Part Ⅰ Basic Writing Skills Chapter 1 Sentences 1.1 Finding the Subject and the Verb 1.2 Subject-Verb Agreement 1.3 Common Errors in Pronoun Reference and Agreement 1.4 Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences, and Comma-Splices 1.5 Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers 1.6 Faulty Parallelism 1.7 Illogical Comparisons 1.8 Mixed Constructions 1.9 Building Effective Sentences Chapter 2 Punctuation and Mechanics 2.1 End Punctuation 2.2 The Comma 2.3 Semicolon 2.4 Colon 2.5 The Apostrophe 2.6 Quotation Marks 2.7 Other Punctuation Marks 2.8 Capitalization Chapter 3 The Process of Writing an Essay 3.1 Prewriting 3.2 Organizing 3.3 Drafting 3.4 Revising 3.5 Editing Chapter 4 Modes of Essays 4.1 A Narrative Essay 4.2 Descriptive Essays 4.3 A Process Essay 4.4 An Illustration Essay 4.5 A Comparison and Contrast Essay 4.6 A Cause and Effect Essay 4.7 A Classification Essay 4.8 An Argumentative Essay Part Ⅱ Practical Writing Skills Chapter Writing for Job Application 5.1 Application Letter 5.2 Resume ( Curriculum Vitae) Chapter Writing for Routine Job 6.1 Notices 6.2 Notes 6.3 Memo 6.4 E-mails 6.5 Reports 6.6 Minutes Answers References