English Competence Handbook Book

I.	The Sentence	1
	Types of Sentences	3
	Coordination and Subordination	5
	Structure and Idea	9
	Rhetorical Patterns	11
II.	The Paragraph	19
	Paragraph Elements	21
	Transitions	29
	Methods of Paragraph Development	31
III.	The Composition	47
	Writing as Proof	49
	Limiting and Developing a Topic	50
	The Outline	53
	Some Structural Patterns for the Composition	58
	Opening Lines	60
	Closing Lines	63
IV.	The Writer's Voice	69
	First Person, Third Person, Persona	71
	Audience and Voice	75
	Kinds of Diction	77
	Denotation and Connotation	79
	Figurative Language	84
	Style	93
V.	Contemporary Usage	97
	Avoiding Common Errors	99
	Punctuation	111
	Four Fundamental Spelling Rules	126
	Quotations	128
	Footnotes and Bibliography	130
	The Business Letter	137
VI.	Skills for Reading and Writing	139
	Reading Comprehension for Nonfiction	141
	Reading Clearly and Sensibly	143
	Paraphrase and Summary	144
	The Logic of Nonfiction Prose	153
	Violations of Logical Development	155
VII.	Supplemental Material	161
VIII.	Assignments for the Photographs	181
IX.	Bibliography	193