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• Writing about Themes
• Writing about Character
• Writing about Form and Genre
• Writing about Language, Symbols, and Imagery
• Writing about History and Context
• Writing about Philosophy and Ideas
• Writing Compare and Contrast Essays

Words in Use

• Vocabulary
• Spelling Rules
• -able/-ible
• -ar/-er/-or
• -ed/-ing
• -ei-/-ie-
• -er/-est
• -es/-s
• -fs/-ves
• -ies/-ys
• -ily/-ly
• -nes/-nnes
• -oes/-os
• Words Ending in -e
• Words Ending in -y
• Doubling of Consonants
• Commonly Misspelled Words
• Prefixes
• Suffixes
• Foreign Words and Phrases
• Abbreviations and Symbols
• Numbers
• Sensitive Terms
• Slang

Constructing Paragraphs

• Paragraphs—the Basics
• Making Paragraphs
• Unifying Paragraphs
• Connecting Paragraphs

Using Figurative Language

• The Nature of Figurative Language
• The Function of Figurative Language
• Using Figurative Language
• Figurative Devices
• The Place for Figurative Language
• Comic Imagery
• The Perils of Figurative Language

Business Reports and Presentations

• Business Reports
• Presentations

Promotional Writing

• Effective Promotion
• Emphasizing the Positive

• Other Library Resources
• Using the Internet
• Using CD-ROM Collections
• Using Video and DVD Resources
• Knowing When to Stop

• Proverbs
• Rhyming Dictionary
• Word and Phrase Origins
• Words Often Confused

Top Grammar Errors

• Dangling Modifiers
• Lose Versus Loose
• Subject and Verb Agreement
• Its Versus It's
• Lie Versus Lay

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