English Workshop: Fourth Course

, by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc.

English Workshop: Fourth Course by Holt, Rinehart, and Winston, Inc., 9780030971778

ISBN: 9780030971778 | 0030971772
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Copyright: 1/1/1995

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Table of Contents

INVITATION TO WRITING

The Writing Process

Prewriting: Finding Ideas for Writing

1

(1)

Prewriting: Brainstorming and Clustering

2

(1)

Prewriting: Asking Questions

3

(3)

Prewriting: Arranging Ideas

6

(1)

Writing a First Draft

7

(2)

Evaluating and Revising

9

(3)

Proofreading and Publishing

12

(3)

Paragraph Workshops

Main Ideas and Topic Sentences

15

(2)

Unity and Coherence

17

(4)

Using Description

21

(1)

Using Evaluation

22

(1)

Using Narration

23

(2)

Using Classification

25

(2)

Composition Workshops

Planning a Composition

27

(2)

Writing Introductions

29

(3)

Writing Conclusions

32

(3)

AIMS FOR WRITING

Expressing Yourself

A Family History

35

(8)

Thinking About the Model

36

(2)

Prewriting

38

(2)

Writing

40

(1)

Evaluating and Revising

41

(1)

Proofreading and Publishing

42

(1)

For Your Portfolio

42

(1)

Creative Writing

A Letter Poem

43

(8)

Thinking About the Model

44

(1)

Prewriting

45

(2)

Writing

47

(1)

Evaluating and Revising

48

(1)

Proofreading and Publishing

49

(1)

For Your Portfolio

50

(1)

Informing Others

I-Search Paper

51

(8)

Thinking About the Model

52

(1)

Prewriting

53

(2)

Writing

55

(1)

Evaluating and Revising

56

(1)

Proofreading and Publishing

57

(1)

For Your Portfolio

58

(1)

Persuading Others

An Advice Letter

59

(8)

Thinking About the Model

60

(2)

Prewriting

62

(2)

Writing

64

(1)

Evaluating and Revising

65

(1)

Proofreading and Publishing

66

(1)

For Your Portfolio

66

(1)

LANGUAGE AND STYLE

Sentence Workshops

Sentence Fragments

67

(2)

Phrasal Fragments

69

(2)

Subordinate Clause Fragments

71

(2)

Run-on Sentences

73

(4)

Review Exercise

75

(2)

Combining by Inserting Words

77

(2)

Combining by Inserting Phrases

79

(2)

Compound Elements

81

(2)

Combining Sentences Through Subordination

83

(2)

Using Parallel Structure

85

(2)

Improving Sentence Style

87

(2)

Varying Sentece Beginnings

89

(4)

Chapter Review

91

(2)

Language Workshops

Formal and Informal English

93

(2)

Colloquialisms and Slang

95

(2)

Loaded Words and Euphemisms

97

(4)

Chapter Review

99

(2)

GRAMMAR, USAGE, AND MECHANICS

Parts of Speech

Nouns

101

(2)

Compound Nouns

103

(2)

Pronouns

105

(2)

Adjectives

107

(2)

Pronouns and Nouns Used as Adjectives

109

(4)

Review Exercise

111

(2)

Verbs

113

(2)

Linking Verbs

115

(2)

Verb Phrases

117

(2)

Adverbs

119

(2)

Adverbs Modifying Adjectives and Other Adverbs

121

(2)

Prepositions

123

(2)

Conjunctions and Interjections

125

(4)

Chapter Review

127

(2)

The Sentence

Sentences and Sentence Fragments

129

(2)

Subject and Predicate

131

(2)

The Simple Subject and the Simple Predicate

133

(2)

Finding the Subject

135

(2)

Compound Subjects and Compound Verbs

137

(2)

Complements

139

(2)

Subject Complements

141

(2)

Objects

143

(2)

Classifying Sentences by Purpose

145

(4)

Chapter Review

147

(2)

The Phrase

Prepositional Phrases

149

(2)

Adjective Phrases and Adverb Phrases

151

(2)

Verbals and Verb Phrases

153

(2)

Participial Phrases

155

(2)

Gerunds

157

(2)

Gerund Phrases

159

(2)

Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases

161

(4)

Review Exercise

163

(2)

Appositives and Appositive Phrases

165

(4)

Chapter Review

167

(2)

The Clause

Kinds of Clauses

169

(2)

The Adjective Clause

171

(2)

The Adverb Clause

173

(2)

The Noun Clause

175

(2)

Sentence Structure

177

(4)

Chapter Review

179

(2)

Agreement

Number

181

(2)

Subject-Verb Agreement

183

(2)

Intervening Phrases

185

(2)

Agreement with Indefinite Pronouns

187

(2)

Compound Subjects

189

(2)

Collective Nouns

191

(2)

Review Exercise 1

192

(1)

Other Problems in Agreement

193

(4)

Review Exercise 2

195

(2)

Pronoun Agreement

197

(4)

Chapter Review

199

(2)

Using Pronouns Correctly

Case of Pronouns

201

(2)

The Nominative Case

203

(2)

The Objective Case

205

(2)

Objects of Prepositions

207

(4)

Review Exercise

209

(2)

Who and Whom

211

(2)

Other Pronoun Problems

213

(2)

Inexact Pronoun Reference

215

(4)

Chapter Review

217

(2)

Using Verbs Correctly

Regular Verbs

219

(2)

Irregular Verbs

221

(4)

Verb Tense

225

(4)

Consistency of Tense

229

(2)

Active Voice and Passive Voice

231

(2)

Lie and Lay

233

(2)

Sit and Set and Rise and Raise

235

(4)

Chapter Review

237

(2)

Using Modifiers Correctly

Comparison of Modifiers

239

(2)

Uses of Comparative and Superlative Forms

241

(2)

Dangling Modifiers

243

(2)

Misplaced Modifers

245

(4)

Chapter Review

247

(2)

A Glossary of Usage

Accept through At

249

(2)

Being as through Invent

251

(2)

Kind through Should of

253

(2)

Some through Would of

255

(2)

The Double Negative

257

(4)

Chapter Review

259

(2)

Capital Letters

People and Places

261

(2)

School Subjects, First Words, Proper Adjectives

263

(2)

Groups, Organizations, and Religions

265

(2)

Objects, Events, and Awards

267

(2)

Titles

269

(4)

Chapter Review

271

(2)

Punctuation

End Marks

273

(2)

Abbreviations

275

(2)

Review Exercise

276

(1)

Commas in a Series

277

(2)

Punctuating Independent Clauses

279

(2)

Commas with Nonessential Elements

281

(2)

Commas with Introductory Elements

283

(2)

Commas with Other Sentence Interrupters

285

(2)

Other Uses of Commas

287

(4)

Chapter Review

289

(2)

Punctuation

Semicolons

291

(2)

Colons

293

(2)

Underlining (Italics)

295

(2)

Quotation Marks

297

(4)

Review Exercise

300

(1)

Apostrophes

301

(2)

Dashes and Parentheses

303

(4)

Chapter Review

305

(2)

Spelling

The Dictionary

307

(2)

Spelling Rules

309

(2)

Prefixes and Suffixes

311

(4)

Plurals of Nouns

315

(3)

Spelling Numbers

318

(3)

Chapter Review

319

(2)

Index

321

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