Writing for Life: Sentences and Paragraphs [Paperback]

1. Preparing to Learn about Writing

 

II. THE BASIC SENTENCE

2. Nouns and Pronouns

3. Adjectives and Adverbs

4. Verbs

5. Subjects, Verbs, and Simple Sentences

6. Compound and Complex Sentences

 

III. EDITING THE BASIC SENTENCE

7. Run-ons: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

8 Fragments

9. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

10. Subject-Verb Agreement: Present Tense

 

IV. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS

11. The Comma

12. The Apostrophe

13 Quotation Marks

14. End Punctuation: Period, Question Mark, and Exclamation Point

15. Capitalization

16. Improving Your Spelling

17. Mastering Often-Confused Words

 

V. WRITING PARAGRAPHS

18. Thinking through the Writing Process

19. Understanding the Paragraph

20. Using the Patterns of Organization to Develop Youl£­