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Get writing : sentences and paragraphs / Mark Connelly.

By: Connelly, Mark.
Publisher: Belmont, CA : Thomson / Wadsworth, c2006Description: xxii, 499 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0155063162 (pbk.); 9780155063167 (pbk.).Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Problems, exercises, etc | English language -- Writing -- Study and teaching | English language -- Textbooks for foreign speakersDDC classification: 808.042
Contents:
Part 1: Getting started - 1. Why write? - 2. The writing process -- Part 2: Developing paragraphs - 3. Developing topic sentences and controlling ideas - 4. Supporting topic sentences with details - 5. Developing paragraphs using description - 6. Developing paragraphs using narration - 7. Developing paragraphs using example - 8. Developing paragraphs using comparison and contrast - 9. Developing paragraphs using cause and effect - 10. Toward the essay - 11. Writing at work -- Part 3 : Writing sentences - 12. Recognizing the power of words - 13. Writing sentences - 14. Avoiding fragments - 15. Building sentences using coordination and subordination - 16. Repairing run-ons and comma splices - 17. Correcting dangling and misplaced modifiers - 18. Understanding parallelism -- Part 4: Understanding grammar - 19. Subject-verb agreement - 20. Verbs tense, mood and voice - 21. Pronoun reference, agreement and case - 22. Adjectives and adverbs - 23. Using prepositions -- Part 5: Using punctuation and mechancis - 24. Using commas and semicolons - 25. Using other marks of punctuation - 26. Using capitalization - 27. Correcting spelling errors - Handbook.
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Part 1: Getting started - 1. Why write? - 2. The writing process -- Part 2: Developing paragraphs - 3. Developing topic sentences and controlling ideas - 4. Supporting topic sentences with details - 5. Developing paragraphs using description - 6. Developing paragraphs using narration - 7. Developing paragraphs using example - 8. Developing paragraphs using comparison and contrast - 9. Developing paragraphs using cause and effect - 10. Toward the essay - 11. Writing at work -- Part 3 : Writing sentences - 12. Recognizing the power of words - 13. Writing sentences - 14. Avoiding fragments - 15. Building sentences using coordination and subordination - 16. Repairing run-ons and comma splices - 17. Correcting dangling and misplaced modifiers - 18. Understanding parallelism -- Part 4: Understanding grammar - 19. Subject-verb agreement - 20. Verbs tense, mood and voice - 21. Pronoun reference, agreement and case - 22. Adjectives and adverbs - 23. Using prepositions -- Part 5: Using punctuation and mechancis - 24. Using commas and semicolons - 25. Using other marks of punctuation - 26. Using capitalization - 27. Correcting spelling errors - Handbook.