College English and Composition I
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College English and Composition I Outline
Plagiarism
Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
- Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence
- Practice of Basic Sentence Structure
- Run-On Sentence Practice
- Sentence Fragment Practice
Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
- Commas
- Semicolons
- Colons
- Practice Using Commas
- Practice Using Semicolons and Colons
Subject-Verb Agreement
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Subject-Verb Agreement Practice
Point of View (First, Second, and Third)
- Point of View
- Video: Types of Point of View
- Video: Finding and Fixing Second Person Point of View
Basic Verb Tenses
- Basic Verb Tenses
- Practice with Verb Tenses
Perfect Verb Tenses
- Perfect Verb Tenses
- Video: Perfect Verb Tenses
Introductory and Dependent Clauses
- Introductory and Dependent Clauses
- Video: Introductory and Dependent Clauses
Quotations and Apostrophes
- Quotations
- Apostrophes
- Practice Using Quotation Marks
- Practice Using Apostrophes
Capitalization
- Capitalization
- Video: Trick to Remember what to Capitalize
Date and Number Formatting
- Date and Number Formatting
- Video: Date Formatting
- Video: Number Formatting
Combining Sentences
- Combining Sentences
- Video: Combining Sentences
The Five Paragraph Essay
- The Five Paragraph Essay
- Video: How to Format a Five Paragraph Essay
Revision
- Revision
- Video: Importance of Revision
- Video: Ways to Approach Revising an Academic Paper
- Video: What to do after Revising
- Video: How Reading Out Loud Helps with Revision
- Video: How Revising and Editing are Different
About the book
College English and Composition I
College English and Composition I is a book in basic composition and grammar. It is designed to improve grammar and mechanics, encourage a positive attitude toward reading and writing, and introduce students to the writing process. The course also fosters an understanding of the demands of academic writing, introduces expository writing, and begins developing basic research skills.
About the authors:
Senior Contributing Authors
Jason Lloyd Morgan, Shaw University
