Description: SECTION 1. INTRODUCTION TO WRITINGFROM WORDS TO SENTENCES 1. Writing Principles and Reference Tools. 2. Spelling Guidelines. 3. Classifying Words as Parts of Speech. 4. Grouping Words into Sentences. 5. Sentence Patterns, Sentence Types, and Sentence Analysis. SECTION 2. WORDS THAT NAME. 6. Nouns: Classes, Functions, and Properties. 7. Nouns: Plurals and Possessives. 8. Personal Pronouns and Pronoun Types. 9. Pronoun Usage. SECTION 3. WORDS THAT ASSERT. 10. Verbs: Types, Principal Parts, Regular and Irregular. 11. Verbs: Voice, Mood, Tense. 12. Subject-Verb Agreement; Verbals. SECTION 4. WORDS THAT MODIFY AND CONNECT. 13. Adjectives. 14. Adverbs and Prepositions. 15. Conjunctions. SECTION 5. SENTENCE MECHANICS: The Writing Process. 16. Capitalization and Writing Numbers. 17. Commas. 18. Semicolons and Colons, End Punctuation, Dashes. 19. Other Punctuation and Word Division. SECTION 6. THE WRITING PROCESS. 20. Overview of the Writing Process. Appendix: Business Letters and Memos. Index.

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