الوصف
Contents in Brief
PART ONE
InTrODUCTION
Secret Forces 2
TO WRITING
WRITING
WRITING
1 Writing and Thinking 16
HANDBOOK
2 Understanding Paragraph Structure 62
3 Understanding Composition Structure 108
AIMS FOR
4 Expressive Writing: Narration 138
WRITING
5 Using Description 174
6 Creative Writing: Narration 212
7 Writing to Inform: Exposition 248
8 Writing to Explain: Exposition 288
9 Writing to Persuade 324
10 Writing About Literature: Exposition 362
11 Writing a Research Paper: Exposition 400
LANGUAGE
12 Writing Complete Sentences 446
AND STYLE
13 Writing Effective Sentences 461
14 English: Origins and Uses 484
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GRAMMAR
PART TWO
HANDBOOK
USAGE
MEcHANICS
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PART THREE
RESOURCES
15 The Parts of Speech 512
16 The Sentence 543
17 The Phrase 572
18 The Clause 595
19 Agreement 616
20 Using Pronouns Correctly 647
21 Using Verbs Correctly 676
22 Using Modifiers Correctly 712
23 A Glossary of Usage 736
24 Capitalization 762
25 End Marks and Commas 787
26 Semicolons and Colons 814
27 Italics and Quotation Marks 829
28 Apostrophes, Hyphens, Dashes,
Parentheses 846
29 Spelling 870
30 Correcting Common Errors 896
31 Speaking 928
32 Listening and Viewing 941
33 The Library/Media Center 952
34 The Dictionary 959
35 Vocabulary 963
36 Letters and Forms 973
37 Reading, Studying, and Test Taking 983