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Writing Paragraphs and Essays
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Eighth Edition
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John Sheridan Biays, Broward College
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Carol Wershoven, Palm Beach State College
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Prepared by #se
Paula Bryant Bonilla,
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Chapter #seTests
Chapter #se1 #seWriting #sea #seParagraph........................................................................................................ 1
Chapter #se2 #seIllustration ......................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter #se3 #seDescription ..................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter #se4 #seNarration ........................................................................................................................ 16
Chapter #se 5 #seProcess............................................................................................................................. 21
Chapter #se6 #seCompare #seand #seContrast ................................................................................................. 26
Chapter #se7 #seClassification .................................................................................................................. 31
Chapter #se8 #seDefinition ....................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter #se9 #seCause #seand #seEffect ......................................................................................................... 39
Chapter #se10 #seArgument ...................................................................................................................... 44
Chapter #se11 #seWriting #sean #seEssay ........................................................................................................ 50
Chapter #se12 #seDifferent #seEssay #sePatterns: #sePart #se1 ............................................................................. 55
Chapter #se13 #seDifferent #seEssay #sePatterns: #sePart #se2 ............................................................................. 58
Chapter #se14 #seUsing #seResearch #seto #seStrengthen #seEssays ..................................................................... 60
Chapter #se15 #seWriting #sefrom #seReading ................................................................................................. 65
Chapter #se16 #seThe #seSimple #seSentence .................................................................................................. 69
Chapter #se17 #seBeyond #sethe #seSimple #seSentence: #seCoordination ............................................................ 73
Chapter #se18 #seAvoiding #seRun-ons #seand #seComma #seSplices .................................................................. 75
Chapter #se19 #seBeyond #sethe #seSimple #seSentence: #seSubordination .......................................................... 79
Chapter #se20 #seAvoiding #seSentence #seFragments ................................................................................... 83
Chapter #se21 #seUsing #seParallelism #sein #seSentences.................................................................................. 86
Chapter #se22 #seUsing #seAdjectives #seand #seAdverbs................................................................................. 92
Chapter #se23 #seCorrecting #seProblems #sewith #seModifiers ......................................................................... 97
Chapter #se24 #seUsing # s e Verbs #seCorrectly: #seStandard #seVerb #seForms, #se Irregular #seVerbs,#seConsistency,
and #seVoice .........................................................................................................................................101
Chapter #se25 #seMaking #seSubjects #seand #seVerbs #seAgree ........................................................................105
Chapter #se26 #seUsing #sePronouns #seCorrectly: #seAgreement #seand #seReference ........................................108
Chapter #se27 #seUsing #sePronouns #seCorrectly: #seConsistency #seand #seCase ...............................................111
Chapter #se28 #sePunctuation ..................................................................................................................115
Chapter #se29 #seSpelling ........................................................................................................................119
Chapter #se30 #seWords #seThat #seSound #seAlike/Look #seAlike.....................................................................123
Chapter #se31 #seWord #seChoice ..............................................................................................................126
Chapter #se32 #seSentence #seVariety ........................................................................................................129
Chapter #seTest #seAnswer #seKey..........................................................................................................132
Peer-Review #seForms ...............................................................................................................................151
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