part ��  basic writing skills
chapter 1  sentences
  1.1  finding the subject and the verb
  1.2  subject-verb agreement
  1.3  common errors in pronoun reference and agreement
  1.4  sentence fragments, run-on sentences, and comma-splices
  1.5  dangling and misplaced modifiers
  1.6  faulty parallelism
  1.7  illogical comparisons
  1.8  mixed constructions
  1.9  building effective sentences
chapter 2  punctuation and mechanics
  2.1  end punctuation
  2.2  the comma
  2.3  semicolon
  2.4  colon
  2.5  the apostrophe
  2.6  quotation marks
  2.7  other punctuation marks
  2.8  capitalization
chapter 3  the process of writing an essay
  3.1  prewriting
  3.2  organizing
  3.3  drafting
  3.4  revising
  3.5  editing
chapter 4  modes of essays
  4.1  a narrative essay
  4.2  descriptive essays
  4.3  a process essay
  4.4  an illustration essay
  4.5  a comparison and contrast essay
  4.6  a cause and effect essay
  4.7  a classification essay
  4.8  an argumentative essay
part ��  practical writing skills
chapter  writing for job application
  5.1  application letter
  5.2  resume ( curriculum vitae)
chapter  writing for routine job
  6.1  notices
  6.2  notes
  6.3  memo
  6.4  e-mails
  6.5  reports
  6.6  minutes
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