Full Description
The Pearson Lab Manual for Developing Writers, Volume A, is a supplemental [printed] lab manual that complements all Pearson Developmental Writing titles. The lab manual provides students with additional practice exercises and applications of grammar, punctuation and mechanics stress rules rather than simply skill and drill. There are many composing exercises that apply sentence skills explained in the students' primary textbook.
Contents
The Building Blocks of Sentences: Clauses and Phrases I
The Building Blocks of Sentences: Clauses and Phrases II
Compound Sentences I
Compound Sentences II
Complex Sentences I
Complex Sentences II
Writing Compound and Complex Sentences
Fixing Comma Splices and Run-ons
Commas I
Commas II
Composing with Commas
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
Pronoun Reference
Shifts in Person
Using Consistent Verb Tense: Avoiding Unnecessary Shifts in Time
Apostrophes
Dialogue
Capitalizing Proper Nouns
Usage
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