Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Chapter 6 Chapter 7 Chapter 8 Chapter 9 Chapter 10

Chapter 11 Chapter 12 Chapter 13 Chapter 14 Chapter 15 Chapter 16 Chapter 17 Chapter 18 Chapter 19 Chapter 20

Chapter 21 Chapter 22 Chapter 23 Chapter 24 Chapter 25 Chapter 26 Chapter 27 Chapter 28 Chapter 29 Chapter 30

Chapter 31 Chapter 32 Chapter 33 Chapter 34 Chapter 35 Chapter 36 Chapter 37 Chapter 38 Chapter 39

Chapter 1 Exploring the Writing Process

page 4	Exploring Online	A survey of business leaders finds that good writing is the key to career success. http://www.writingcommission.org Click "Writing: A Ticket to Work"
page 7	Exploring Online	Purdue University's OWL http://owl.english.purdue.edu Capital Community College's http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/ More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 2 Prewriting to Generate Ideas

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Practical advice on finding a subject you want to write about http://www.powa.org/discover/index.html Tips and timed practice on using freewriting to get started http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/brainstorm_freewrite.htm Handy prewriting review chart from Gallaudet University http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/prewriting.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 3 The Process of Writing Paragraphs

page 39	Exploring Online	National Poetry Slam http://poetryslam.com/
page 44	Exploring Online	Proofreading strategies to improve your writing and your grade http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_proof.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 4 Achieving Coherence

page 53	Exploring Online	Learn more about Dali and view many of his works http://www.virtualdali.com/
page 57	Exploring Online	Links to Ellis Island immigration records http://www.ellisisland.com/
page 65	Practice 9	Learn more about birth order and personality http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birth_order/
page 67	Exploring Online	Advice on ordering your ideas in the most powerful way http://www.powa.org/organize/arranging.html Review linking sentences within a paragraph http://www.powa.org/organize/links.html Review transitional expressions http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ParagraphTransitions.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 5 Illustration

page 79	Exploring Online	Acts of kindness http://www.actsofkindness.org/
page 80	Exploring Online	Review of illustration with sample paragraphs http://www.une.edu.au/tlc/aso/pdf/p-illus.pdf Online practice: brainstorming examples for your paragraph http://writesite.cuny.edu/projects/keywords/example/hand2.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 6 Narration

page 88	Exploring Online	Explore this interesting site about increasing tolerance http://www.tolerance.org/
page 90	Exploring Online	Review the elements of a good narrative, and read some fine examples http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/narrative.htm Do you think that stories can heal? Explore this web site and decide for yourself. http://www.healingstory.org/ Click "Treasure Chest" and "Discussion Stories." More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 7 Description

page 98	Exploring Online	Art Museum of Chicago http://www.artic.edu/aic/ Museum of Modern Art http://www.momma.org/
page 99	Exploring Online	Good tips for improving your description writing, with sample paragraphs. http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/descriptive.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 8 Process

page 108	Exploring Online	College Alcohol Study http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/cas/ Defining drunk driving http://www.dui.com/drunk_driving_research/under_the_influence.html
page 110	Exploring Online	Do you think you can make a scrumptious peanut butter and jelly sandwich? Read these clear instructions. http://www.ehow.com/how_1323_make-peanut-butter.html This intriguing site tells how to do all sorts of things. http://www.howstuffworks.com/ More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 9 Definition

page 121	Exploring Online	Team player quiz http://content.monster.com/tools/quizzes/teamplayer/
page 122	Exploring Online	Definitions for often-funny new words entering the English language http://www.wordspy.com/ Read one student's essay defining honesty to see how a definition form can be developed. http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/writing/definition.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 10 Comparison and Contrast

page 130	Exploring Online	Learn more about "portion distortion" and maintaining a healthy weight; take notes on facts or ideas for further writing. http://hin.nhlbi.nih.gov/portion/
page 133	Exploring Online	Google search engine http://www.google.com/
page 138	Exploring Online	Review of the comparison contrast paragraph with examples http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ParDevCC.html Print this graphic to help plan your paragraph. http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/organization.html#Comparison More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 11 Classification

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Click "ratings guide" for movie classifications. http://www.filmratings.com/ Introduction to the classification of plants and animals http://sln.fi.edu/tfi/units/life/classify/classify.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 12 Cause and Effect

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Review cause and effect http://www.delmar.edu/engl/wrtctr/handouts/cause_effect.htm Graded quiz helps you choose the right transitional expressions to show cause or effect http://lrs.ed.uiuc.edu/students/fwalters/causeconnect.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 13 Persuasion

page 171	Exploring Online	Adbuster spoof ads http://www.adbusters.org/spoofads/
page 173	Exploring Online	This online persuasion map helps you create your argument. http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/persuasion_map/ Practice using the vocabulary of argument. http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/ArgVocab.htm Do you think you are not affected by advertising? Take this quiz to hear the slogans in your head! http://www.made-you-look.ca/quiz.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 14 The Process of Writing an Essay

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Review the essay writing process http://www.powa.org Writing a specific thesis statement http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_thesis.html Good revising and proofreading strategies from Purdue http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 15 Types of Essays

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Scroll down to review "Types of Essays" and read sample students' papers. http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/tablecontent.html Helpful advice on writing a comparison contrast essay http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html Excellent tips on developing and supporting an argument http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/argument.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 16 The Introduction, the Conclusion, and the Title

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Read more about writing strong introductions and conclusions http://www.powa.org/thesis/intros.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 17 Avoiding Plagiarism, Summarizing, and Quoting

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Helpful examples of what constitutes plagiarism and what is properly quoted http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_plagiar.html Purdue's review of quotation and summary http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_quotprsum.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 18 Strengthening an Essay with Research

page 253		Bartlett's Quotations http://www.bartleby.com/100/
page 256		Google http://google.com Yahoo! http://yahoo.com AltaVista http://altavista.com
page 257		Evaluating web sites http://lib.nmsu.edu/instruction/evalcrit.html
page 259	Practice 4	A source for statistics http://www.fedstats.gov
page 261		MLA Guidelines http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_mla.html APA Guidelines http://wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
page 263	Exploring Online	Clear, practical examples of how to insert material from outside sources in your papers http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/mla.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 19 Writing Under Pressure: The Essay Examination

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Don't get nervous; get an A. Advice for essay-test takers http://www.yorku.ca/cdc/lsp/eponline/exam5.htm More good advice, plus practice http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 20 Revising for Consistency and Parallelism

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Review consistency with examples, "repairs," and self tests http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/consistency.htm Write more stylishly with parallel words and phrases http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/parallelism.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 21 Revising for Sentence Variety

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Add sophistication to your writing. Review and scroll down for interactive, sentence-combining quizzes. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/combining_skills.htm Are your modifiers dangling? Don't blush; revise. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 22 Revising for Language Awareness

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Practice choosing exact language Practice pruning excess words http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/concise.htm Build a powerful, college-level vocabulary: tips, quizzes, links http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 23 Putting Your Revision Skills to Work

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Guidance for the writer about how to revise and proofread http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 24 The Simple Sentence

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Interactive subject quiz http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/subjector.htm Verb review http://www.dailygrammar.com/archive.shtml Click "Verbs 6-10" and "11-15" Interactive preposition quizzes: scroll down to "prepositions" http://a4esl.org/a/g3.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 25 Coordination and Subordination

page 359	Teaching Tip	Good source of facts on the benefits of music education http://www.menc.org/information/advocate/facts.html
page 370	Exploring Online	Paper quiz: combine clauses correctly http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commacompEX1.html Interactive coordination quiz http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/nova/nova1.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 26 Avoiding Sentence Errors

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Review and quizzes to help you root out run-ons http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/run-ons_add1.htm Great tips and quizzes to help you find and fix sentence fragments http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/fragment_fixing.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 27 Present Tense (Agreement)

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Crossword puzzle: Add -s or -es or no -s at all? http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/exercises/exgrammar/subver2.htm Click on the subject-verb agreement error you most need to avoid for interactive practice. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/svagr3.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 28 Past Tense

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Type in the irregular verbs; the computer checks you. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par2_quiz.pl/irregular_quiz.htm Review and quizzes: regular verbs http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/330/grammar/pasted.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 29 The Past Participle

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Crossword puzzle: past participles http://online.ohlone.cc.ca.us/~mlieu/participles/review2.htm To add or not to add -ed? This one is tricky; test yourself. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/final-ed_option.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 30 Nouns

page 430	Practice 5	Intriguing information, quizzes, and writing ideas about color http://www.colormatters.com http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_psychology
page 430	Exploring Online	Interactive noun plurals quiz: test yourself! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/cross/plurals_gap.htm Do you know when to add -s to nouns and verbs? Test yourself. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/final-s_option.htm ESL writers, try this interactive noun exercise. http://www.smccd.net/accounts/sevas/esl/gramcheck/cntnoncnt.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 31 Pronouns

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Interactive pronoun quiz; click for pronoun review http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz.pl/pronouns_add1.htm Pronoun quiz: especially helpful for ESL writers http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/pronouns.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 32 Prepositions

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Graded preposition quiz http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/preposition_quiz1.htm Interactive quiz: swim with the manatees as you practice prepositions! http://a4esl.org/q/f/z/zz36mas.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 33 Adjectives and Adverbs

page 459	Exploring Online	Wikipedia http://www.wikipedia.org
page 462	Exploring Online	Choose the correct adjective or adverb, and check your answers. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esladjadvEX1.html Interactive practice: comparative and superlative forms http://a4esl.org/q/h/9901/gc-advadj.html Everything you wanted to know about adjectives http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/adjectives.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 34 The Apostrophe

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Graded practice: Apostrophe or no apostrophe? This is the question. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/apostrophe_quiz2.htm Apostrophe practice makes perfect. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_apostEX1.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 35 The Comma

page 480	Exploring Online	Pixar's "How We Make a Movie" http://www.pixar.com/howwedoit/#
page 480	Exploring Online	Paper quiz with answers: Revise for commas. http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_commaEX1.html Interactive quiz: Where have all the commas gone? http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/commas_fillin.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 36 Mechanics

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Graded capitalization practice http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/par_numberless_quiz.pl/caps_quiz.htm Mixed practice: test your skill with many marks of punctuation. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/punct_fillin.htm More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 37 Putting Your Proofreading Skills to Work

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Proofreading instruction and practice http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofread.html Interactive grammar and writing help. Explore, learn, review! http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar Overview of proven revising and proofreading strategies http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 38 Spelling

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Interactive spelling test: three endings http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/cgi-shl/quiz20.pl/spelling_quiz3.htm Challenging spelling test: Raise your level! http://grammar.uoregon.edu/homework/homework8.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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Chapter 39 Look-Alikes/Sound-Alikes

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Look-alikes/sound-alikes quiz http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_spelhomoEX1.html Confused by English words that sound alike? Practice and learn with these excellent quizzes. http://a4esl.org/q/h/homonyms.html More exercises and quizzes in the Online Study Center for Evergreen http://college.hmco.com/pic/evergreen8e

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