Part Ⅰ 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 Ⅱ Practical Writing Skills
Chapter 5 Writing for Job Application
5.1 Application Letter
5.2 Resume （ Curriculum Vitae）
Chapter 6 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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