Quick English Compositions: Writing Effective Paragraphs and Essays

This book is a companion to the QEC software, but can be used on its own, without the app. With this book, you will improve your English composition skill. Starting with the mechanics of punctuation, and sentence structure, you will be able to quickly reference English writing rules and view numerous examples. The next stage will guide you through paragraph construction, with an emphasis on making your writing clear. Lastly, over 20 types of compositions are explained, from admission to rhetoric. Each main topic includes practice exercises, with exercise answers included at end of book.

Topics include:

Part I Markings

Unit 1 Quotation Marks

Unit 2 Colon & Dash

Unit 3 Two Commas

Unit 4 Single Comma

Unit 5 Semicolon

Unit 6 Writing a List

Unit 7 Possessive Form

Unit 8 Capitalization

Part II Sentences

Unit 9 Parallelism

Unit 10 Pronoun

Unit 11 Verb-Noun Agreement

Unit 12 Countable Noun/Noun Phrase

Unit 13 Verb Tense

Unit 14 Sentence Fragments

Unit 15 Comma Splice

Unit 16 Number

Unit 17 Connectors

Part III Paragraphs

Unit 18 Beginning a Composition

Unit 19 Paragraph Format

Unit 20 Writing Guidelines

Part IV Essays

Unit 21 Admission

Unit 22 Analysis

Unit 23 Autobiography

Unit 24 Argumentation

Unit 25 Cause and Effect

Unit 26 Comparison and Contrast

Unit 27 Critique

Unit 28 Definition

Unit 29 Description

Unit 30 Division and Classification

Unit 31 Evaluation

Unit 32 Exemplification

Unit 33 Explication

Unit 34 Exposition

Unit 35 Invitation

Unit 37 Literature

Unit 38 Narration

Unit 39 Opinion

Unit 40 Persuasion

Unit 41 Problem-Solution

Unit 42 Process

Unit 43 Resignation

Unit 44 Reflection

Unit 45 Review

Unit 46 Rhetoric

Appendix QEC Software

Exercise Answers