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PART I:WRITING A PARAGRAPH Chapter 1: Paragraph Structure The ThreeParts of a Paragraph The Topic Sentence Position of Topic Sentences The TwoParts of a Topic Sentence Supporting Sentences The Concluding Sentence ReviewWriting Practice Chapter 2: Unity and Coherence Unity Coherence Repetitionof Key Nouns Key Noun Substitutes Consistent Pronouns Transition SignalsLogical Order Review Writing Practice Chapter 3: Supporting Details: Facts,Quotations, and Statistics Facts versus Opinions Using OutsideSourcesPlagiarismCiting SourcesQuotationsDirect Quotations Reporting Verbsand Phrases Punctuating Direct Quotations Indirect Quotations WritingPracticeStatisticsWriting Practice Review PART II:WRITING AN ESSAY Chapter4: From Paragraph to Essay The Three Parts of an Essay The IntroductoryParagraph Funnel Introduction Attention-Getting Introduction Thesis StatementBody Paragraphs Logical Division of Ideas Thesis Statements for LogicalDivision of Ideas Thesis Statement Pitfalls Transition Signals betweenParagraphs The Concluding Paragraph Essay Outlining Review Writing PracticeApplying What You Have LearnedReadingQuestionsSuggestions for Discussion orWriting Chapter 5: Chronological Order: Process Essays Thesis Statements fora Process Essay Transition Signals for Chronological Order Review WritingPractice Applying What You Have LearnedReading1 Questions Suggestions forDiscussion or Writing Reading2 Questions Suggestions for Discussion orWriting Chapter 6: Cause/Effect Essays Organization for Cause/Effect OrderBlock Organization Chain Organization Cause/Effect Signal Words and PhrasesCause Signal Words Effect Signal Words Review Writing Practice Applying WhatYou Have Learned ReadingQuestionsSuggestions for Discussion or WritingChapter 7: Comparison/Contrast Essays Organization of Comparison/ContrastEssaysPoint-by-Point Organization Block Organization Comparison and ContrastSignal Words Comparison Signal Words Contrast Signal Words Review WritingPractice Applying What You Have Learned ReadingQuestionsSuggestions forDiscussion or Writing Chapter 8 Paraphrase and SummaryParaphrasingPlagiarismUsing Paraphrases as SupportSummarizingReview Chapter 9: ArgumentativeEssays Organization of Argumentative Essays The Introductory Paragraph ThesisStatementReviewWriting Practice Applying What You Have Learned Topic 1,Reading 1 QuestionsTopic 1, Reading 2 QuestionsTopic 2, Reading 1QuestionsTopic 2, Reading 2 Questions PART III: SENTENCE STRUCTURE Chapter10: Types of Sentences Clauses Independent Clauses Dependent Clauses Kinds ofSentences Simple Sentence Compound Sentences ComplexSentencesCompound-Complex Sentences Sentence Types and Writing Style ReviewChapter 11: Using Parallel Structures and Fixing Sentence ProblemsParallelism Parallelism with Coordinators: And, Or, But Parallelism withCorrelative (Paired) Conjunctions Sentence Problems Sentence Fragments ChoppySentencesRun-On Sentences and Comma Splices Stringy SentencesReviewEditingPractice Chapter 12: Noun Clauses That Clauses Sentences Beginning with ItSpecial Verb Tenses in That Clauses If /Whether Clauses QuestionClausesReviewEditing Practice Writing Practice Chapter 13: Adverb ClausesKinds of Adverb Clauses Punctuation of Adverb Clauses Time Clauses PlaceClausesDistance, Frequency, and Manner Clauses Reason Clauses Result ClausesPurpose Clauses Contrast Clauses Direct Opposition Clauses Concession(Unexpected Result) Clauses Conditional ClausesReviewEditing Practice WritingPractice Chapter 14: Adjective Clauses Relative Pronouns and Adverbs Positionof Adjective Clauses Verb Agreement in Adjective Clauses Kinds of AdjectiveClauses Relative Pronouns as Subjects Relative Pronouns as Objects PossessiveAdjective Clauses Relative Pronouns as Objects of Prepositions RelativePronouns in Phrases of Quantity and Quality Adjective Clauses of Time andPlaceReviewEditing Practice Writing Practice Chapter 15: ParticipialPhrasesParticiplesParticipial Phrases Reduced Adjective Clauses Position andPunctuation of Participial Phrases General Form -ing Participial PhrasesGeneral Form -ed Participial Phrases Perfect Form Participial PhrasesParticipial Phrases and Writing Style Reduced Adverb ClausesReviewEditingPractice Writing Practice Appendix A: The Process of Academic Writing TheWriting Process, Step 1: Creating (Prewriting)The Writing Process, Step 2:Planning (Outlining)The Writing Process, Step 3: Writing The Writing Process,Step 4: Polishing Editing Practice Appendix B: PunctuationRulesCommasSemicolonsColonsQuotation Marks Editing Practice Appendix C:Charts of Connecting Words and Transition Signals Coordinating WordsSubordinating Words Conjunctive Adverbs Transition Signals Appendix D:Editing Symbols Appendix E: Research and Documentation of Sources Types ofSources Evaluating Sources Documentation of SourcesIn-TextCitationsWorks-Cited Lists Appendix F: Self-Editing and Peer-EditingWorksheets Scoring Rubrics