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Assignments:  Please provide a two page writing sample.  (This should be typed, double spaced, and include properly identified pages.  Write concerning a topic you feel strongly about.  You must take a firm position, establish a clear thesis, and provide support for your ideas.  Here is a general outline.  www.writingresources.org






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Please provide a list of courses you are taking, your general interests and hobbies, and
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Vocabulary:   We will cover vocabulary appropriate to your academic requirements
Pronouns:  We will review the rules for pronouns and their use.
Study Guide:  These resources will help you to become a more effective communicator, writer, and reader. Blue links on this server,  green on other servers, & red #s are pages in Adventures in Writing The items below in this color type are areas you need to master.  If darker, they need more attention. Items in red, need more emphasis, and those which are both red and bold are the first we will work on!  Topics in the left-hand column highlighted in these colors need be reviewed according to these priorities: 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th.
Topics  http://www.WritingResource.info/ Adventures in Writing* Links and references
Active & Passive Voice   Active or Passive Voices 173, 227, 411, 246 Active vs. Passive Voice
Adjectives (see nouns)  Adverbs   Verbs adverbs:  412, verbs and adverbs: 173,227-232, 236, 239-246, 411
adverbs   Adverbs Adverbs      What is an Adverb? Adjective/ Adverb  Quiz  Quiz
Alliteration
 Guide to Apostrophes   Apostrophes... 270,334,409 Quiz     Apostrophes
Apostrophe Catastrophe The Apostrophe  & possessives The Apostrophe  Quiz #2  Apostrophe Quiz 3
Articles   Articles 221 Article Use:  (OWL)

Articles/Definite/Indefinite

 PRACTICE:  ARTICLES A/AN

              Using Articles

Quiz  Quiz 2  Quiz 3  Quiz 4

Bias   Logical Fallacy Satire  Propaganda, what is it?   Poetry  Political Cartoons
Business and English Business vocabulary & grammar 414 Business English
Capitalization Rules   More capitalization links 286-293 Capital Letter - Quiz
Capital Letters   Capitalization Quiz   Capitals, Italics, Punctuation       English: Capital Letters             When and where to use caps
Capital Letters  [Printable Handout}    Capital Letters in Titles     circumlocutions     clauses 
Colons and Semi-colons Colons and semicolons                        325-326, 408          colons semicolons   colon
Commas   Play comma game  Three comma rules!   All commas rules!  189,313,406   Comma Use Commas quiz  Quiz 2  quiz 3
Comparative Forms 
Computers www.ComputerResource.org/ 113, 143-147 Writing with Computers
omma ules Search Engines, Robots,  & Spiders 
Conversation Resource  American Accent Training

American Pronunciation

Useful Expressions
Conclusions Conclusions 88 writing conclusions
dangling participles Dangling Modifiers Dangling Participles   expletives
Gerunds       Gerunds Gerunds/Participles/Infinitives 239    Gerunds and Infinitives ESL Quiz - Gerund
 Essay: Compare&Contrast  Fine-Tune Essay      Essays Proofreading and Editing
 Gerunds & Infinitives Interactive verbal quiz #2

ESL Quiz Gerund or Infinitive

Gerund & Infinitive Quiz
Hyphen    Using Hyphens

The Hyphen

336, 409  Rules for hyphens Hyphen  Hyphenated Adjectives
Idioms and Slang     Idioms and Slang

            The Idiom Connection

Self-Study Idiom Quizzes  
infinitive phrases      
Logic  Logic 
Nouns and Adjectives Nouns and Adjectives 410, 249-252 Crossword Puzzle - Adjectives
Outlining & Prewriting  Prewriting   Outline 86, 99 Prewriting 35-40 Planning (Invention)
Paragraphs  Paragraphs & Transitions Paragraphs
Parallel Structure  mostly punctuation 298-301 Parallel Structures
Participles Participles
Parts of Speech Dipthongs 410-413 The Parts of Speech

Parts Of Speech

Part of Speech Quiz

Parts of Speech Grammar - Parts of Speech
Periods 311, 406 Period          PowerPoint
Plurals 266 English plural

Plural reference:  Encyclopedia/English plurals                   

269                                             Possessives w/self-tests

Prepositions are essential   Prepositions  256, 412 QUIZ  

Good to look up prepositions: about, at, by, for, from, in, of, on, to, with ...and use them in sentences (then the rest)

**Pronouns Pronouns 123,166,180,212,257,410-411,448 More on Pronouns
Proofreading & Editing Proofreading and Editing
Punctuation  Punctuation Punctuation2    Punctuation3 310-313, 326-334, 406-409 Punctuation Test
Quotations & Punctuation  Actual Quotation Resource 329,408                                      Quotations & Punctuation

Quotations/ Punctuation

Punctuating & Indenting Quotes Punctuating Quotations Quiz on Using Quotation Marks
Reading Resource Reading List     Proofreading Speed Reading
Research       Resumes Newspapers  News  Oregon News Alternative News  Careers Library     Blogs   Finance
Rewriting    Edit & Rewrite Prewriting     Practical Tips 13, 145 PDF] Culling common errors
Rhetoric www.WritingResources.org/ 44-69 Rhetoric, linguistics & writing
Rhetoric: More!   Syntax  Rhetoric:  What is it? Rhetoric 47          Conclusions The Rhetoric Page

 Rhetoric is the art of communication which allows us to persuade or communicate ideas.

Run-on Sentences   Run-on Sentences  188 Quiz: RUN-ON SENTENCES
Sentence Structure  (SVO) Sentence Patterns  &  Syntax 172-200 Sentence Structure
Spelling                Spelling Spelling       262- 266,  Common Errors in Spelling
Spelling Rules Spelling Test 271, 273  ESL Quiz - Spelling    spell
Tense Verb TenseChart        Tenses           Verb Tense Tutorial 228-230, 232,245 Sequence of Tenses

Using Verb Tenses

EnglishOntheRun-Grammar

English tenses tense  ESL Quiz-Verb Tenses
 They're  contraction  There   location   Their            possessive 282

Confused/Misused Words

** "This" and "that" 123,166,180,212,257,410-411 ESL Quizzes - Pronouns
Thinking in English      Wisdom   Translation   ESL 219-285   Conjugation Pronunciation
Transitions  Using Transitions   Transitions 116-130 Organization Transitions
Verbs Verb Tenses  Verbs 173,227-232, 239-246, 411
Vocabulary Resources Vocabulary Page   Word List 162-170    Business English-Vocabulary

 vocabulary

BUSINESS ENGLISH  Finance

Business Vocabulary

Business Speaking Skills
who, what, why, where, when and how!
wordiness wordiness
Eliminate unnecessary determiners and modifiers
Writing  Writing Resource Writing Skill  Writing  Editing 11, 145  Web Resources 26 Rules for Writing Well
Writing your resume Topics  Subjects  More Topics  Scanning, Skimming, & Organizing     Study Skills
Writing letters to editors Writing Exercises   Methods of writing evaluation     Writing Well   Writer's Resource
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Required Texts

Michael Berndt & Amy Muse, Composing a Civic Life: A Rhetoric and Readings for Inquiry and

Action, 2nd edition  (Pearson-Longman, 2006)

Jane E. Aaron, LB  Brief: The Little, Brown Handbook, Brief Version, 3rd edition Pearson-Longman
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