1)......Page 16
EXERCISES......Page 20
Sentence Writing......Page 24
Words Often Confused (Set 2)......Page 25
EXERCISES......Page 29
Proofreading Exercise......Page 32
Sentence Writing......Page 33
The Eight Parts of Speech......Page 34
EXERCISES......Page 36
Sentence Writing......Page 39
ADJECTIVES......Page 40
ADVERBS......Page 41
CHOOSING BETWEEN ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS......Page 42
EXERCISES......Page 43
Sentence Writing......Page 46
Contractions......Page 47
EXERCISES......Page 48
Paragraph Exercise......Page 51
Sentence Writing......Page 52
Possessives......Page 53
EXERCISES......Page 54
Sentence Writing......Page 58
Review of Contractions and Possessives......Page 59
Rule for Doubling a Final Letter......Page 61
EXERCISES......Page 62
Progress Test......Page 64
Using a Dictionary......Page 65
2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE......Page 71
Finding Subjects and Verbs......Page 73
EXERCISES......Page 75
Sentence Writing......Page 78
Locating Prepositional Phrases......Page 79
EXERCISES......Page 81
Sentence Writing......Page 84
Understanding Dependent Clauses......Page 85
EXERCISES......Page 87
Sentence Writing......Page 91
PHRASE FRAGMENTS......Page 92
DEPENDENT CLAUSE FRAGMENTS......Page 93
EXERCISES......Page 94
Proofreading Exercise......Page 97
Sentence Writing......Page 98
Correcting Run-on Sentences......Page 99
EXERCISES......Page 101
Review of Fragments and Run-On Sentences......Page 105
Sentence Writing......Page 106
Identifying Verb Phrases......Page 107
EXERCISES......Page 108
Review Exercise......Page 111
Using Standard English Verbs......Page 112
EXERCISES......Page 114
Sentence Writing......Page 117
Using Regular and Irregular Verbs......Page 118
EXERCISES......Page 122
Progress Test......Page 127
Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement......Page 128
EXERCISES......Page 130
Sentence Writing......Page 134
Avoiding Shifts in Time......Page 135
Proofreading Exercises......Page 136
Recognizing Verbal Phrases......Page 138
EXERCISES......Page 139
Paragraph Exercise......Page 142
Sentence Writing......Page 144
EXERCISES......Page 145
Sentence Writing......Page 148
Following Sentence Patterns......Page 149
EXERCISES......Page 151
Paragraph Exercise......Page 154
Sentence Writing......Page 155
CLICHÉS......Page 156
WORDINESS......Page 157
Proofreading Exercises......Page 159
Correcting for Parallel Structure......Page 161
EXERCISES......Page 162
Sentence Writing......Page 166
Using Pronouns......Page 167
PRONOUN AGREEMENT......Page 168
PRONOUN REFERENCE......Page 170
EXERCISES......Page 171
Proofreading Exercise......Page 174
Sentence Writing......Page 175
Proofreading Exercises......Page 176
Review of Sentence Structure Errors......Page 178
Proofreading Exercise......Page 179
Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash......Page 181
EXERCISES......Page 182
Proofreading Exercise......Page 186
Sentence Writing......Page 187
Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3......Page 188
EXERCISES......Page 189
Proofreading Exercise......Page 193
Sentence Writing......Page 194
Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6......Page 195
EXERCISES......Page 197
Proofreading Exercise......Page 200
Sentence Writing......Page 201
Sentence Writing......Page 202
Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics......Page 203
EXERCISES......Page 204
Paragraph Exercise......Page 208
Sentence Writing......Page 209
Capital Letters......Page 210
EXERCISES......Page 211
Review of Punctuation and Capital Letters......Page 215
Comprehensive Test......Page 216
4. WRITING......Page 218
What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing?......Page 219
I. The Paragraph......Page 220
II. The Essay......Page 222
III. Writing in Your Own Voice......Page 227
IV. Finding a Topic......Page 232
V. Organizing Ideas......Page 234
VI. Supporting with Details......Page 239
VII. Revising Your Papers......Page 242
VIII. Presenting Your Work......Page 247
IX. Writing an Argument......Page 248
X. Writing Summaries......Page 253
Answers......Page 263
Index......Page 335