PART ONE BASIC WRITING SKILLS

Ⅰ．COURSE OUTLINE

1.1 Goals

1.2 Course Requirements and Marks

1.3 Diagnostic Test

1.3.1 Pretest

1.3.2 Posttest

Ⅱ．Mechanics

2.1 Capitalization

2.2 Punctuation Marks

2.2.1 The Full Stop(.)

2.2.2 The Comma(,)

2.2.3 The Hypen(-)

2.2.4 The Semicolon(;)

2.2.5 The Colon(:)

2.2.6 The Dash(—)

2.2.7 The Quotation Marks(“”)

2.2.8 The Ellipsis(...)

2.2.9 The Apostrophe(’)

2.2.10 The Slash(/)

2.2.11 Brackets/Parenthesis[]/()

2.2.12 The Question Mark(?)

2.2.13 Exclamation Mark/Point(!)

2.3 Spelling

2.4 Paragraph Styles

2.5 Handwriting

Ⅲ．Word Choice

3.1 Levels of Usage

3.1.1 The Formal Usage

3.1.2 The Informal or Colloquial Usage

3.1.3 Vulgar or Slang Usage

3.2 Word Meanings

3.2.1 Denotation

3.2.2 Connotation

3.2.3 Contextual Meaning

3.2.4 Other Meanings

Ⅳ．Grammar

4.1 Sentence and its Parts

4.1.1 Subject

4.1.2 Predicate

4.1.3 Fragment

4.1.4 Requirements of Written Sentence

4.1.5 Kinds of Sentences

4.2 Subject-Verb Agreement

4.2.1 Rules on Subject-Verb Agreement

4.2.2 Exceptions to the Rules

4.3 Phrases and Clauses

4.3.1 Phrases

4.3.2 Clauses

4.4 Sentence Errors

PART TWO METHODS OF PARAGRAPH DEVELOPMENT

Ⅰ．Definition

1.1 Paragraph by Definition

1.2 Model One

1.3 Model Two

1.3.1 Informal definition

1.3.2 Formal definition

1.4 Model Three

1.5 Model Four

Ⅱ．Example

2.1 Paragraph by Example

2.2 Model One

2.3 Model Two

2.4 Model Three

2.5 Model Four

Ⅲ．Generalization

3.1 Paragraph by Generalizations and Specific Detail

3.2 Model

Ⅳ．Time

4.1 Paragraph by Time

4.2 Model One

4.3 Model Two

Ⅴ．Process

5.1 Paragraph Development by Process

5.2 Model One

5.3 Model Two

Ⅵ．Comparison and Contrast

6.1 Paragraph by Comparison and Contrast

6.2 Model One

6.3 Model Two

6.4 Model Three

Ⅶ．Cause and Effect

7.1 Paragraph by Cause and Effect

7.2 Model One

7.3 Model Two

7.4 Model Three

7.5 Model Four

Ⅷ．Space

8.1 Paragraph Development by Space

8.2 Model One

8.3 Model Two

8.4 Model Three

Ⅸ．Classification

9.1 Paragraph by Classification

9.2 Model One

9.3 Model Two

9.4 Model Three

Ⅹ．Enumeration

10.1 Paragraph by Enumeration

10.2 Model One

10.3 Model Two

Ⅺ．Multiple Reasons

11.1 Paragraph by Multiple Reasons

11.2 Model One

11.3 Model Two

11.4 Model Three

Ⅻ．Combined Methods

12.1 Paragraph by Combined Methods

12.2 Model One

PART THREE ESSAY WRITING

Ⅰ．The Writing Process

1.1 Prewriting

1.2 Outlining

1.3 First Draft Writing

1.4 Revising

1.5 Editing

1.6 Writing Final Copy

Ⅱ．Steps in Essay Writing

2.1 Identifying the Parts

2.1.1 Introduction

2.1.2 Body

2.1.3 Conclusion

2.2 Stages in Writing Essays

2.3 Qualities of an Effective Essay

2.4 Summarizing

2.4.1 Steps in Summarizing

2.4.2 Length of the Summary

Ⅲ．Essay Categories

3.1 Description

3.2 Narration

3.3 Exposition

3.4 Argumentation

Answer Keys

Works Cited