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Last updated 11/09/2007

Lesson Materials

Organization and Content

What does a topic sentence do?
Topic Sentence Test1
Topic Sentence Test 2
Write about Your Job
The Topic Sentence Outline
Outlining: A Long Vacation
Outlining: Day Care Center
Outlining: Owning a Horse
Outlining: Sing-A-Grams
Outlining: Summer Camp
Outlining: Three Trips
Climactic Order--End With the Best
The Opening Paragraph
The Closing Paragraph


Blind Date Paragraph Re-write

Punctuation

Run-on Sentences
Comma Splices
Sentence Fragments
Pointers and Joiners
Pointers (Conjunctive Adverb) Quiz
Understanding How to Punctuate
Colon Introduction
Colon Review
Colon Exercise

 

 

ENC 0021 State Test

Being Prepared to Take the Essay

How to Take the Objective Test

How to Write a Timed Essay

April 2002 State Practice


State ENC 0021 Skills Chart

Essay Exam Grading Standards
Eng 0021 Practice Final

Practice Exit Exam Writing Form A

Links to tests at other colleges

Grammar and Usage


Collective Nouns
Confusing Common Words
Confusing Words Quiz
Proofreading Tips

Style

Parallel Structure Test 1

Parallel Structure1

Parallel Structure2
Parallel Structure3
Parallel Structure4

Bad Beginning to a Sentence
Bad Beginning Exercise
Wordiness Part 1
Wordiness Part 2 Foggy Words
Wordiness Part 3