PART Ⅰ DICTION

Chapter 1 Levels of Words

1.1 Formal Words

1.2 Common Words

1.3 Informal Words

Chapter 2 The Meaning of Words

Chapter 3 General and Specific Words

Chapter 4 Idioms

Chapter 5 Figures of Speech

5.1 Simile

5.2 Metaphor

5.3 Personification

5.4 Metonymy

5.5 Synecdoche

5.6 Euphemism

5.7 Irony

5.8 Overstatement and Understatement

5.9 Transferred Epithet

5.10 Oxymoron

5.11 Alliteration

PART Ⅱ SENTENCE SKILLS

Chapter 6 Sentence Fundamentals

6.1 Recognition of Sentences

6.2 Classification of Sentences

Chapter 7 Effective Sentences

7.1 Sentence Unity

7.2 Sentence Coherence

7.3 Sentence Conciseness

7.4 Sentence Emphasis

7.5 Sentence Parallelism

7.6 Sentence Variety

7.7 Sentence Agreement

7.8 Sentence Consistency

Chapter 8 Faulty Sentences

8.1 Sentence Fragments

8.2 Run-on Sentences

8.3 Faulty Modification

Chapter 9 Sentence Combination

9.1 Coordination

9.2 Subordination

PART Ⅲ PARAGRAPH WRITING

Chapter 10 Types of Paragraphs

10.1 Introductory Paragraphs

10.2 Supporting Paragraphs

10.3 Concluding Paragraphs

10.4 Transitional Paragraphs

Chapter 11 Structure of a Paragraph

11.1 The Topic Sentence

11.2 Supporting Sentences

11.3 The Concluding Sentence

Chapter 12 Effective Paragraphs

12.1 Paragraph Unity

12.2 Paragraph Coherence

12.3 Paragraph Completeness

Chapter 13 Planning a Paragraph

13.1 Steps in Writing a Paragraph

13.2 Paragraph Outlining

13.3 Strategies of Developing a Paragraph

Chapter 14 Ways of Developing a Paragraph

14.1 Development by the Chronological Sequence

14.2 Development by Space

14.3 Development by Process

14.4 Development by Exemplification

14.5 Development by Comparison and Contrast

14.6 Development by Cause and Effect

14.7 Development by Classification and Division

14.8 Development by Definition

14.9 Development by Combination of Methods

PART Ⅳ ESSAY WRITING

Chapter 15 An Introduction to Essay Writing

15.1 Structure of an Essay

15.2 Main Criteria of an Effective Essay

Chapter 16 Process of Essay Writing

16.1 Pre-writing

16.2 Writing a First Draft

16.3 Revising the Draft

16.4 Finalizing the Essay

Chapter 17 Types of Essay Writing

17.1 Narration

17.2 Description

17.3 Exposition

17.4 Argumentation

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