Preface Part One Sentence Skills 1 Sentence Fragments Ineffective Sentence Fragments Legitimate Sentence Fragments 2 Run-on Sentences 3 Misplaced and Dangling Modiffiers Misplaced Modifiers Dangling Modifiers 4 Pronoun Reference Ambiguous Reference Weak Reference Broad Reference 5 Parallelism Value of Parallelism Techniques Used in Gaining Parallelism Avoidance of Faulty Parallelism 6 Unnecessary Shifts Unnecessary Shifts in Voice or Subject Unnecessary Shifts in Tense Unnecessary Shifts in Mood Unnecessary Shifts in Person or Number Unnecessary Shifts in Discourse 7 Sentence Emphasis Considering the Order of Words as a Means of Achieving Emphasis Using the Voice that Is Most Emphatic and Appropriate Putting Statements in Positive Form Repeating Words. Structures, or Ideas for Occasional Emphasis Omitting Unimportant Words Making Use of Special Emphatic Sentence Patterns Using Mechanical Devices for Emphasis 8 Sentence Variety Varying the Beginning of Sentences Varying the Kinds of Sentences Varying the Length of Sentences 9 Coordination Coordinating Conjunctions Patterns of Coordination Conjunctions and the Accompanying Punctuation in Compound Sentences Avoidance of Excessive Coordination 10 Subordination Subordination to Show the Emphasis of the Main Statement Subordination to Avoid Choppy Sentences and to Break up Lengthy Compound Sentences Ways of Subordination Avoidance of Inverted Subordination Avoidance of Excessive Overlapping of Subordinate …… Part Two Writing Paragraphs 11 Internal Structure of a Paragraph 12 Developing the Paragraph 13 Diction Appendixes Bibliography
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