Part One Essentials of WritingThe process of writing 1
The principles of writing 4
Exercise 5
Part Two PunctuationEnd marks 8
Marks in a sentence 8
Marks in a word 11
Quotation marks 12
0ther marks 13
Exercises 16
Part Three Words 19
Introduction to words 19
Levels of words 21
Principles for choice of words 25
Common errors in choice of words 30
Exercises 33
Part Four Sentences 38
Brief introduction to sentences 38
Types of sentences 40
The qualities of effective sentences 47
Exercises 60
Part Five ParagraphsBrief introduction to paragraphs 65
Plan of paragraphs 65
Length of paragraphs 66
Types of paragraphs 67
The qualities of good paragraphs 69
Ways of paragraph development 79
Exercises 88
Part Six Writing of Four Main GenresNarration 92
Description 105
Exposition 116
Argumentation 146
Common errors in writing 161
Part Seven Writing of Other GenresCards 170
Notes 175
Notices 182
Speeches 188
Resumes(Curriculum Vitaes) 193
Letters 214
Part Eight Writing of Research PapersIntroduction to research papers 248
Process of writing research papers 249
Format 264
A sample research paper 274
A sample dissertation 279
Part Nine Figures of SpeechPhonological rhetoric figures 289
Figures of likeness 290
Figures of association 291
Figures of contrast 293
Technical figures 293
Satire and humor 295
Syntactical figures 296
Exercise 297
Keys to Exercises 298
Part One 298
Part Two 300
Part Three 303
Part Four 308
Part Five 312
Part Six 319
Part Nine 330
Bibliography 331