Part One Diction 1.1 Appropriateness Levels of Words Style General Guidelines 1.2 Exactness Denotation and Connotation Synonymous Words and Expressions General and Specific Words Abstract and Concrete Words Idioms Figures of Speech 1.3 Dictionaries The Use of a Dictionary Some Good Dictionaries Part Two Teh Sentence 2.1 Elements of a Sentence Subject and Predicate Modifiers Coordination and Subordination 2.2 Types of Sentences Declarative,Interrogative,Imperative and Exclamatory Sentences Simple,Compornd,Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences 2.3 Effective Sentences Unity Coherence Conciseness Emphasis Variety 2.4 Errors and Skills Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Sentence Fragments Subject-Verb Agreement Pronoun Reference Shifts Faulty Parallel Constructions Mixed and Incomplete Constructions Modifiers Part Three The Paragraph Part Four The Essay Part Five Practical Writing Part Six The Research Paper Part Seven Punctuation and Mechanics Key to the Exercises Appendixes Glossary Bibliography
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