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College ESL Writers Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success

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College ESL Writers Applied Grammar and Composing Strategies for Success

This text is designed as a comprehensive grammar and writing resource for high intermediate and advanced level non-native speakers of English. We open the text with a discussion on the sentence and then break it down into its elemental components, before reconstructing them into effective sentences with paragraphs and larger academic assignments.

LanguagesHumanities
Author
Barbara Hall and Elizabeth Wallace
Publisher
Georgia State University - Perimeter College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
Business Administration
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Contents· 68 sections
  1. 01: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence
  2. 1.01: Sentence Writing
  3. 1.02: Sentence Structure
  4. 1.03: Pronouns
  5. 1.04: Adjectives and Adverbs
  6. 1.05: Writing basics (Exercise)
  7. 02: Sentence Variety - How do I Refine My Writing
  8. 2.01: Sentence Variety
  9. 2.02: Coordination and Subordination
  10. 2.03: Sentence Structure Boundaries and Associated Errors
  11. 2.04: Parallelism
  12. 2.05: Refining Your Writing (Exercises)
  13. 03: Writing Paragraphs - Separating Ideas and Shaping Content
  14. 3.01: Effective Means for Writing a Paragraph
  15. 3.02: Purpose Audience Tone and Content
  16. 3.03: Writing Paragraphs (Exercises)
  17. 04: Writing Essays - From Start to Finish
  18. 4.01: The Writing Process - Prewriting and Drafting
  19. 4.02: Developing a Strong Clear Thesis Statement
  20. 4.03: Outlining
  21. 4.04: Writing Introductory Paragraphs
  22. 4.05: Writing Body Paragraphs
  23. 4.06: More About the Basic Elements of a First Draft
  24. 4.07: Writing a Conclusion
  25. 4.08: Writing Essays (Exercises)
  26. 05: Revising and Editing
  27. 5.01: Reviewing Your Essay
  28. 5.02: Completing a Peer Review
  29. 5.03: Editing Your Draft for Standard Grammar and Mechanics
  30. 5.04: Keeping Track of Your Sentence-Level Grammar Errors
  31. 06: Working with Words - Usage Form and Context
  32. 6.01: Commonly Confused Words
  33. 6.02: Spelling
  34. 6.03: Word Choice
  35. 6.04: Word Form Adjectives and Adverbs Prefixes and Suffixes
  36. 6.05: Using Context Clues
  37. 6.06: Working with Words (Exercises)
  38. 07: Overview of English Grammar
  39. 7.01: Sentence Structure
  40. 7.02: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  41. 7.03: Negative Statements
  42. 7.04: Count and Noncount Nouns and Articles
  43. 7.05: Pronouns
  44. 7.06: Pronoun Agreement
  45. 7.07: Overview of Verb Forms
  46. 7.08: Verb Tenses
  47. 7.09: Modal Auxiliaries
  48. 7.10: Subject-Verb Agreement
  49. 7.11: Preposition Use
  50. 7.12: Overview of English Grammar (Exercises)
  51. 08: Punctuation and Capitalization
  52. 8.01: Commas
  53. 8.02: Semicolons
  54. 8.03: Colons
  55. 8.04: Quotes
  56. 8.05: Apostrophes
  57. 8.06: Parentheses
  58. 8.07: Dashes
  59. 8.08: Hyphens
  60. 8.09: Capitalization
  61. 8.10: End-of-Chapter (Exercise)
  62. 09: Good Writing - Models and Samples
  63. 9.01: Qualities of Good Writing
  64. 9.02: Samples of Good Paragraph Writing
  65. 9.03: Samples of Good Essay Writing
  66. 10: Suggested Writing Topics and Grading Rubrics
  67. 10.01: Suggested Writing Topics
  68. 10.02: Sample Grading Rubrics