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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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Paula Bryant Bonilla,
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Chapter #xzTests
Chapter #xz1 #xzWriting #xza #xz Paragraph ....................................................................................................... 1
Chapter #xz 2 #xzIllustration ......................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter #xz 3 #xzDescription ..................................................................................................................... 11
Chapter #xz 4 #xzNarration ........................................................................................................................ 16
Chapter #xz 5 #xzProcess ............................................................................................................................ 21
Chapter #xz 6 #xzCompare #xzand #xzContrast ................................................................................................ 26
Chapter #xz 7 #xzClassification.................................................................................................................. 31
Chapter #xz 8 #xzDefinition ....................................................................................................................... 36
Chapter #xz 9 #xzCause #xzand #xzEffect......................................................................................................... 39
Chapter #xz10 #xzArgument...................................................................................................................... 44
Chapter #xz11 #xzWriting #xzan #xzEssay ....................................................................................................... 50
Chapter #xz 12 #xzDifferent #xz Essay #xzPatterns: #xzPart #xz 1............................................................................ 55
Chapter #xz 13 #xzDifferent #xz Essay #xzPatterns: #xzPart #xz 2............................................................................ 58
Chapter #xz14 #xzUsing #xzResearch #xzto #xzStrengthen #xzEssays.................................................................... 60
Chapter #xz15 #xzWriting #xzfrom #xzReading ................................................................................................ 65
Chapter #xz16 #xzThe #xzSimple #xzSentence ................................................................................................. 69
Chapter #xz17 #xzBeyond #xzthe #xzSimple #xzSentence: #xzCoordination........................................................... 73
Chapter #xz18 #xzAvoiding #xzRun-ons #xzand #xzComma #xzSplices................................................................. 75
Chapter #xz19 #xzBeyond #xzthe #xzSimple #xzSentence: #xzSubordination ......................................................... 79
Chapter #xz20 #xzAvoiding #xzSentence #xz Fragments .................................................................................. 83
Chapter #xz21 #xzUsing #xzParallelism #xzin #xzSentences................................................................................. 86
Chapter #xz22 #xzUsing #xzAdjectives #xzand #xzAdverbs................................................................................ 92
Chapter #xz23 #xzCorrecting #xzProblems #xzwith #xzModifiers ........................................................................ 97
Chapter #xz24 #xzUsing # xz Verbs #xzCorrectly: #xzStandard #xzVerb #xzForms, #xz Irregular #xzVerbs,#xzConsistency,
and #xzVoice .........................................................................................................................................101
Chapter #xz25 #xzMaking #xzSubjects #xzand #xzVerbs #xzAgree .......................................................................105
Chapter #xz26 #xzUsing #xzPronouns #xz Correctly: #xzAgreement #xzand #xzReference ......................................108
Chapter #xz27 #xzUsing #xzPronouns #xzCorrectly: #xzConsistency #xzand #xzCase..............................................111
Chapter #xz28 #xzPunctuation ..................................................................................................................115
Chapter #xz29 #xzSpelling .......................................................................................................................119
Chapter #xz30 #xzWords #xzThat #xzSound #xzAlike/Look #xzAlike ...................................................................123
Chapter #xz31 #xzWord #xzChoice..............................................................................................................126
Chapter #xz32 #xzSentence #xz Variety .......................................................................................................129
Chapter #xzTest #xzAnswer #xzKey .........................................................................................................132
Peer-Review #xzForms ...............................................................................................................................151
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