Foundations first : sentences and paragraphs : with readings / Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell.
Publication details: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, c2005.Edition: 2nd editionDescription: xxviii, 561 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cmISBN:- 0312413378 (student ed. with readings)
- 031241336X(Sudent edition)
- 0312419643 (instructor's Annotated edition)
- 808.042 22 KIR
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Contents
Unit One. Learning Practical Strategies for Success
Chapter 1. Strategies for College Success
Chapter 2. Reading for Academic Success
Chapter 3. Using the Internet for College Success
Chapter 4. Strategies for Workplace
UNIT TWO. Writing Effective Paragraphs
Chapter 5. Writing a Paragraph
Chapter 6. Fine-Tuning Your Paragraph
Chapter 7. Patterns of Paragraph Development
Chapter 8. Moving from Paragraph to Essay
Unit Three. Writing Effective Sentences
Chapter 9. Writing Simple Sentences
Chapter 10. Writing Compound Sentences
Chapter 11. Writing Complex Sentences
Chapter 12. Fine-Tuning Your Sentences
Chapter 13. Using Parallelism
UNIT FOUR. Solving Common Sentence Problems
Chapter 14. Run-Ons and Comma Splices
Chapter 15. Sentence Fragments
Chapter 16. Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 17. Illogical Shifts
Chapter 18. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
UNIT FIVE. Understanding Basic Grammar
Chapter 19. Verbs: Past Tense
Chapter 20. Verbs: Past Participles
Chapter 21. Nouns
Chapter 22. Pronouns
Chapter 23. Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 24. Grammar and Usage Issues for ESL Writers
UNIT SIX. Understanding Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling
Chapter 25. Using Commas
Chapter 26. Using Apostrophes
Chapter 27. Understanding Mechanics
Chapter 28. Understanding Spelling
Chapter 29. Learning Commonly Confused Words
UNIT SEVEN. Learning College Reading Skills
Chapter 30. Readings for Writers
Includes indexes : p. 553 - 561
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