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The Least You Should Know About English Writing Skills, Form C

by: Wilson, Paige; Glazier, Teresa Ferster

The Least You Should Know About English Writing Skills, Form C

by: Wilson, Paige; Glazier, Teresa Ferster

ISBN 13:
9781413002539
ISBN 10:
1413002536
Edition: 8th
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 05/11/2004
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Featuring the same simple, friendly approach that has helped students with their spelling, punctuation, and sentence and paragraph structure for over twenty years THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH now provides an electronic version with interactive exercises.

What Is the Least You Should Know?

(3)

1 WORD CHOICE AND SPELLING

(51)

Your Own List of Misspelled Words

(1)

Words Often Confused (Set 1)

(10)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Words Often Confused (Set 2)

(9)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

The Eight Parts of Speech

(5)

Paragraph Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Contractions

(7)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Possessives

(8)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Review of Contractions and Possessives

(2)

Words That Can Be Broken into Parts

(1)

Rule for Doubling a Final Letter

(5)

Progress Test

(1)

Using a Dictionary

(6)

2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE

(118)

Finding Subjects and Verbs

(7)

Paragraph Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Locating Prepositional Phrases

(7)

Paragraph Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Understanding Dependent Clauses

(7)

Paragraph Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Correcting Fragments

(7)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Correcting Run-on Sentences

(8)

Review of Fragments and Run-on Sentences

(2)

Proofreading Exercise

(1)

Sentence Writing

(1)

Identifying Verb Phrases

(6)

Review Exercise

(1)

Using Standard English Verbs

(7)

Proofreading Exercise

104

(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

122

(1)

Avoiding Shifts in Time

122

(3)

Proofreading Exercises

123

(2)

Recognizing Verbal Phrases

125

(6)

Paragraph Exercise

130

(1)

Sentence Writing

131

(1)

Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers

131

(5)

Proofreading Exercise

135

(1)

Sentence Writing

135

(1)

Following Sentence Patterns

136

(6)

Paragraph Exercise

141

(1)

Sentence Writing

142

(1)

Avoiding Clichés, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness

142

(9)

Proofreading Exercise

150

(1)

Sentence Writing

151

(1)

Correcting for Parallel Structure

151

(8)

Proofreading Exercise

158

(1)

Sentence Writing

158

(1)

Using Pronouns

159

(9)

Proofreading Exercise

166

(1)

Sentence Writing

167

(1)

Avoiding Shifts in Person

167

(1)

Proofreading Exercises

168

(5)

Review of Sentence Structure Errors

169

(18)

Proofreading Exercise

172

(1)

3. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITAL LETTERS

173

(40)

Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash

173

(7)

Proofreading Exercise

179

(1)

Sentence Writing

179

(1)

Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3

180

(7)

Proofreading Exercise

186

(1)

Sentence Writing

186

(1)

Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6

187

(9)

Proofreading Exercise

194

(1)

Sentence Writing

194

(1)

Review of the Comma

195

(1)

Comma Review Exercise

195

(8)

Sentence Writing

195

(1)

Quotation Marks and Underlining/Italics

196

(7)

Paragraph Exercise

202

(1)

Sentence Writing

202

(1)

Capital Letters

203

(10)

Review of Punctuation and Capital Letters

209

(1)

Comprehensive Test

210

(3)

4. WRITING

213

(40)

What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing?

214

(1)

Basic Structures

214

(6)

I. The Paragraph

214

(3)

Defining a Paragraph

215

(1)

Types of Paragraphs

215

(2)

II. The Essay

217

(3)

The Five-Paragraph Essay and Beyond

218

(1)

Defining an Essay

218

(1)

A Sample Essay

219

(1)

"Raggedy Ann"

219

(1)

Writing Skills

220

(33)

III. Writing in Your Own Voice

220

(5)

Narration

221

(2)

Description

223

(1)

Writing Assignments

224

(1)

Assignment 1 Narration: Famous Sayings

224

(1)

Assignment 2 Description: Toy Choices

225

(1)

IV. Finding a Topic

225

(3)

Look to Your Interests

225

(1)

Focused Free Writing (or Brainstorming)

226

(1)

Clustering

227

(1)

Talking with Other Students

227

(1)

Assignment 3 List Your Interests

227

(1)

Assignment 4 Do Some Free Writing

228

(1)

Assignment 5 Try Clustering Ideas

228

(1)

V. Organizing Ideas

228

(5)

Thesis Statements

228

(1)

Exercise 1 Thesis or Fact?

229

(1)

Assignment 6 Write a Thesis Statement

230

(1)

Organizing an Essay

230

(1)

Topic Sentences

230

(1)

Organizing Body Paragraphs (or Single Paragraphs)

231

(1)

Transitional Expressions

231

(1)

Exercise 2 Adding Transitional Expressions

232

(1)

Assignment 7 A Chip on the Old Block?

233

(1)

VI. Supporting with Details

233

(3)

Types of Support

233

(1)

Assignment 8 Write an Essay on One of Your Interests

235

(1)

Assignment 9 An Embarrassing Experience

236

(1)

VII. Revising Your Papers

236

(2)

Assignment 10 First Impressions

238

(1)

Exchanging Papers

238

(1)

Proofreading Aloud

238

(1)

Revision Checklist

239

(1)

Assignment 11 Are You an Optimist or a Pessimist?

239

(1)

Assignment 12 Are There Different Ways to Be Smart?

240

(1)

Assignment 13 The Best (or Worst) Decision

240

(1)

Assignment 14 I Would If I Could

240

(1)

VIII. Presenting Your Work

240

(1)

Paper Formats

240

(1)

Titles

241

(1)

IX. Writing about What You Read

241

(12)

Writing a Reaction

241

(1)

Sample Reaction Paragraph

242

(1)

Assignment 15 Write a Reaction Paragraph

242

(1)

"Bad Initials"

243

(1)

Coming to Your Own Conclusions

243

(1)

"Going Postal"

243

(1)

Assignment 16 What Are Your Conclusions?

245

(1)

Writing 100-Word Summaries

245

(1)

"Milton Hershey and the 'Good Old Hershey Bar"

246

(1)

Assignment 17 Write a 100-Word Summary

247

(1)

"Cat Lovers vs. Dog Lovers"

247

(1)

Assignment 18 Write a Reaction or a 100-Word Summary

249

(1)

"Sheer Lunacy"

249

(4)

Answers

253

(80)

Index

333

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