using Exercises, Examples, And Writing Applications, The Fifth Edition Of At A Glance: Sentences Focuses On Sentence Writing, With Detailed Attention To Matters Such As Grammar, Rhetoric, Sentence Variety, Sentence Combining, Diction, Capitalization, Punctuation, And Spelling In Chapters 1-11; Provides A Reproducible Writing Process Worksheet (at The End Of The Student Overview And On The Student Companion Site) Designed To Provide Guidance For Your Writing By Offering Documentation On The Progression Or Completion Of An Assignment; Provides Concise Instruction With Student Examples On The Process Of Writing Paragraphs And Essays In Chapter 12; And Provides Further Instruction With More Than A Hundred Prompts And Topics For Writing Specific And Combined Patterns Of Paragraphs And Essays In Chapter 13.

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Brandon, Lee

Concept Media

Brooks/Cole

At a glance, 5th ed., Boston, Massachusetts, 2012

United States, United States of America

5, US, 2011

2011 12 30

lg734148

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Includes index.

Cover Page 1
Self-Evaluation Chart 3
Title Page 4
Copyright Page 6
Contents 7
Preface 12
Student Overview 17
Chapter 1: Parts of Speech 21
Nouns 22
Pronouns 22
Verbs 23
Adjectives 24
Adverbs 24
Prepositions 25
Conjunctions 26
Interjections 28
Chapter Review 28
Chapter 2: Subjects and Verbs 32
Subjects 32
Nouns 33
Pronouns 33
Compound Subjects 34
Implied Subjects 34
Trouble Spots 34
Verbs 37
Types of Verbs 37
Verb Phrases 37
Compound Verbs 38
Verbals 38
Location of Subjects and Verbs 42
Chapter Review 42
Chapter 3: Kinds of Sentences 47
Clauses 47
Independent Clauses 47
Dependent Clauses 47
Relative Clauses 48
Trouble Spot: Phrases 48
Types of Sentences 49
Simple Sentences 50
Compound Sentences 51
Complex Sentences 52
Compound-Complex Sentences 53
Chapter Review 54
Chapter 4: Combining Sentences, Avoiding Omissions, Achieving Sentence Variety 58
Coordination: The Compound Sentence 58
Punctuation with Coordinating Conjunctions 59
Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs 61
Punctuation with Semicolons and Conjunctive Adverbs 61
Subordination: The Complex Sentence 63
Punctuation with Subordinating Conjunctions 65
Punctuation with Relative Pronouns 66
Coordination and Subordination: The Compound-Complex Sentence 68
Punctuation of Complicated Compound or Compound-Complex Sentences 69
Other Ways to Combine Ideas 70
Omissions: When Parts Are Missing 71
Variety in Sentences: Types, Order, Length, Beginnings 73
Types 73
Order 74
Length 74
Beginnings 74
Chapter Review 75
Chapter 5: Correcting Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-Ons 79
Fragments 79
Dependent Clauses as Fragments: Clauses with Subordinating Conjunctions 80
Dependent Clauses as Fragments: Clauses with Relative Pronouns 80
Phrases as Fragments 81
Fragments as Word Groups Without Subjects or Without Verbs 82
Acceptable Fragments 82
Comma Splices and Run-Ons 87
Correcting Comma Splices and Run-Ons 88
Chapter Review 96
Chapter 6: Balancing Sentence Parts 99
Basic Principles of Parallelism 99
Signal Words 100
Combination Signal Words 102
Chapter Review 104
Chapter 7: Verbs 106
Regular and Irregular Verbs 106
Regular Verbs 106
Irregular Verbs 108
“Problem” Verbs 111
The Twelve Verb Tenses at a Glance 112
Simple Tenses 112
Perfect Tenses 112
Progressive Tenses 113
Perfect Progressive Tenses 113
Community Dialects and Standard Usage 113
Subject-Verb Agreement 123
Consistency in Tense 128
Active and Passive Voice 132
Strong Verbs 134
Chapter Review 136
Chapter 8: Pronouns 138
Pronoun Case 138
Subjective Case 139
Objective Case 140
Techniques for Determining Case 141
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement 146
Agreement in Person 147
Agreement in Number 148
Agreement in Gender 149
Pronoun Reference 152
Chapter Review 154
Chapter 9: Adjectives and Adverbs 156
Selecting Adjectives and Adverbs 158
Comparative and Superlative Forms 160
Adjectives 160
Adverbs 161
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 166
Chapter Review 170
Chapter 10: Punctuation and Capitalization 172
End Punctuation 172
Periods 172
Question Marks 173
Exclamation Points 173
Commas 173
Commas to Separate 173
Commas to Set Off 174
Semicolons 180
Quotation Marks 184
Punctuation with Quotation Marks 186
Italics 186
Dashes 188
Colons 189
Parentheses 190
Brackets 190
Apostrophes 191
Hyphens 192
Capitalization 192
Chapter Review 196
Chapter 11: Spelling and Commonly Confused Words 199
Spelling Tips 199
Frequently Misspelled Words 202
Confused Spelling/Confusing Words 205
Wordy Phrases 211
Chapter 12: The Writing Process: Paragraphs and Essays 213
The Paragraph and Essay Defined 213
The Writing Process 214
Prewriting 214
Writing a First Draft 217
Revising and Editing 218
The Writing Process Worksheet 221
Chapter 13: Combined and Specific Patterns of Writing and Writing Topics 223
Combined Patterns of Writing 223
Specific Patterns of Writing 224
Descriptive Narration 224
Exemplification 225
Analysis by Division 226
Process Analysis 227
Cause and Effect 229
Comparison and Contrast 231
Definition 233
Argument 235
A Variety of Writing Topics 237
Index 239
ISBN,9780495906377

2012-02-04