Progressions, Book 1 Sentences, Paragraphs and Essential Study Skills Plus MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package
Progressions, Book 1 Sentences, Paragraphs and Essential Study Skills Plus MyWritingLab with eText -- Access Card Package
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Summary
Table of Contents
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Strategies for Learning from Textbooks xxi
Strategies for Succeeding in College xxii
Preface xxiii
PART ONE Succeeding in College 1
CHAPTER 1 Why Am I in This Class? 1
How Fast Can I become a Better Writer? 2
Understand the Writing Process 2
Read and Write Every Day 2
Use Your Resources 3
Why Do I Make So Many Mistakes When I Write? 3
Why Do I Need This Book? 4
How Will Writing Help Me in Other Classes? 4
How Can I Succeed in College? 5
Writing Assignment 7
PART TWO Writing Paragraphs and Essays 9
CHAPTER 2 The Writing Process: Planning
a Paragraph 9
The Process of Writing 9
Planning Your Writing 10
Establishing Your Purpose and Audience 10
Generating Ideas 12
Freewriting 12
Listing 14
Clustering 15
Combining Techniques 16
Outlining Your Writing 16
Contents
Succeeding in College: Use Strategies for Generating
Ideas 17
Tips: Planning Your Paragraph 17
Writing Assignment 18
CHAPTER 3 The Writing Process: Writing and Rewriting
a Paragraph 19
The Parts of a Paragraph 19
The Topic Sentence 21
Writing Your Topic Sentence 22
Considering Your Topic Sentence 23
Including an Assertion 23
Limiting Your Topic Sentence 23
Supporting Details 25
Identifying Kinds of Supporting Details 25
Including Facts and Examples 26
Telling a Story 26
Explaining Effects 26
Giving Reasons 27
Providing Adequate Supporting Detail 27
Considering Your Purpose and Audience 28
Using Transitions 28
The Closing 32
Writing and Rewriting 33
Writing 33
Rewriting 34
Revising 34
Editing 36
Succeeding in College: Use Your Writing
Knowledge in All Your Classes 37
Tips: Writing and Rewriting 38
Writing Assignment 38
CHAPTER 4 Writing an Essay 39
The Parts of an Essay 39
The Introduction 44
Writing Your Thesis 44
Writing Your Hook 46
Supporting Paragraphs 47
The Conclusion 48
Outlining Your Essay with an Outline Form 49
Rewriting Your Essay 50
Succeeding in College: Use the Outline Form for
Reworking and Studying Your
Class Notes 51
Tips: Writing an Essay 52
Writing Assignment 53
PART THREE Understanding the Sentence 55
CHAPTER 5 Identifying Subjects and Verbs 55
Subjects and Verbs 55
Identifying Verbs 55
Action Verbs 56
Linking Verbs 58
Helping Verbs 60
Sentences with More Than One Verb 63
Identifying Subjects 65
Complete and Simple Subjects 65
The Location of the Subject 68
Action-Word Subjects 68
Subjects with Prepositional Phrases 69
Sentences with More Than One Subject 72
Sentences That Are Commands, Requests, or
Suggestions 74
Learning from Textbooks 77
Succeeding in College: Notice the Subjects and Verbs in
Your Textbooks 79
Tips: Identifying Subjects and Verbs 79
Writing Assignment 80
CHAPTER 6 Improving Sentences with Coordination
and Subordination 81
Showing How Ideas in a Sentence Relate to Each
Other 81
The Difference between Clauses and Phrases 82
Independent and Dependent Clauses 83
Coordination 84
Joining Independent Clauses with a Coordinating
Conjunction 84
Joining Independent Clauses with a Conjunctive
Adverb 89
Joining Independent Clauses with a Semicolon 94
Subordination 98
Joining an Independent and a Dependent Clause with a
Subordinating Conjunction 98
Joining an Independent Clause with a Relative
Clause 102
Learning from Textbooks 109
Succeeding in College: Notice Coordinating
Conjunctions, Conjunctive Adverbs, and Subordinating
Conjunctions 110
Tips: Improving Sentences with Coordination and
Subordination 111
Writing Assignment 112
CHAPTER 7 Correcting Sentence Fragments 113
Recognizing Sentence Fragments 113
Correcting Sentence Fragments 114
Missing Subject Fragments 114
Incomplete Verb Fragments 118
Missing Subject and Verb Fragments 121
Dependent Clause Fragments 122
Learning from Textbooks 128
Succeeding in College: Use Fragments and
Abbreviations in Note-Taking 129
Tips: Finding and Correcting Sentence Fragments 129
Writing Assignment 130
CHAPTER 8 Correcting Run-on Sentences and
Comma Splices 131
Recognizing Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 131
Correcting Run-ons and Comma Splices 132
Using a Period and a Capital Letter 132
Using a Comma and a Coordinating Conjunction 133
Using a Semicolon, Conjunctive Adverb, and
Comma 134
Using a Semicolon 137
Learning from Textbooks 140
Succeeding in College: Make Inferences When You
Read 141
Tips: Finding and Correcting Run-On Sentences and
Comma Splices 142
Writing Assignment 142
Comprehensive Posttest: Understanding the Sentence 143
PART FOUR Using Verbs Correctly 147
CHAPTER 9 Using the Present Tense and Achieving
Subject–Verb Agreement 147
Understanding the Present Tense and Number 147
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree in the
Present Tense 148
Using Am/Is/Are ( Forms of Be) 151
Using Am/Is/Are as Helping Verbs 152
Forming Contractions with Is/Are 152
Using Have/Has 155
Using Have/Has as Helping Verbs 155
Forming Contractions with Have/Has 155
Using Do/Does 157
Using Do/Does as Helping Verbs 157
Forming Contractions with Do/Does 158
Making Subjects and Verbs Agree in Special Situations 161
Compound Subjects 161
Collective Noun Subjects 162
Indefinite Pronoun Subjects 163
Subjects with Prepositional Phrases 165
Inverted Order 167
Relative Pronouns as Subjects 168
Learning from Textbooks 174
Succeeding in College: Speak Up in Class 175
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with the
Present Tense and Subject–Verb Agreement 176
Writing Assignment 176
CHAPTER 10 Using the Past Tense 177
Understanding the Past Tense 177
Forming the Past Tense of Regular Verbs 177
Forming the Past Tense of Irregular Verbs 179
Using Was and Were (Forms of Be ) 183
Using Was/Were as Helping Verbs 184
Forming Contractions with Was/Were 184
Learning from Textbooks 187
Succeeding in College: Use the Past to Your
Advantage 189
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with the
Past Tense 189
Writing Assignment 190
CHAPTER 11 Using the Perfect Tenses and Choosing
Active and Passive Voice 191
Understanding the Past Participle 191
Understanding the Present Perfect Tense 195
Understanding the Past Perfect Tense 197
Understanding the Active and Passive Voices 202
Learning from Textbooks 204
Succeeding in College: Speak Appropriately to
Your Instructors about Grades 206
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
the Perfect Tenses and Active and Passive
Voices 206
Writing Assignment 207
CHAPTER 12 Using the Progressive Tenses 208
Understanding the Present Participle 208
Understanding the Present Progressive Tense 209
Understanding the Past Progressive Tense 212
Learning From Textbooks 217
Succeeding in College: Determine Your Learning
Style 218
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
the Progressive Tenses 218
Writing Assignment 219
CHAPTER 13 Eliminating Inappropriate Tense Shifts 220
Recognizing Tense Shifts 220
Understanding the Sequence of Tense 223
Learning from Textbooks 226
Succeeding in College: Avoid Tense Shifts in
Note-taking 227
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with Tense
Shifts 228
Writing Assignment 228
Comprehensive Posttest: Using Verbs Correctly 229
PART FIVE Using Pronouns Correctly 233
CHAPTER 14 Using Pronouns 233
Understanding Nouns, Pronouns, and Antecedents 233
Making Pronouns Agree with Their Antecedents 235
Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree in Special
Situations 236
Compound Subject Antecedents 236
Collective Noun Antecedents 238
Phrases after the Antecedent 240
Indefinite Pronoun Antecedents 241
Nonsexist Usage 244
Using Pronouns as Subjects, Objects, and Possessives 246
Pronouns as Subjects 246
Pronouns as Objects 247
Pronouns as Possessives 248
Who, Whom, and Whose 249
Choosing Subject and Object Pronouns in Special
Situations 251
Subject and Object Pronouns in Compounds 251
Subject and Object Pronouns in Comparisons 253
Subject and Object Pronouns Paired with
Antecedents 255
Using Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns 258
Learning from Textbooks 261
Succeeding in College: Pay Attention to Pronouns 262
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
Pronouns 262
Writing Assignment 263
CHAPTER 15 Solving Common Pronoun Problems 264
Avoiding Inappropriate Person Shifts 264
Eliminating Unnecessary Pronouns 267
Avoiding Unclear Antecedents 268
Avoiding Unstated Antecedents 269
Learning from Textbooks 273
Succeeding in College: Write on a Deadline
with Confidence 274
Tips: Finding and Correcting Common
Pronoun Problems 275
Writing Assignment 276
Comprehensive Posttest: Using Pronouns Correctly 277
PART SIX Using Modifiers Correctly 279
CHAPTER 16 Using Adjectives and Adverbs 279
Using Adjectives 279
Using Adverbs 280
Choosing Adjectives and Adverbs in Special
Situations 283
Good/Well 283
Bad/Badly 284
Avoiding Double Negatives 286
Using Adjectives and Adverbs in Comparisons 288
Comparing Two with Comparative Forms 288
Comparing More Than Two with Superlative
Forms 290
Irregular Comparative and Superlative
Forms 293
Learning from Textbooks 296
Succeeding in College: Think Positively 297
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
Adjectives and Adverbs 297
Writing Assignment 298
CHAPTER 17 Using Prepositional Phrases, Participles,
and Infinitives 299
Understanding Prepositional Phrases 299
Using In, On, and At 302
Using Prepositions in Common
Expressions 303
Understanding Participles and Participle Phrases 307
Understanding Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases 311
Avoiding Dangling Modifiers 314
Learning from Textbooks 317
Succeeding in College: Use Computers Wisely 319
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems
with Prepositional Phrases, Participles,
and Infinitives 320
Writing Assignment 320
Comprehensive Posttest: Using Modifiers Correctly 321
PART SEVEN Improving Sentences 323
CHAPTER 18 Achieving Sentence Variety 323
Begin with One or Two – ly Adverbs 323
Begin with a Present Participle or Present Participle Phrase 325
Begin with a Past Participle or a Past Participle Phrase 328
Begin with a Prepositional Phrase 329
Begin with a Dependent Clause 331
Learning from Textbooks 335
Succeeding in College: Listen Actively 337
Tips: Improving Sentence Variety 337
Writing Assignment 338
CHAPTER 19 Solving Special Sentence Structure Problems 339
Achieving Parallelism 339
Achieving Parallelism with Words in
Series or Pairs 339
Achieving Parallelism with Paired
Conjunctions 343
Avoiding Simple Subjects in Prepositional Phrases 346
Avoiding Illogical Equations with Forms of Be 348
Avoiding Mixed Sentence Structures 350
Learning from Textbooks 353
Succeeding in College: Overcome Procrastination 354
Tips: Finding and Correcting Special
Sentence Structure Problems 354
Writing Assignment 355
Comprehensive Posttest: Improving Sentences 357
PART EIGHT Capitalizing, Punctuating, and Spelling
Correctly 359
CHAPTER 20 Using Capital Letters and End Marks 359
Using Capital Letters 359
Using End Marks 365
Learning from Textbooks 368
Succeeding in College: Study Images 369
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
Capital Letters and End Marks 370
Writing Assignment 370
CHAPTER 21 Using Commas 371
Using Commas to Separate Items in a Series 371
Using Commas after Introductory Elements 373
Using Commas with Coordination 374
Using Commas with Interrupters 376
Using Commas with Dates and Addresses 380
Learning from Textbooks 382
Succeeding in College: Build Your Vocabulary 383
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with
Commas 383
Writing Assignment 384
CHAPTER 22 Using Apostrophes 385
Using Apostrophes to Show Possession 385
Using Apostrophes for Contractions 389
Learning from Textbooks 394
Succeeding in College: Improve Your Concentration 396
Tips : Finding and Correcting Problems with
Apostrophes 397
Writing Assignment 397
CHAPTER 23 Punctuating Quotations 398
Understanding Direct Quotations 398
Punctuating Direct Quotations 399
Understanding Indirect Quotations 403
Learning from Textbooks 408
Succeeding in College: Know What to Listen To 409
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with Punctuating
Quotations 410
Writing Assignment 410
CHAPTER 24 Using Frequently Confused Words
and Spelling Correctly 411
Using Frequently Confused Words 411
A/An 411
A lot/Alot 413
Accept/Except 413
Advice/Advise 413
Affect/Effect 414
All Ready/Already 415
All Right/Alright 415
Been/Being 415
Beside/Besides 417
Buy/By 417
Can/Could 418
Good/Well 419
Have/Of 419
Hear/Here 419
Its/It’s 420
Know/No and Knew/New 421
Lie/Lay 421
Loose/Lose 422
Passed/Past 423
Principal/Principle 424
Quiet/Quit/Quite 425
Rise/Raise 425
Sit/Set 426
Suppose/Supposed 427
Than/Then 428
There/Their/They’re 429
Threw/Through 430
To/Too/Two 431
Use/Used 431
Were/We’re/Where 432
Who’s/Whose 433
Will/Would 434
Your/You’re 434
Spelling Correctly 436
Spelling List 446
Learning from Textbooks 448
Succeeding in College: Use Mnemonics 449
Tips: Finding and Correcting Problems with Frequently
Confused Words and Spelling 450
Writing Assignment 450
Comprehensive Posttest: Capitalizing, Punctuating, and
Spelling Correctly 451
PART NINE From Reading to Writing 453
CHAPTER 25 Becoming a Better Reader 453
The Connection between Reading and Writing 453
Active Reading 454
A Sample Active Reading 455
Karen S. Peterson “The Truth about Our Little
White Lies” 456
Active Reading of College Textbooks 457
Readings 459
Kathleen Carlin “You Become What You Wear” 459
Amy Tan “Fish Cheeks” 462
Larissa MacFarquhar “New Math” 464
Frederick Douglass “How I Learned to Read and
Write” 467
Courtney Housam “Proud to Be ADD” 471
David Bodanis “What's in Your Toothpaste?” 473
Tunku Varadarajan “Baby Names, Big Battles” 476
Mark Twain “Two Views of the Mississippi” 479
Nancy Gibbs “Sticks and Stones” 481
Irene Sullivan “Keeping Kids outside the System” 484
Sue Horton “There's Teaching, and There's
Learning” 487
CHAPTER 26 Writing Essay Examination Answers 490
Writing Essay Examination Answers 490
Two Answers to Study 492
Appendix Editing Workshop 495
Editing for One Kind of Error 495
Editing for a Mix of Errors 501
Credits 509
Index 511
Tips
Planning Your Paragraph 17
Writing and Rewriting 38
Writing an Essay 52
Identifying Subjects and Verbs 79
Improving Sentences with Coordination and Subordination 111
Finding and Correcting Sentence Fragments 129
Finding and Correcting Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 142
Finding and Correcting Problems with the Present Tense and Subject–Verb
Agreement 176
Finding and Correcting Problems with the Past Tense 189
Finding and Correcting Problems with the Perfect Tenses and Active
and Passive Voice 206
Finding and Correcting Problems with the Progressive Tenses 218
Finding and Correcting Problems with Tense Shifts 228
Finding and Correcting Problems with Pronouns 262
Finding and Correcting Common Pronoun Problems 275
Finding and Correcting Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs 297
Finding and Correcting Problems with Prepositional Phrases,
Participles, and Infinitives 320
Improving Sentence Variety 337
Finding and Correcting Special Sentence Structure Problems 357
Finding and Correcting Problems with Capital Letters and End Marks 370
Finding and Correcting Problems with Commas 383
Finding and Correcting Problems with Apostrophes 397
Finding and Correcting Problems with Punctuating Quotations 410
Finding and Correcting Problems with Frequently Confused
Words and Spelling 450
Strategies for Learning from Textbooks
Identifying Subjects and Verbs 77
Using Coordination and Subordination 109
Noticing Sentence Fragments 128
Avoiding Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices 140
Using the Present Tense and Achieving Subject–Verb Agreement 174
Using the Past Tense 187
Using the Perfect Tenses and Active and Passive Voice 204
Using the Progressive Tenses 217
Avoiding Tense Shifts 226
Using Pronouns 261
Avoiding Pronoun Problems 273
Using Adjectives and Adverbs 296
Using Prepositional Phrases, Participles, and Infinitives 317
Achieving Sentence Variety 335
Solving Sentence Structure Problems 353
Using Capital Letters and End Marks 368
Using Commas 382
Using Apostrophes 394
Punctuating Quotations 408
Using Frequently Confused Words and Spelling Correctly 448
Strategies for Succeeding in College
Use Strategies for Generating Ideas 17
Use Your Writing Knowledge in All Your Classes 37
Use the Outline Form for Reworking and Studying Your Class Notes 51
Notice the Subjects and Verbs in Your Textbooks 79
Notice Coordinating Conjunctions, Conjunctive Adverbs,
and Subordinating Conjunctions 110
Use Fragments and Abbreviations in Note-taking 129
Make Inferences When You Read 141
Speak Up in Class 175
Use the Past to Your Advantage 189
Speak Appropriately to Your Instructors about Grades 206
Determine Your Learning Style 218
Avoid Tense Shifts in Note-taking 227
Pay Attention to Pronouns 262
Write on a Deadline with Confidence 274
Think Positively 297
Use Computers Wisely 319
Listen Actively 337
Overcome Procrastination 354
Study Images 369
Build Your Vocabulary 383
Improve Your Concentration 396
Know What to Listen To 409
Use Mnemonics 449
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