Synopses & Reviews
With its clear and simple language and abundance of exercises, The New Handbook of Basic Writing Skills is specifically designed for use by developing writers and students of ESL.
Synopsis
With its clear and simple language and abundance of exercises, The New Handbook of Basic Writing Skills is specifically designed for use by developing writers and students of ESL.
Table of Contents
PART ONE: SENTENCE BASICS. 1. Sentence Makeup. 2. Incomplete Sentences. 3. Run-Together Sentences and Comma Splices. 4. Adjectives and Adverbs. 5. Nouns and Pronouns. 6. Agreement. 7. Verbs. 8. Making Sense of Sentences. PART TWO: IMPROVING SENTENCES. 9. Sentences with Misplaced and Dangling Parts. 10. Nonparallel Sentences. 11. Guiding Readers: Avoiding Shifts and Confusing References. 12. Writing Effective Sentences. PART THREE: PUNCTUATION. 13. Commas and No Commas. 14. The Semicolon. 15. The Apostrophe. 16. Quotation Marks. 17. The Period and Other Marks. 18. Capitals. 19. Underlining, Abbreviations, and Numbers. PART FOUR: WORDS. 20. The Dictionary and Some Spelling. 21. Using the Right Word. 22. Too Few Words. 23. Too Many Words. PART FIVE: PARAGRAPHS AND BEYOND. 24. The Writing Process. 25. The Paragraph-Length Paper. 26. The Full-Length Paper. 27. The Min-Research Paper and Business Writing. 28. ESL Reference Guide.