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Table of Contents

Study Section 1: Articles ................................................................................................................................ 2

Study Section 2: Four Major Types of Essays ................................................................................................. 6
Study Section 3: The Comma Splice and Run-on (or Fused) Sentence .......................................................... 9

Study Section 4: Paragraphs ........................................................................................................................ 13
Study Section 5: Conciseness ........................................................................................................................ 17
Study Section 6: Adjectives ............................................................................................................................ 22

Study Section 7: Description .......................................................................................................................... 24
Study Section 8: Adjectives and Adverbs vs. Strong Verbs ........................................................................... 30

Study Section 9: Using Contractions Correctly ............................................................................................. 33
Study Section 10: Prepositions ..................................................................................................................... 36

Study Section 11: Variation in Writing .......................................................................................................... 42
Study Section 12: Purposeful Repetition or Anaphora ................................................................................. 44

Study Section 13: Narratives ......................................................................................................................... 47
Study Section 14: Topic Sentences and Supporting Details ......................................................................... 49

Study Section 15: The Writing Process ......................................................................................................... 52
Study Section 16: Prewriting......................................................................................................................... 55

Study Section 18: Paragraph Transitions ...................................................................................................... 63
Study Section 19: Plagiarism and Quotation Marks ..................................................................................... 67
Study Section 20: Citations ........................................................................................................................... 69

Study Section 21: How to Begin an Essay and Writing Guidelines ............................................................... 73
Study Section 22: How to Write a Conclusion .............................................................................................. 75

Study Section 23: Strategies for IOVC ........................................................................................................... 78

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