Just Writing: Grammar, Punctuation, And Style For The Legal Writer Book

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS

PART I: A Guide to Effective Writing

Chapter 1 Effective Writing: The Whole Paper

1.1 The Psychology of Writing

1.2 Outlines, Writing Plans, and Ordered Lists

1.3 Drafting the Document

1.4 Revising

1.5 Editing

1.6 Proofreading

1.7 Myths About Writing

Chapter 2 Connections Between Paragraphs

2.1 Headings

2.2 Roadmaps and Signposts

Chapter 3 Effective Paragraphs

3.1 The Function of a Paragraph

3.2 Paragraph Patterns

3.3 Unity and Coherence

3.4 Paragraph Length

3.5 Topic and Concluding Sentences

3.6 Paragraph Blocks

Chapter 4 Connections Between Sentences

4.1 Generic Transitions

4.2 Orienting Transitions

4.3 Substantive Transitions

Chapter 5 Effective Sentences

5.1 Active and Passive Voice

5.2 Concrete Subjects

5.3 Action Verbs

5.4 Distance Between Subjects and Verbs

5.5 Sentence Length

5.6 Emphasis

Chapter 6 Effective Words

6.1 Diction and Precision

6.2 Conciseness

6.3 Plain English vs. Legalese

6.4 Gender-Neutral Language

6.5 Bias-free Language

Chapter 7 Eloquence

7.1 Purple Prose

7.2 Common Features of Eloquent Writing

Part II: A Guide to Correct Writing

Chapter 8 Grammer

8.1 Basic Sentence Grammar

8.2 Fragments

8.3 Verb Tense and Mood

8.4 Agreement

8.5 Pronoun Reference

8.6 Modifiers

8.7 Parallelism

Chapter 9: Punctuation

9.1 The Comma

9.2 The Semicolon

9.3 The Colon

9.4 The Apostrophe

9.5 Other Marks of Punctuation

9.6 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Part III: A guide to Legal Writing for English as a Second Language Writers

Chapter 10: Legal Writing for ESL Writers

10.2 Grammar Rules for Non-Native Speakers of English

10.3 Rhetorical Preferences in Writing

Glossary of Usage