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(NOTE: Each chapter contains: Unit Test, Unit Talk-Write Assignment, Unit Collaborative Assignment, Unit Writing Assignment and Photo Writing Assignment).
UNIT 1. The ESL Student and the Native Speaker.
Differences Between a Native and an ESL Student.
Pronunciation.
Homonyms.
Context.
Grammar.
Idioms.
UNIT 2. Myths About Writing.
Myths About Writing.
Standard English.
UNIT 3. How to Start Writing.
Freewriting.
Keeping a Journal.
Brainstorming.
Clustering.
The Topic Sentence.
UNIT 4. Moving from Sentences to Paragraphs.
Supporting Details.
UNIT 5. Writing a Solid Paragraph.
Begin with a Discussible Point.
Stick to the Point.
Prove the Point; Don’t Merely Repeat It.
Link the Sentences.
UNIT 6. Revising Paragraphs.
What Is Revision?
The Revising Checklist.
Using Talk Skills to Revise Your Work.
Getting Rid of Wordiness.
UNIT 7. The Basic Sentence.
Subject and Verb.
Kernel Sentences.
Sentences Worded as Questions.
Prepositional Phrases.
Action Verbs and Linking Verbs.
Helping Verbs.
Verbals.
Compound Subjects and Verbs.
UNIT 8. Building Sentences.
Dependent and Independent Clauses.
Three Basic Sentence Types.
Sentence Variety.
UNIT 9. Avoiding Non-Sentences.
Sentence Fragments.
Avoiding Sentence Fragments.
Run-on Sentences.
UNIT 10. Verbs—An Overview.
Twelve Tenses.
Present Tense Endings.
Past Tense Endings.
Problems with –ing verbs.
Difficult Verbs: Be, Have, Do.
UNIT 11. Regular and Irregular Verbs.
Regular Verbs.
Irregular Verbs.
Problem Verbs: Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise.
Lie/Lay, Sit/Set, Rise/Raise: Does It Really Matter?
UNIT 12. Subject-Verb Agreement.
Do, Does, Doesn’t, Don’t, Was, Were, Wasn’t, Weren’t.
Indefinite Pronouns.
Phrases Between a Subject and Its Verb.
Sentences Beginning with There/Here.
Questions.
Compound Subjects Joined by And, Or, Either/Or, or Neither/Nor
Who, Which, and That.
UNIT 13. Problems with Verbs.
Shifts in Tense.
Would Have, Could Have, Should Have, and Must Have.
Double Negatives.
Active and Passive Voice.
UNIT 14. Using Pronouns Correctly.
Antecedent Problems.
Agreement Problems.
Sexist Use of Pronouns.
Shifting Point of View.
UNIT 15. Pronoun Problems.
Case Problems.
Pesky Pronouns.
UNIT 16. Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs.
Adjectives and Adverbs.
Comparisons.
Using Superlatives.
Using Good/Well and Bad/Badly.
This/That and These/Those.
UNIT 17. Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers.
Dangling Modifiers.
Misplaced Modifiers.
UNIT 18. Using Prepositions.
Multiword Prepositions.
Prepositional Phrases.
Prepositions in Commonly Used Expressions.
Frequently Misused Prepositions.
Frequently Misused Prepositional Expressions.
UNIT 19. Punctuation You Can Hear.
End Punctuation.
Comma (,).
The Apostrophe (’).
UNIT 20. Punctuation You Can’t Hear.
Semicolon (;).
Colon (:).
The Dash (––).
Quotation Marks (“”).
Parentheses [( )].
UNIT 21. Capitalization.
Rules of Capitalization.
UNIT 22. How to Use the Dictionary.
Spelling.
Word Division.
Pronunciation.
Grammatical Uses.
Meanings.
Usage Labels.
Origin.
Synonyms.
UNIT 23. Spelling Rules.
Tips for Improving Your Spelling.
Using a Spell Checker.
Rules for Spelling.
UNIT 24. Commonly Misspelled Words.
Homophones and Frequently Confused Words.
Commonly Misspelled Words.
Words Spelled with One or Two Words.
Readings.
Help for Your Reading.
An Object.
Tortillas, José Antonio Burciaga.
Beautiful Music, Dana Wall.
The Cello, Lorena Bruff.
A Place.
The Hole at Alcatraz, Jim Quillen.
Letter from Tokyo, Michael A. Lev.
An Animal.
Snakes, Michael Ondaatje.
The Revolt of the Elephants, Ingrid E. Newkirk.
Sport, Jimmy Carter.
A Person.
A Brotherly Bond That Beats the Odds, Bill Paschke.
Two Roads Converged in a Wood, Jenijoy La Belle.
Barbie Doll, Marge Piercy.
An Event.
Last Flight, Isao Matsuo.
Shame, Dick Gregory.
A Problem.
Señor Payroll, William E. Barrett.
Talkin’ White, Wayne Lionel Aponte.
An Argument.
With Things That People Can Control, Such as Dress, Stereotypes Make Sense, Leonard Pitts Jr.
Cheating, Iyah Romm.
Credits.
Index.
Instructor’s Section.
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Benoit Groleau
reviewed Writing Talk: Sentences and Paragraphs with Readings on January 28, 2019
Writing Talk
Although I have a background in linguistics, where the first thing you learn is the futility of prescriptivism, I do love my language rules. I can't stomach WalMart's express lanes with ten items or less, I daily grind my teeth over an its/it's violations, and I'm one of those nerds who uses capitalization and punctuation in text messages. Therefore, reading Punctuation: Art, Politics and Play was tough on me. Jennifer DeVere Brody's rereading and redefining of punctuation made me push through my most OCD of prescriptive boundaries.
DeVere Brody's methods are clear from the outset. She states: "Unlike most puntuationists, I eschew a punctilious approach to punctuation. As a result, this book, rather than arguing a point, argues and plays with points - specifically points made about punctuation[…:] Thus, this book focuses on punctuation marks as visual (re)marks." She does, indeed, cast her net wide when searching for support of her theories and whims. She flits from Yayoi Kusama's perfomative polka dots, which she equates with periods (or points) to Richard Artschwager's interactive sculptures of exclamation points to "counter-hegemonic hyphenation" to the infamous ))<>(( scene from Me and You and Everyone We Know. The result is a bit of a wild ride, on a micro and macro scale. The book is challenging in its claims and intellectually limber in its associations, cajoling the reader to keep on her toes.
The most demanding aspect of Punctuation, however, is DeVere Brody's affinity for wordplay. It is at times amusing and edifying, but ends up feeling a bit forced despite its jaunty playfulness. A sampling: She touches interestingly on Robert Hooke's study of a period through a microscope, which reveals the punctuation mark's wild side as a splotch of ink on textured and fibrous paper rather than a smooth, round dot. DeVere Brody is convincing in her connection between Hooke's observations and her own belief in the wildness belying punctuation's rather stalwart reputation. However, her wordplays become twee and may even cause the reader to doubt some of her important and legitimate conclusions. An example: "Hooke, hooked neither on phonics nor phonemes but rather on a punctuation mark, proved a point about the physiology and psychology of reading." She does tend towards topicality, as well.
DeVere Brody's work is undeniably vanguard in a subject that has long ceased to be edgy and new. She should be applauded for her vigor and bravery. It's a hefty dose of insight and perspective for the prescriptivist in all of us.
Review by Jo Ristow
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