Building Language

Introduction Page
1. Basically Speaking: Language Arts Rudiments
   1. Nouns: Just One of Those Things
   2. Verbs: Get Moving and Just "Be"
   3. Adjectives: More Info, Please!
   4. Adverbs -- Really!
   5. Pronouns: Give It a Rest!
   6. Conjunctions: Putting It Together
   7. Prepositions: Little Things Mean a Lot
   8. Spelling -- It's Not So Tuf
   9. The Dictionary: Word Up
   10. The Thesaurus
2. Going Steady: Conjugation and Agreement
   1. Subject-Verb Agreement
   2. Antecedents: Pronouns and Verbs
   3. Shifts:Tense and Voice
   4. Collective Nouns as Subjects
   5. Case of Nouns and Pronouns
3. Have You Seen My Keys? Unlocking Sentences
   1. Sentence Patterns
   2. Simple Sentences
   3. Compound Sentences
   4. Complex Sentences
   5. Parallel Structure
   6. Phrases and Clauses
   7. Fragments and Run-on Sentences
   8. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
4. "Halt! Who Goes There?": Using Punctuation
   1. The Period
   2. The Comma
   3. Exclamation Points! And Question Marks?
   4. The Semicolon
   5. The Colon
   6. Quotation Marks
   7. Dashes and Slashes
   8. Apostrophes: Plurals versus Possessives
5. Step by Step: Writing as a Process -- Why Write?
   1. Process Writing Steps
   2. Defining Purposes for Writing
   3. Prewriting
   4. Organizing Your Thoughts
   5. Drafting
   6. Revision
   7. Editing
   8. Publishing
6. Where Do I Begin? Research Strategies
   1. Premise of Research
   2. Tools for Research
   3. Cyberspace: Using the Internet for Research
   4. Gathering Material and Keeping Track
   5. Citations
7. I Need Your Support! The Art of the Paragraph
   1. Introductions and Conclusions
   2. Topic Sentences
   3. Support Sentences
   4. Details, Details, Details
   5. Transitions between Sentences
   6. Paragraph Structure
   7. Transitions between Paragraphs
8. To Whom It May Concern: Considering Audience
   1. Defining the Audience
   2. Journals
   3. Freewriting
   4. Choosing the Appropriate Structure
   5. Usage, Diction, and Word Choice
9. The House of Style
   1. What Is Mood?
   2. What Is Tone?
   3. What Style Is Appropriate?
   4. Analyzing Your Own Style
10. Construction Zone: Drafting and Revising
    1. Revising, Editing, and Proofing
    2. Confusable Words
    3. Titles
11. The Power of Literature
    1. How Authors Choose Language
    2. Novel Structure
    3. The Literary Essay
    4. Literary Symbols
12. Story Time: Narrative Writing
    1. Writing to Express Yourself
    2. Using Descriptive Language
    3. Telling About Setting
    4. Dialogue
13. Expository Essays: Behind the Words
    1. Thesis Statements
    2. Comparison
    3. Definition and Classification
    4. Process Essays
    5. Cause and Effect
    6. Rubrics: Judging Essays
14. Prove It: Persuasive Writing
    1. Forms of Persuasion
    2. Persuasive Technique
    3. Persuasive Language
    4. Specifics and Generalizations
    5. Propaganda