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1.1 Reading and Writing in College
1.2 Developing Study Skills
1.3 Becoming a Successful College Writer
1.4 Introduction to Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
2.4 Capitalization
2.7 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
2.3 Verb Tense
2.1 Sentence Writing
2.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
2.5 Pronouns
2.6 Adjectives and Adverbs
2.8 Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises
3.1 Commas
3.2 Semicolons
3.3 Colons
3.4 Quotes
3.5 Apostrophes
3.6 Parentheses
3.7 Dashes
3.8 Hyphens
3.9 Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises
4.1 Commonly Confused Words
4.2 Spelling
4.3 Word Choice
4.4 Prefixes and Suffixes
4.5 Synonyms and Antonyms
4.6 Using Context Clues
4.7 Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises
5.1 Word Order
5.2 Negative Statements
5.3 Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
5.4 Pronouns
5.5 Verb Tenses
5.6 Modal Auxiliaries
5.7 Prepositions
5.8 Slang and Idioms
5.9 Help for English Language Learners: End-of-Chapter Exercises
6.3 Writing Paragraphs: End-of-Chapter Exercises
6.2 Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
6.1 Purpose, Audience, Tone, and Content
7.1 Sentence Variety
7.2 Coordination and Subordination
7.3 Parallelism
7.4 Refining Your Writing: End-of-Chapter Exercises
8.1 Apply Prewriting Models
8.2 Outlining
8.3 Drafting
8.4 Revising and Editing
8.5 The Writing Process: End-of-Chapter Exercises
9.2 Writing Body Paragraphs
9.1 Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
9.3 Organizing Your Writing
9.4 Writing Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs
9.5 Writing Essays: End-of-Chapter Exercises
10.1 Narration
10.2 Illustration
10.3 Description
10.4 Classification
10.5 Process Analysis
10.6 Definition
10.7 Comparison and Contrast
10.8 Cause and Effect
10.9 Persuasion
10.10 Rhetorical Modes: End-of-Chapter Exercises
11.1 The Purpose of Research Writing
11.2 Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
11.3 Managing Your Research Project
11.4 Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
11.5 Critical Thinking and Research Applications
11.6 Writing from Research: End-of-Chapter Exercises
12.1 Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
12.2 Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper
12.3 Writing a Research Paper: End-of-Chapter Exercises
13.1 Formatting a Research Paper
13.2 Citing and Referencing Techniques
13.3 Creating a References Section
13.4 Using Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
13.5 APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting: End-of-Chapter Exercises
14.4 Creating Presentations: End-of-Chapter Exercises
14.3 Giving a Presentation
14.2 Incorporating Effective Visuals into a Presentation
14.1 Organizing a Visual Presentation
15.1 Introduction to Sample Essays
15.2 Narrative Essay
15.3 Illustration Essay
15.4 Descriptive Essay
15.5 Classification Essay
15.6 Process Analysis Essay
15.7 Definition Essay
15.8 Compare-and-Contrast Essay
15.9 Cause-and-Effect Essay
15.10 Persuasive Essay
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