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WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY!

WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY!

Date: Sep 28 2007

Topic: Writing

Author: Ocean-SA

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(((( LAST UPDATE 24-7-2010 )))) * LINK FIXED

 

Hello everyone!

 

Here I've brought to you a PDF, called "WRITING SKILLS SUCCESS IN 20 MINUTES A DAY"… It is great for those who want to develop their writing skills..

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 This is the Contents:-

INTRODUCTION vii

PRETEST 1

LESSON 1 Capitalization 13
General rules, specific rules regarding proper nouns and adjectives

LESSON 2 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points 21
Ending a sentence, alternate uses for periods

LESSON 3 Avoiding Faulty Sentences 27
Sentence fragments, run-on sentences, comma splices

LESSON 4 Commas and Sentence Parts 37
Relating commas to clauses and phrases

LESSON 5 Commas That Separate 45
Independent clauses, items in a series, items in a date or address,
two or more adjectives preceding a noun, contrasting elements and words

LESSON 6 Semicolons and Colons 53
Introductions, subordinate relationships, common confusions
with punctuation

LESSON 7 Apostrophes and Dashes 61
Using apostrophes to show possession or omission; dashes to emphasize

LESSON 8 Quotation Marks 69
Dialogue, direct quotations, other punctuation, double and
single quotation marks

LESSON 9 “Designer” Punctuation 75
Hyphens, parentheses, brackets, ellipses, diagonal slashes

LESSON 10 Verb Tense 81
Present, past, future tenses; switching tenses; subjunctive mood

LESSON 11 Using Verbs to Create Strong Writing 89
Capturing a reader’s interest; using active voice

LESSON 12 Subject-Verb Agreement 97
Matching subject and number, special singular subjects,
singular and plural pronouns, compound subjects

LESSON 13 Using Pronouns 105
Antecedents, the cases of pronouns, ambiguous pronoun references,
reflexive pronouns

LESSON 14 Problem Verbs and Pronouns 111
lie/lay, sit/set, rise/raise, its/it’s, your/you’re, whose/who’s,
and other problem pairs

LESSON 15 Modifiers 119
Adjectives, adverbs, phrases acting as modifiers

LESSON 16 Easily Confused Word Pairs 127
Confusing words that sound similar

LESSON 17 More Easily Confused Words 133
Small but tricky words that are often used and misused; killer a’s and al’s

LESSON 18 Diction 139
Wordiness, the passive voice, redundancy, precise language,
abstract vs. concrete, clichés, jargon

LESSON 19 More Diction 147
Colloquialism, loaded language, consistent point of view,
parallelism, gender-neutral language

LESSON 20 Communicating Your Ideas 157
A piece of writing as a whole, developing ideas effectively,
focusing on the purpose of writing

POSTTEST 163

APPENDIX A How to Prepare for a Test 175

Making a study plan; strategies for success on the exam

APPENDIX B Additional Resources 181
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yellew flower

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04:39 PM Nov 14 2012 |

vdamiaoxavier

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I’ll try my best,,, thank you….

06:27 PM May 25 2012 |

exchangemailz

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Im unable to download, Kindly send me email.



Thank You

06:28 AM Mar 31 2012 |

raghuveer520

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Downloading problem ? Can you send me on my mail.


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11:28 PM Mar 30 2012 |

mohammed faizan

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02:37 PM Dec 26 2010 |

Ocean-SA

Ocean-SA

Saudi Arabia

SORRY EVERYONE FOR THE DELAY

 

THE FILE HAS BEEN UPLOADED AGAIN (4TH TIME)

 

GOOD LUCK TO YOU ALL

 

 

 

03:26 AM Jul 24 2010 |

Austine123456

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06:17 AM Jun 24 2010 |

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i can't download also can you help me

 

03:34 AM Jun 21 2010 |

ronell paquera

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03:31 AM Jun 21 2010 |

aungzawoo

Myanmar

Hi Friend,

I couldn't download the "writing skill success in 20 min a day"pdf.

Can you send the pdf to this email ID?

03:08 PM Jun 11 2010 |

tazang

tazang

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I can't download. Can you help me?

Thanks….. 

02:05 AM May 30 2010 |

Flow-D

Flow-D

Germany

I also cannot download it. Frown

04:57 PM Mar 09 2010 |

anehri

Turkey

this looks very useful. thank you :)

10:21 PM Dec 25 2009 |

kdharani

India

Hi Friend,

I couldn't download the "writing skill success in 20 min a day"pdf.

Can you send the pdf to this email ID?

I would greatly appriciate you help!

Love,

Krish

04:39 PM Jun 24 2009 |

Ocean-SA

Ocean-SA

Saudi Arabia

Guys .. I have no idea what kind of trouble you are having with the link?!

 

This is the link http://www.zshare.net/download/390181235feff8/

 

good luck..

If it is still doesn't  work.. send me your e-mail and I'll be happy to send it to you..

09:12 AM Nov 01 2008 |

gonzelius

gonzelius

Argentina

For those of you who can't download the pdf file, here is an alternative way:

http://www.scribd.com/doc/5988691/Writing-Skills-Success-in-20-Minutes-a-Day

Or you can go to www.scribd.com, and do a search for "writing skills success in 20 minutes a day"

Hope this helps!

 

02:32 PM Oct 29 2008 |

Maria del Alba

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hello! i tried to download this file but it doesn`t work, how the well did you do this?

 

kisses

 

11:14 AM Oct 29 2008 |

Ocean-SA

Ocean-SA

Saudi Arabia

anytime Wink

11:10 AM Jul 30 2008 |

nungant

Thailand

thanks you very much. it's very useful for me Kiss

11:57 PM Jun 14 2008 |

Ocean-SA

Ocean-SA

Saudi Arabia

You are very welcome. Good luck :d

08:16 PM Jun 14 2008 |

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