SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS 1
Unit 1 Capitalization 3
Unit 2 Italics 9
Unit 3 Number and Numeral 13
Unit 4 Word Division 17
Unit 5 Punctuation 21
Section Review 33
SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER 37
Unit 1 Levels of Diction 39
Unit 2 General vs.Specific Words;Abstract vs.Concrete Words 45
Unit 3 Denotation vs.Connotation 51
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively 57
Unit 5 Figures of Speech 67
Section Review 73
SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS 75
Unit 1 Sentence Basics 77
Unit 2 Sentence Types 89
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively 109
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems 131
Section Review 149
SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS 153
Unit 1 Topic Sentence 155
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development 165
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence 189
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs 199
Section Review 215
KEYS TO THE EXERCISES 221