The Study of English Language To check out the Table of Contents below for all the language skills we cover please click HERE! This is the perfect study tool for Grade seven up to college and university. Although this book is designed primarily for regular class study it is also a highly effective guide for dyslexic and ESL students in highschool. “The Study of English Language” was developed over thirty years by a high school English teacher. She wrote this book and its companion “The Study of English Literature” when she saw a need for clear and easy-to-use manuals for her students. She would make copies for her classes and then happily turn a blind eye when her students would keep her books for college and university. It is the best guide available for students, teachers and writers to help perfect and understand the use of the sentence, the paragraph, the essay and the research essay from Grade Seven through Twelve and into university. For the classroom teacher, this book provides a simple, but in-depth resource of language and composition skills, definitions and exercises, all logically organized to help students develop efficiency, purpose and clarity in their writing. “The Study of Enlish Language” and its companion book “The Study of English Literature” have been used and revised for over 30 years in many school systems. This book is for sale now in a hard-copy format and the E-Book (PDF) version will be available very soon. Our other books, courses, and E-Lessons are available for purchase through our Webstore. We highly recommend the companion book to this volume, The Study of English Literature. Click on this book title for more information. Hard-copy: 285 pages Check out securely today with Visa, Mastercard or Paypal. Table of Contents Chapter One: Word Skills Unit I        Origin and Roots of Words Unit II      Vocabulary and Pronunciation Unit III     Syllabication Chapter Two: The Sentence Unit I. Sentence Structure A. Kinds of Sentences Declarative Imperative Interrogative Exclamatory B. Sentence structural order: Subject and predicate Unit II. Eight Part of Speech Nouns Pronouns Adjectives Verbs Adverbs Prepositions Conjunctions Interjections Chapter Three: Phrases and Clauses Unit I. Phrases Prepositional Adjective Adverb Verbals and verbal phrases Appositive, appositive phrases Unit II. Principal and Subordinate Clauses Principal clause Subordinate clause Adjective clause Adverb clause Noun clause Chapter Four: Sentence Patterns and Structure Unit I. Eight Sentence Patterns Unit II. Combining Sentence Patterns A. Coordination and subordination Coordinating conjunctions Correlative conjunctions Combining ideas Faulty coordination B. Four major sentence patterns Simple Compound Complex Compound-complex C. Parallel Structure Grammatical parallelism Coordinate ideas Compared or contrasted ideas Correlative construction Placing correlative conjunctions Repetition to clarify meaning Unit III. Variations in Sentence Patterns Inverted Order Passive voice Modifiers Noun substitutes Unit IV. Variations in Sentence Beginnings Appositive Single word modifiers Phrase modifiers Verbal phrases Clause modifiers Unit V. Variety through Sentence Length Using subordination Avoiding "stringy" sentences Sentence arrangement (loose, periodic) Chapter Five : Principal and Subordinate Clauses Unit I. Avoiding Structural Errors Sentence fragments Lack of parallelism Faulty punctuation of clauses Comma splice (fault) Unit II. Gaining Clear Pronoun Reference Ambiguous reference General references Indefinite use of the pronoun Weak references Unit III. Avoiding Errors in Usage Commonly confused words Double negatives Redundancy (tautology, wordiness) Faulty comparison Unit IV. Using the Correct Parts of Speech Incorrect case of noun or pronoun Agreement of pronouns and antecedents Agreement in number Incorrect verb tense Wrong use of indicative mood Dangling modifiers Misplaced modifiers Chapter Six: Punctuation Unit I. Capitalization Unit II. Abbreviations and Contractions Unit III. Punctuation Marks Period Comma Semicolon Colon Dash Hyphen Parentheses Underlining and italics The apostrophe Quotation marks Exclamation mark Chapter Seven: Elements of Style Unit I. Sentence Variety and Structure Variety through sentence length Kinds of sentences Loose and periodic sentence Parallel structure Balanced sentences Inverted structural order Simple or ornate sentences Order of climax Unit II. Diction Formal and informal language Simple or ornate language Informal speech and style Unit III. Tone Figures of speech Denotation and connotation Rhythm of words Mood Contrasts Literary devices Motifs Unit IV. Clarity in Style Unity Coherence Emphasis Transition Unit V. Sample of Style Analysis Chapter Eight: Preparatory Skills for Essays Unit I. Analyzing the Essay Question Unit II. Outlining the Essay Topic Preparing to write an outline Format for outlining Two Styles of outlining Topic outline Sentence outline Unit III. Paraphrasing Unit IV. The Precis Chapter Nine: The Paragraph Unit I. Developing the Paragraph Methods of paragraph development Order of paragraph development Topics and the topic sentence Composing the topic sentence Unit II. Types of Paragraphs Analysis Argument Description Exposition Illustration and Analogy Narration Unit III. Writing the Paragraph The topic sentence The body of the paragraph The concluding sentence Unit IV. Polishing the Paragraph Unity of ideas Coherence Emphasis Transition Chapter Ten: Writing the Essay Unit I. Characteristics of the Essay Informal Formal Goals in formal essay writing Unit II. Preparing the Formal Essay Analyzing the essay question Composing the topic sentence Composing the topic paragraph Directing your arguments Unit III. Writing the Essay Topic paragraph Body of the essay Concluding paragraph Unit IV. An Analysis of a Sample Essay Chapter Eleven: The Research Essay Unit I. Researching the Essay Analyzing the question Compiling a research outline Collecting and recording research material Recording documentation Unit II. Composing the Rough Draft of the Essay Defining the thesis Writing a rough outline Composing the first draft Concluding the essay Unit III. Writing the Final Draft of the Essay Formal topic outline Structuring the final draft Formatting the finished essay Unit IV. Check List for Final Draft of Essay Chapter Twelve: Footnotes and Bibliography Unit I. Footnotes Purpose of footnotes Locating footnotes on a page What must be footnoted What not to footnote Plagiarism Unit II. Footnoting Quotations Single words, phrases and sentences quoted verbatim Quoting Partial Sentences Footnoting direct quotations Locating footnotes in your essay Unit III. Formatting and Recording Footnotes File cards in documenting footnotes Accuracy in footnoting Punctuating footnotes Repeated footnote references Shortened footnote format Unit IV. Examples of Footnotes Unit V. Bibliography Compiling the bibliography list Examples of bibliography notes Glossary of terminology Answer Key Index

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