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Table of Contents
- Praise for: English Skills with Readings, 7th Edition and English Skills, 9th Edition
- About the Author
- To the Instructor
- 1: An Introduction to Writing
- 2: The Writing Process
- 3: The First and Second Steps in Writing
- 4: The Third Step in Writing
- 5: The Fourth Step in Writing
- 6: Four Bases for Revising Writing
- 7: Introduction to Paragraph Development
- 8: Exemplification
- 9: Process
- 10: Cause and Effect
- 11: Comparison or Contrast
- 12: Definition
- 13: Division-Classification
- 14: Description
- 15: Narration
- 16: Argument
- 17: Additional Paragraph Assignments
- 18: Writing the Essay
- 19: Using the Library and the Internet
- 20: Writing a Research Paper
- Sentence-Skills Diagnostic Test
- 21: Subjects and Verbs
- 22: Sentence Sense
- 23: Fragments
- 24: Run-Ons
- 25: Standard English Verbs
- 26: Irregular Verbs
- 27: Subject-Verb Agreement
- 28: Pronoun Agreement and Reference
- 29: Pronoun Types
- 30: Adjectives and Adverbs
- 31: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- 32: Paper Format
- 33: Capital Letters
- 34: Numbers and Abbreviations
- 35: Apostrophes
- 36: Quotation Marks
- 37: Commas
- 38: Other Punctuation Marks
- 39: Using the Dictionary
- 40: Improving Spelling
- 41: Vocabulary Development
- 42: Commonly Confused Words
- 43: Effective Word Choice
- 44: ESL Pointers
- 45: Combined Mastery Tests
- 46: Editing Tests
- Appendix A: Answers and Charts
- Appendix B: A Writer’s Journal
- Credits
- Index
