Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents: Contents: Basic principles of effective writing: An introduction to writing -- The writing process -- The First and second steps in writing -- The Third step in writing -- The fourth steps in writing -- Four bases for revising writing -- Introduction to paragraph development -- Exemplification -- Process -- Cause and effect -- Comparing or contrasting -- Definition -- Division- classification -- Description -- Narration -- Argument -- Additional paragraph assignments -- Essay Development: Writing the essay -- Research skills: Using the library and the internet -- Writing a research paper -- Handbook of sentence skills: Sentence skills diagnostic test -- Subjects and verbs --Sentence sense -- Fragments -- Run-ons -- Standard English verbs --Irregular verbs -- Subject-verb agreement -- .......... -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- Commas -- Other punctuation marks -- Using the dictionary -- Improving spelling -- Vocabulary development -- Commonly confused words -- Effective word choice -- ESL pointers --Combined mastery tests -- Editing tests -- Introduction to the readings -- Goals and values -- Education and self-improvement -- Human groups and society.