The Least You Should Know about English: Writing Skills [13 ed.] 9781305960947, 9781305950986
Most English textbooks cover more than you need to know. This book will present the least you should know in order to wr
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Table of contents :
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
Getting the Most from The Least You Should Know about English
1. Word Use
What Is the Least You Should Know about Word Use?
Word Use Preview Test
1. Words Often Confused (Set 1)
2. Words Often Confused (Set 2)
3. The Eight Parts of Speech
4. Adjectives and Adverbs
5. Contractions
6. Possessives
7. Consulting a Dictionary
Word Use Progress Test
Word Use Practice
2. Sentence Structure
What Is the Least You Should Know about Sentence Structure?
Sentence Structure Preview Test
8. Locating Prepositional Phrases
9. Finding Subjects and Verbs
10. Understanding Dependent Clauses
11. Correcting Fragments
12. Correcting Run-on Sentences
13. Identifying Verb Phrases
14. Using Standard English Verbs
15. Using Regular and Irregular Verbs
16. Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement
17. voiding Shifts in Time
18. Recognizing Verbal Phrases
19. Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifie
20. Following Sentence Patterns
21. voiding Clichés, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness
22. Correcting for Parallel Structure
23. Using Pronouns
24. Avoiding Shifts in Person
Sentence Structure Progress Test
Sentence Structure Practice
3. Punctuation
What Is the Least You Should Know about Punctuation?
Punctuation Preview Test
25. Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, Semicolons, Colons, Dashes
26. Commas Used to Separate Elements
27. Commas Used to Enclose Elements
28. Quotation Marks and Italics/Underlines
29. Capital Letters
Punctuation Progress Test
Punctuation Practice
4. Writing
What Is the Least You Should Know about Writing?
Basic Structures
30. The Paragraph
31. The Essay
Writing Skills
32. Writing in Your Own Voice
33. Finding a Topic
34. Organizing Ideas
35. Supporting with Details
36. Choosing and Using Quotations
37. Writing in Response to a Reading
38. Writing an Argument
39. Writing Summaries
40. Revising, Proofreading, and Presenting Your Work
Answers
Index
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