Writing and grammar : communication in action /
Joyce Armstrong Carroll, Edward E. Wilson, Gary Forlini
- Upper saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, c2001
- xxvii, 903 p. : col. ill ; 26 cm.
CONTENT PART 1: WRITING 1. The writer in you 2. A walk through the writing process 3. Paragraphs and compositions 4. Narration: autobiographical writing 5. Narration: short story 6. Description 7. Persuasion: persuasive writing 8. Persuasion: advertisement 9. Exposition: Comparison and contrast essays 10. Exposition: Cause and effect essay 11. Exposition: problem-solution essay 12. Research writing 13. Response to literature 14. Writing for assessment 15. Workplace writing
PART 2. GRAMMAR, USAGE AND MECHANICS 16. Nouns, pronouns and verbs 17. Adjectives and adverbs 18. Prepositions, conjunctions 19. Basic sentence parts 20. Phrases and clauses 21. Effective sentences 22. Verb usage 23. Pronoun usage 24. Agreement 25. Using modifiers 26. Miscellaneous problems in usage 27. Capitalization 28. Punctuation
PART 3. ACADEMIC AND WORKPLACE SKILLS 29. Speaking, listening, viewing 30. Vocabulary and spelling 31. Reading skills 32. Study, reference and test-taking skills 33. Workplace skills and competencies