Ideal as a classroom or self-study text, WRITING ESSENTIALS reviews basic English skills needed for proper spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and writing. Offering brief, clear explanations, and a wealth of exercises, students can practice what they've learned, receive feedback, and apply it to their writing.
Table of Contents:
UNIT 1. WORD CHOICE AND SPELLING
1. Your Own List of Misspelled Words
2. Words Often Confused (Set 1)
3. Words Often Confused (Set 2)
4. The Eight Parts of Speech
5. Contractions
6. Possessives
7. Words that Can Be Broken into Parts
8. Rule for Doubling a Final Letter
9. Using a Dictionary
UNIT 2. SENTENCE STRUCTURE
1. Finding Subjects and Verbs
2. Locating Prepositional Phrases
3. Understanding Dependent Clauses
4. Correcting Fragments
5. Correcting Run-on Sentences
6. Identifying Verb Phrases
7. Using Standard English Verbs
8. Using Regular and Irregular Verbs
9. Maintaining Subject/Verb Agreement
10. Avoiding Shifts in Time
11. Recognizing Verbal Phrases
12. Correcting Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
13. Following Sentence Patterns
14. Avoiding Cliches, Awkward Phrasing, and Wordiness
15. Correcting for Parallel Structure
16. Using Pronouns
17. Avoiding Shifts in Person
UNIT 3. PUNCTUATION AND CAPITAL LETTERS
1. Period, Question Mark, Exclamation Point, Semicolon, Colon, Dash
2. Comma Rules 1, 2, and 3
3. Comma Rules 4, 5, and 6
4. Quotation Marks and Underling/Italics
5. Capital Letters
UNIT 4. WRITING
1. What is the Least You Should Know About Writing?
2. Basic Structures
3. Writing Skills
