The Least You Should Know About English Writing Skills (Form B),9780838407714

The Least You Should Know About English Writing Skills (Form B)

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Edition: 8th
ISBN13: 9780838407714
ISBN10: 0838407714
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2003-05-13
Publisher(s): Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

For over twenty years, the simple, friendly approach of The Least You Should Know About English has helped students with their spelling, punctuation, and sentence and paragraph structure.

Table of Contents

What Is the Least You Should Know? 1(3)
Word Choice and Spelling
4(51)
Your Own List of Misspelled Words
4(1)
Words Often Confused (Set 1)
5(9)
Proofreading Exercise
13(1)
Sentence Writing
14(1)
Words Often Confused (Set 2)
14(10)
Proofreading Exercise
23(1)
Sentence Writing
23(1)
The Eight Parts of Speech
24(5)
Paragraph Exercise
28(1)
Sentence Writing
29(1)
Contractions
29(7)
Proofreading Exercise
35(1)
Sentence Writing
35(1)
Possessives
36(8)
Proofreading Exercise
41(1)
Sentence Writing
42(1)
Review of Contractions and Possessives
42(2)
Words That Can Be Broken into Parts
44(1)
Rule for Doubling a Final Letter
45(4)
Progress Test
48(1)
Using a Dictionary
49(6)
Sentence Structure
55(116)
Finding Subjects and Verbs
56(6)
Paragraph Exercise
61(1)
Sentence Writing
62(1)
Locating Prepositional Phrases
62(7)
Paragraph Exercise
68(1)
Sentence Writing
69(1)
Understanding Dependent Clauses
69(8)
Paragraph Exercise
76(1)
Correcting Fragments
77(6)
Proofreading Exercise
83(1)
Sentence Writing
83(1)
Correcting Run-On Sentences
83(9)
Review of Fragments and Run-On Sentences
90(1)
Proofreading Exercise
91(1)
Sentence Writing
91(1)
Identifying Verb Phrases
92(5)
Review Exercise
97(1)
Using Standard English Verbs
97(8)
Proofreading Exercise
103(1)
Sentence Writing
104(1)
Using Regular and Irregular Verbs
105(10)
Progress Test
114(1)
Maintaining Subject/Verb Agreement
115(7)
Proofreading Exercise
121(1)
Sentence Writing
121(1)
Avoiding Shifts in Time
122(2)
Proofreading Exercises
123(1)
Recognizing Verbal Phrases
124(6)
Paragraph Exercise
129(1)
Sentence Writing
130(1)
Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
130(5)
Proofreading Exercise
134(1)
Sentence Writing
134(1)
Following Sentence Patterns
135(7)
Paragraph Exercise
141(1)
Sentence Writing
141(1)
Avoiding Cliches, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness
142(8)
Proofreading Exercise
149(1)
Sentence Writing
150(1)
Correcting for Parallel Structure
150(7)
Proofreading Exercise
156(1)
Sentence Writing
157(1)
Using Pronouns
157(9)
Proofreading Exercise
165(1)
Sentence Writing
165(1)
Avoiding Shifts in Person
166(5)
Proofreading Exercises
166(2)
Review of Sentence Structure Errors
168(1)
Proofreading Exercise
169(2)
Punctuation and Capital Letters
171(36)
Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash
171(6)
Proofreading Exercise
176(1)
Sentence Writing
177(1)
Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3
177(7)
Proofreading Exercise
183(1)
Sentence Writing
183(1)
Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6
184(9)
Proofreading Exercise
190(1)
Sentence Writing
190(1)
Review of the Comma
191(1)
Comma Review Exercise
191(1)
Sentence Writing
192(1)
Quotation Marks and Underlining/ Italics
193(6)
Paragraph Exercise
198(1)
Sentence Writing
198(1)
Capital Letters
199(8)
Review of Punctuation and Capital Letters
204(1)
Comprehensive Test
205(2)
Writing
207(42)
What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing?
208(1)
Basic Structures
208(7)
The Paragraph
208(1)
Defining a Paragraph
209(1)
Types of Paragraphs
209(2)
The Essay
211(1)
The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond
212(1)
Defining an Essay
212(1)
A Sample Essay
213(1)
``Harmonious Cord''
213(2)
Writing Skills
215(34)
Writing in Your Own Voice
215(1)
Narration
216(3)
Description
219(1)
Writing Assignments
220(1)
Narration: Famous Sayings
220(1)
Description: A Valuable Object
221(1)
Finding a Topic
221(1)
Look to Your Interests
221(1)
Focused Free Writing (or Brainstorming)
222(1)
Clustering
222(1)
Talking with Other Students
223(1)
List Your Interests
223(1)
Do Some Free Writing
223(1)
Try Clustering Ideas
223(1)
Organizing Ideas
224(1)
Thesis Statements
224(1)
Exercise 1 Thesis or Fact?
225(1)
Write a Thesis Statement
225(1)
Organizing an Essay
225(1)
Topic Sentences
226(1)
Organizing Body Paragraphs (or Single Paragraphs)
226(1)
Transitional Expressions
227(1)
Exercise 2 Adding Transitional Expressions
227(1)
Do You Want to Live to Be 100?
228(1)
Supporting with Details
228(1)
Types of Support
229(2)
Write an Essay on One of Your Interests
231(1)
A Mistake
231(1)
Revising Your Papers
231(2)
A Tradition
233(1)
Revision Checklist
234(1)
Exchanging Papers
234(1)
Proofreading Aloud
234(1)
``Hey Man, Give Me Some Space!''
235(1)
What Is Home?
235(1)
The Best Advice
235(1)
``Love Is Blind; Friendship Closes Its Eyes''
235(1)
Presenting Your Work
236(1)
Paper Formats
236(1)
Titles
236(1)
Writing about What You Read
237(1)
Writing a Reaction
237(1)
Write a Reaction Paragraph
238(1)
``How to Talk with Your Child about Disasters''
238(1)
Coming to Your Own Conclusions
239(1)
``Popularity''
239(1)
What Are Your Conclusions?
240(2)
Write a 100-Word Summary
242(1)
``Elvis on Celluloid''
243(1)
Write a Reaction or a 100-Word Summary
244(1)
``Are We Getting Smarter?''
245(4)
Answers 249(77)
Index 326

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