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PART ONE: EXPLORING PROSE STRATEGIES 1. Strategies of Description and Narration 2. Strategies of Analysis and Argument PART TWO: COMPOSING WHOLE ESSAYS 3. Planning an Essay 4. Supporting a Thesis 5. Collaborating and Revising PART THREE: THE RESEARCH ESSAY 6. Finding and Mastering Sources 7. Documenting Sources 8. A Sample Research Essay PART FOUR: PARAGRAPHS 9. Paragraph Unity and Continuity 10. Paragraph Development 11. Opening and Closing Paragraphs PART FIVE: SENTENCES 12. Writing Distinct Sentences 13. Subordination 14. Sentence Emphasis and Variety PART SIX: WORDS 15. Appropriate Language 16. Efficient Language 17. Figurative Language PART SEVEN: USAGE 18. Complete Sentences 19. Joining Independent Clauses 20. Joining Subjects and Verbs 21. Modifiers 22. Noun and Pronoun Case 23. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 24. Parallelism 25. Relations between Tenses PART EIGHT: PUNCTUATION 26. Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points 27. Commas 28. Semicolons and Colons 29. Dashes and Parentheses 30. Quoting 31. Forming and Spacing Punctuation Marks PART NINE: CONVENTIONS 32. Verb Forms 33. Plurals and Possessives 34. Spelling and Hyphenation 35. Capitals. 36. Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers PART TEN: APPLIED WRITING 37. Examination Answers and In-Class Essays. 38. Business Letters 39. Resumes PART ELEVEN: TOOLS 40. Writing with a Word Processor 41. An Index of Usage. 42. Glossary of Terms