The Fundamentals of College Level Writing
by David Ragsdale, Ph.D.  
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ISBN: 978-1-58152-619-6
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Table of Contents

Chapter 1–Phrases
   Defining them
   Naming them
   Prepositions

      What they are
      How they function in phrases
Chapter 2–Clauses
   Defining them
   Subordinate clauses

      What they are
      Subordinating conjunctions
      Why have them if they can’t exist alone?
      The trailer analogy
   Independent clauses
      What they are
      Coordinating conjunctions
   Exercises on phrases and the two types of clauses
      Keep a mental inventory of what you're writing
      Know the pieces so you avoid sentence fragments
   Conjunctive adverbs–the third type of conjunction
      As connectors–Job #1
      As parenthetical comments–Job #2
Chapter 3–The Four Sentence Types
   Why learn labels?
   Simple, compound, complex, compound/complex
   Exercises on sentence types
Chapter 4–Punctuation
   Commas
   Apostrophes
   Semicolons vs. colons
Chapter 5–Paragraphing
   Unity
   Completeness
   Cohesiveness
   Order
Chapter 6–Essays
   Essay structure
   The thesis
   The rhetorical modes
Appendix A–Sample Grammar Quizzes for Practice
   Sample English 0307 Practice Quiz #1
   Sample English 0307 Practice Quiz #2
   Sample English 0307 Practice Quiz #3
Appendix B–Commonly Misspelled Words
Appendix C–Vocabulary Words
Appendix D–Learning to Learn

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