| Chapter One Basic Writing Techniques 1.1 Diction 1.1.1 Formal and Informal Words 1.1.2 General and Specific Words 1.2 Grammar 1.2.1 Subject-Verb Agreement 1.2.2 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 1.2.3 Pronoun Reference 1.3 Mechanics 1.3.1 Capitalization 1.3.2 Punctuation 1.3.3 Manuscript Chapter Two Sentence Style 2.1 Basic Sentence Patterns 2.1.1 Clauses 2.1.2 Kinds of Sentences 2.2 Sentence Unity 2.2.1 Preservation of Sentence Unity 2.2.2 Precautions Against No Unity 2.3 Sentence Coherence 2.4 Sentence Expansion 2.5 Sentence Variety 2.5.1 Varying Sentence Length and Emphasis 2.5.2 Varying Sentence Beginnings 2.5.3 Inverting the Normal Word Order 2.5.4 Varying Simple Sentences 2.5.5 Simple, Compound and Complex Sentences Combined Chapter Three Sentence Improvement 3.1 Parallelism 3.2 Faulty Modification 3.2.1 Stacked Modifiers 3.2.2 Misplaced Modifiers 3.2.3 Dangling Modifiers 3.3 Sentence Fragments 3.3.1 Revising Dependent Clause Fragments 3.3.2 Revising Phrase Fragments 3.3.3 Revising Appositive Fragments 3.3.4 Using Fragments Intentionally 3.4 Choppy Sentences 3.5 Run-ons 3.6 Stringy Sentences Chapter Four Paragraph Writing 4.1 Paragraph Structure 4.1.1 Topic Sentence 4.1.2 Supporting Sentences 4.1.3 Concluding Sentence 4.2 Paragraph Unity 4.3 Paragraph Coherence 4.3.1 Repetition of Key Nouns 4.3.2 Use of Consistent Pronouns 4.3.3 Transition .Signals 4.4 Paragraph Outlining 4.4.1 The "Parallel Form" Rule 4.4.2 The "Equivalent Value" Rule 4.5 Paragraph Development 4.5.1 Chronological Order 4.5.2 Logical Division of Ideas/Order of Importance 4.5.3 Comparison and Contrast 4.5.4 Cause and Effect 4.5.5 Exemplification 4.5.6 Quotations 4.5.7 Paraphrases and Summaries Chapter Five Essay Writing 5.1 Characteristics of an Effective Essay 5.2 Structure of an Essay …… Chapter Six Making a Research Chapter Seven Writing the Thesis Chapter Eight Writing for Special Purposes Keys to Exercises Bibliography |
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