Quick, comprehensive writing guidance at a low cost--the At a Glance series can be paired with any developmental title or used independently. This flexible series includes a separate textbook for sentences, paragraphs, essays, and a reader. Each book features clear, concise instruction reinforced by extensive practice, exercises, and examples. The Third Edition of At Glance: Sentences continues to focus on the essential grammar and sentence mechanics.
Quick, comprehensive writing guidance at a low cost--the At a Glance series can be paired with any developmental title or used independently. This flexible series includes a separate textbook for sentences, paragraphs, essays, and a reader. Each book features clear, concise instruction reinforced by extensive practice, exercises, and examples. The Third Edition of At Glance: Sentences continues to focus on the essential grammar and sentence mechanics.
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Höhe: 208 mm
Breite: 139 mm
Dicke: 10 mm
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978-0-618-54226-0 (9780618542260)
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Note: Each chapter concludes with a Chapter Review. 1. Parts of Speech Nouns Pronouns Verbs Adjectives Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections 2. Subjects and Verbs Subjects Verbs Location of Subjects and Verbs 3. Kinds of Sentences Clauses Types of Sentences 4. Combining Sentences Coordination: The Compound Sentence Subordination: The Complex Sentence Coordination and Subordination: The Compound-Complex Sentence Other Ways to Combine Ideas Omissions: When Parts are Missing Variety in Sentences: Types, Order, Length, Beginnings 5. Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons Fragments Comma Splices and Run-Ons 6. Balancing Sentence Parts Basic Principles of Parallelism Signal Words Combination Signal Words 7. Verbs Regular and Irregular Verbs "Problem" Verbs The Twelve Verb Tenses At A Glance Community Dialects and Standard Usage Subject-Verb Agreement Consistency in Tense Active and Passive Voice Strong Verbs 8. Pronouns Pronoun Case Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Pronoun Reference 9. Adjectives and Adverbs Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs Comparative and Superlative Forms Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 10. Punctuation and Capitalization End Punctuation Commas Semicolons Quotation Marks Punctuation with Quotation Marks Italics Dashes Colons Parentheses Brackets Apostrophes Hyphens Capitalization 11. Spelling and Commonly Confused Words Spelling Tips Frequently Misspelled Words Confused Spelling/Confusing Words Wordy Phrases 12. The Writing Process: Paragraphs and Essays The Paragraph and Essay Defined The Writing Process Common Paragraph Patterns A Variety of Writing Topics
