
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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