SECTION ONE MECHANICS AND PUNCTUATIONS ···················1
Unit 1 Capitalization····························3
Unit 2 Italics································9
Unit 3 Number and Numeral··························13
Unit 4 Word Division ····························17
Unit 5 Punctuation ·····························21
Section Tests································35

SECTION TWO BUILDING WORD POWER·······················39
Unit 1 Levels of Diction··························41
Unit 2 General vs. Specific Words; Abstract vs. Concrete Words ·······47
Unit 3 Denotation vs. Connotation······················53
Unit 4 Using Words Effectively ·······················59
Unit 5 Figures of Speech ··························69
Section Tests································77

SECTION THREE BUILDING SENTENCE SKILLS ···················79
Unit 1 Sentence Basics ··························81
Unit 2 Sentence Types ···························93
Unit 3 Using Sentences Effectively ····················113
Unit 4 Solving Common Sentence Problems ··················135
Section Tests·······························153

SECTION FOUR DEVELOPING PARAGRAPHS ····················157
Unit 1 Topic Sentence ··························159
Unit 2 Patterns of Paragraph Development·················171
Unit 3 Paragraph Unity and Coherence ···················199
Unit 4 Special Paragraphs·························209
Section Tests·······························225