CliffsNotes Writing: Grammar, Usage, and Style Quick Review, 3rd Edition (Cliffs Quick Review (Paperback))

✍ Scribed by Claudia L Reinhardt, Jean Eggenschwiler

• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 254
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT PAGE
INTRODUCTION
How This Book Will Help You
How to Use This Book
Hundreds of Practice Questions Online!
CHAPTER 1: NOUN: PERSON, PLACE, THING, IDEA, OR ACTIVITY
Proper Nouns
Verbs Used as Nouns
Collective Nouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Possessive Case of Nouns
Agreement of Nouns and Verbs
CHAPTER 2: VERB: WORD OR PHRASE EXPRESSING ACTION OR STATE OF BEING
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs
Active Voice and Passive Voice
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
Verbals: Gerunds, Infinitives, and Participles
Forming Verb Tenses
Using the Tenses
Moods of the Verb
Problems with Verbs
CHAPTER 3: PRONOUN: WORD USED IN PLACE OF A NOUN
Pronouns
Pronoun Case
Subjective Case of Pronouns
Objective Case of Pronouns
Choosing Between Subjective Case and Objective Case
Possessive Case of Pronouns
Possessive Pronouns with Gerunds
Pronoun Reference
Pronoun Agreement
Sexism in Pronouns: He or She?
CHAPTER 4: MODIFIERS: ADJECTIVES, ADVERBS, AND COMPOUND MODIFIERS
Modifiers
When to Use Modifiers
Forming the Comparative and Superlative Degrees
Adjectives and Adverbs That Should Not Be Compared
Spelling Compound Words
Words with Prefixes and Suffixes
CHAPTER 5: CONNECTING WORDS AND PHRASES: PREPOSITIONS, CONJUNCTIONS, AND INTERJECTIONS
Prepositions
Defining Conjunctions
Using Interjections
CHAPTER 6: PHRASES, CLAUSES, AND SENTENCES
Prepositional Phrases
Phrases Containing Verbals
Types of Clauses
Sentences
CHAPTER 7: COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS
Run-On Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Subject-Predicate (Verb) Agreement
Placement of Modifiers in a Sentence
Parallel Sentence Structures
Combining Sentences
Varying Word Order in Sentences
CHAPTER 8: PERIODS, QUESTION MARKS, AND EXCLAMATION MARKS
Uses of the Period
Uses of the Question Mark
Problems with Question Marks
Uses of the Exclamation Mark
Problems with Exclamation Marks
CHAPTER 9: COMMAS, SEMICOLONS, AND COLONS
Uses of the Comma
Problems with Commas
Uses of the Semicolon
Problems with Semicolons
Uses of the Colon
Problems with Colons
CHAPTER 10: DASHES, PARENTHESES, AND QUOTATION MARKS
Uses of the Dash
Problems with Dashes
Uses of Parentheses
Problems with Parentheses
Uses of Quotation Marks
Problems with Quotation Marks
Uses of an Ellipsis
CHAPTER 11: IDIOMS, CLICHÉS, JARGON, SLANG, EUPHEMISMS, AND WORDINESS
Idioms
Clichés
Jargon and Buzzwords
Slang Expressions
Euphemisms
Wordiness
CHAPTER 12: HOW TO BEGIN A WRITING ASSIGNMENT
Steps in Writing
Types of Writing
Understanding Your Assignment
Understanding Your Audience
Guidelines for Choosing a Topic
Avoiding Fallacies
Identifying the Main Idea
CHAPTER 13: HOW TO RESEARCH AND ORGANIZE YOUR WRITING
Finding Examples and Evidence
The Importance of Specific Details
The Writing Assignment
CHAPTER 14: WRITING: FROM INTRODUCTION TO CONCLUSION
Working from a Thesis Statement
Outlines
Getting Started
Introductions
Paragraphs
Conclusions
CHAPTER 15: REVISING AND EDITING
Titles
Reviewing the First Draft
Preparing the Final Draft
Checklists for Improving Your First Draft
REVIEW QUESTIONS
RESOURCE CENTER
Books About Writing
Online Resources
GLOSSARY
APPENDIX: FREQUENTLY CONFUSED WORDS
INDEX