Part I Sentence Skills
Unit 1 Sentence Fundamentals
1.1 Recognize the Sentence
1.2 Classify the Sentence
Exercises
Unit 2 Sentence Agreement and Consistency
2.1 Sentence Agreement
2.2 Sentence Consistency
Exercises
Unit 3 Sentence Fragments,Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
3.1 Sentence Fragments
3.2 Comma Splices and Run—on Sentences
Exercises
Unit 4 Sentence Combininq——Coordination
4.1 Tvpes of Coordination
4.2 The Coordinate Sentence
4.3 The Function of Coordination
4.4 Misuse of Coordination
Exercises
Unit 5 Sentence Combining—Subordination
5.1 Types of Subordination
5.2 The Function of Subordination
5.3 Ways of Achieving Subordination
5.4 Misuse of Subordination
5.5 Balance between Subordination and Coordination
Exercises
Unit 6 Sentence Unity and Coherence,
6.1 Sentence Unity
6.2 Sentence Coherence
Exercise
Unit 7 Sentence Emphasis
7.1 Placement of Important Ideas
7.2 Use of Periodic Sentences
7.3 Climactic Order
7.4 Use oftheActiveVoice
7.5 Repetition of Important Words
7.6 Use of Balanced Sentences
7.7 Changes in Sentence Length
7.8 Use of Cleft Sentences
7.9 Inversion of Sentence Order
Exercises
Unit 8 Sentence Variety
8.1 Varied Sentence Lengths
8.2 Varied Sentence Structures
8.3 Varied Sentence Beginnings
8.4 Other Techniques to Vary the Sentence
Exercises
Unit 9 Sentence Parallelism
9.1 What iS Parallelism
9.2 What Is the Value of Parallelism
9.3 How to Achieve Parallelism
9.4 How tO Avoid Faulty Parallelism
Exercises
Part Ⅱ Mechanics and Punctuation
Part Ⅲ Practical Writing
Part Ⅳ Precis Writing
Part Ⅴ Diction
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