Part Ⅰ Basic Writing Skills 3
Chapter 1 Sentences 3
1.1 Finding the Subject and the Verb 3
1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement 9
1.3 Common Errors in Pronoun Reference and Agreement 15
1.4 Sentence Fragments,Run-on Sentences,and Comma-Splices 20
1.5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 30
1.6 Faulty Parallelism 33
1.7 Illogical Comparisons 37
1.8 Mixed Constructions 38
1.9 Building Effective Sentences 39
Chapter 2 Punctuation and Mechanics 59
2.1 End Punctuation 59
2.2 The Comma 61
2.3 Semicolon 70
2.4 Colon 72
2.5 The Apostrophe 74
2.6 Quotation Marks 75
2.7 Other Punctuation Marks 79
2.8 Capitalization 88
Chapter 3 The Process of Writing an Essay 95
3.1 Prewriting 97
3.2 Organizing 101
3.3 Drafting 108
3.4 Revising 140
3.5 Editing 143
Chapter 4 Modes of Essays 147
4.1 A Narrative Essay 147
4.2 Descriptive Essays 164
4.3 A Process Essay 176
4.4 An Illustration Essay 187
4.5 A Comparison and Contrast Essay 199
4.6 A Cause and Effect Essay 211
4.7 A Classification Essay 225
4.8 An Argumentative Essay 242
Part Ⅱ Practical Writing Skills 265
Chapter 5 Writing for Job Application 265
5.1 Application Letter 267
5.2 Resume(Curriculum Vitae) 275
Chapter 6 Writing for Routine Job 294
6.1 Notices 294
6.2 Notes 302
6.3 Memo 308
6.4 E-mails 319
6.5 Reports 338
6.6 Minutes 344
Answers 357
References 385