Inside Writing : A Writer’s Workbook, Form A, Seventh Edition

477 Pages·2010·3.25 MB·English

by  William Salomone

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Seventh Edition Form A
I n s i d e
W r i t i n g
A Writer’s Workbook
William Salomone
Palomar College
Stephen McDonald
Palomar College
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Contents
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter One Naming the Parts 1
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SECTION ONE Subjects and Verbs 2
Subjects: Nouns and Pronouns 2
Verbs 7
Identifying Subjects and Verbs 14
Section One Review 20
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SECTION TWO Modifiers 25
Adjectives 26
Adverbs 28
Comparative and Superlative Forms 30
Using Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly 31
Section Two Review 34
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SECTION THREE Connectors 38
Conjunctions 38
Prepositions 40
Prepositional Phrases 41
Section Three Review 44
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SECTION FOUR Sentence Practice: Embedding Adjectives, Adverbs,
and Prepositional Phrases 50
Sentence Combining Exercises 53
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SECTION FIVE Paragraph Practice: Narrating an Event 58
Assignment 58
Prewriting to Generate Ideas 58
Choosing and Narrowing the Topic 61
Writing a Topic Sentence 63
Organizing Details 67
Writing the Paragraph 68
Rewriting and Improving the Paragraph 69
Improving Supporting Details 70
Proofreading 71
CHAPTER ONE PRACTICE TEST 74
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Chapter Two Understanding Sentence Patterns 79
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SECTION ONE Clauses 80
Main Clauses and Subordinate Clauses 80
Subordinators 80
Adverb and Adjective Subordinate Clauses 83
Section One Review 88
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SECTION TWO Simple, Compound, Complex, and
Compound-Complex Sentences 93
The Simple Sentence 93
The Compound Sentence 95
The Complex Sentence 98
The Compound-Complex Sentence 99
Section Two Review 102
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SECTION THREE Fragments, Fused Sentences, and Comma Splices 109
Fragments 109
Fused Sentences and Comma Splices 113
Section Three Review 117
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SECTION FOUR Sentence Practice: Combining Main
and Subordinate Clauses 125
Sentence Combining Exercises 127
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SECTION FIVE Paragraph Practice: Describing a Place 133
Assignment 133
Prewriting to Generate Ideas 133
Choosing and Narrowing the Topic 133
Writing a Topic Sentence 134
Organizing Descriptive Details 137
Writing the Paragraph 138
Rewriting and Improving the Paragraph 138
Adding Specific and Concrete Details 138
Adding Subordinate Clauses 142
Proofreading 143
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CHAPTER TWO PRACTICE TEST 144
Contents vii
Chapter Three Improving Sentence Patterns 151
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SECTION ONE Modifying with Participial and Infinitive Phrases 152
Present Participial Phrases 152
Past Participial Phrases 153
Infinitive Phrases 154
Section One Review 156
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SECTION TWO Modifying with Adjective Clauses and Appositives 163
Adjective Clauses 163
Appositives 165
Section Two Review 168
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SECTION THREE Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 175
Misplaced Modifiers 175
Dangling Modifiers 179
Section Three Review 184
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SECTION FOUR Sentence Practice: Using Participial and Infinitive Phrases,
Appositives, and Adjective Clauses 192
Sentence Combining Exercises 193
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SECTION FIVE Essay and Paragraph Practice: Using Examples 197
Assignment 197
Prewriting to Generate Ideas 197
Choosing and Narrowing the Topic 199
Writing a Topic Sentence 199
Organizing Examples 202
Writing the Paragraph 203
Using Transitions 203
Rewriting and Improving the Paragraph 204
Moving from Paragraph to Essay 206
Recognizing Essay Form 206
Choosing and Narrowing a Thesis Statement 207
Writing the Essay 207
Rewriting and Improving the Essay 208
Proofreading 209
CHAPTER THREE PRACTICE TEST 210
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Chapter Four Lining Up the Parts of a Sentence 217
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SECTION ONE Subject–Verb Agreement 218
Identifying Subjects: A Review 219
Subject–Verb Agreement: Points to Know 219
Section One Review 225
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SECTION TWO Pronoun Agreement and Reference 229
Pronoun–Antecedent Agreement 229
Sexist Language 233
Unclear Pronoun Reference 234
Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns 237
Section Two Review 239
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SECTION THREE Pronoun Case 243
Subjective Pronouns 243
Objective Pronouns 244
Possessive Pronouns 245
Common Sources of Errors in Pronoun Case 246
Section Three Review 251
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SECTION FOUR Sentence Practice: Using Transitions 255
Sentence Combining Exercises 257
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SECTION FIVE Essay and Paragraph Practice:
Explaining Causes and Effects 262
Assignment 262
Prewriting to Generate Ideas 262
Choosing and Narrowing the Topic 263
Writing a Thesis Statement or Topic Sentence 264
Organizing Causes and Effects 266
Writing the Essay 267
Writing the Paragraph 267
Rewriting and Improving the Paper 267
Proofreading 271
CHAPTER FOUR PRACTICE TEST 272