Part Ⅰ Basic Writing Skills
Chapter 1 Sentences
1.1 Finding the Subject and the Verb
1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement
1.3 Common Errors in Pronoun Reference and Agreement
1.4 Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices
1.5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
1.6 Faulty Parallelism
1.7 Illogical Comparisons
1.8 Mixed Constructions
1.9 Building Effective Sentences
Chapter 2 Punctuation and Mechanics
2.1 End Punctuation
2.2 The Comma
2.3 Semicolon
2.4 Colon
2.5 The Apostrophe
2.6 Quotation Marks
2.7 Other Punctuation Marks
2.8 Capitalization
Chapter 3 The Process of Writing an Essay
3.1 Prewriting
3.2 Organizing
3.3 Drafting
3.4 Revising
3.5 Editing
Chapter 4 Modes of Essays
4.1 A Narrative Essay
4.2 Descriptive Essays
4.3 A Process Essay
4.4 An Illustration Essay
4.5 A Comparison and Contrast Essay
4.6 A Cause and Effect Essay
4.7 A Classification Essay
4.8 An Argumentative Essay
Part Ⅱ Practical Writing Skills
Chapter Writing for Job Application
5.1 Application Letter
5.2 Resume Curriculum Vitae
Chapter Writing for Routine Job
6.1 Notices
6.2 Notes
6.3 Memo
6.4 E-mails
6.5 Reports
6.6 Minutes
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