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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPart I: The Writing Process 1. Exploring 2. Developing the Main Idea 3. Developing the Essay Plan 4. Developing the First Draft 5. Revising and Editing Part II: Essay Patterns 6. Illustration 7. Narration 8. Description 9. Process 10. Definition 11. Classification 12. Comparison and Contrast 13. Cause and Effect 14. Argument Part III: More College and Workplace Writing 15. The Essay Exam 16. Summarizing 17. The Research Essay 18. The Response Essay 19. The Résumé and Letter of Application Part IV: Editing Handbook SECTION 1: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES THEME: Conflict 20. Subjects and Verbs in Simple Sentences 21. Sentence Combining 22. Sentence Variety SECTION 2: COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS THEME: Urban Development 23. Fragments 24. Run-Ons 25. Faulty Parallel Structure 26. Mistakes with Modifiers SECTION 3: VERBS THEME: Travel and Survival 27. Subject—Verb Agreement 28. Verb Tenses 29. Problems with Verbs SECTION 4: MORE PARTS OF SPEECH THEME: Inventions and Discoveries 30. Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions 31. Pronouns 32. Adjectives and Adverbs SECTION 5: WORD USE AND SPELLING THEME: Our Natural World 33. Exact Language 34. Spelling and Commonly Confused Words SECTION 6: PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS THEME: Human Development 35. Commas 36. Apostrophes 37. Quotation Marks, Capitalization, and Titles 38. Numbers and Additional Punctuation SECTION 7: EDITING 39. Editing Practice Part V: Reading Selections and Strategies 40. Reading Strategies 41. Reading Selections Conflict Urban Development and Our Natural World Inventions and Discoveries
