SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS 1
Unit 1 Capitalization 3
Unit 2 Italics 9
Unit 3 Number and Numeral 13
Unit 4 Word Division 17
Unit 5 Punctuation 21
Section Tests 35
SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER 39
Unit 1 Levels of Diction 41
Unit 2 General vs.Specific Words;Abstract vs.Concrete Words 47
Unit 3 Denotation vs.Connotation 53
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively 59
Unit 5 Figures of Speech 69
Section Tests 77
SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS 79
Unit 1 Sentence Basics 81
Unit 2 Sentence Types 93
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively 113
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems 135
Section Tests 153
SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS 157
Unit 1 Topic Sentence 159
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development 171
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence 199
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs 209
Section Tests 225
