Writing Essentials

Exercises to Improve Spelling, Sentence Structure, Punctuation, and Writing

Paige Wilson, Teresa Glazier (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

336 Seiten

2003
Cengage ELT (Verlag)
978-1-4130-0000-9 (ISBN)

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Suitable as a classroom or self-study text, this title reviews basic English skills needed for proper spelling, sentence structure, punctuation, and writing. Offering brief, clear explanations, and a wealth of exercises, it helps students practice what they've learned, receive feedback, and apply it to their writing.

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.

PAIGE WILSON, Associate Professor of English, is now primary author of Teresa Ferster Glazier's THE LEAST YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT ENGLISH classic textbook series (currently in its 13th edition) and a new co-author of Pamela Altman's SENTENCE-COMBINING WORKBOOK (5th edition). Wilson has enthusiastically taught grammar, writing, and literature at Pasadena City College since 1986 and also works as a Writing Consultant/Grammar Expert for international and local companies.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag	12.3.2003
Sprache	englisch
Maße	182 x 17 mm
Gewicht	499 g
Einbandart	Paperback
Themenwelt	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Wörterbuch / Fremdsprachen
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Unterrichtsvorbereitung ► Berufliche Bildung
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4130-0000-2 / 1413000002
ISBN-13	978-1-4130-0000-9 / 9781413000009
Zustand	Neuware