Pearson Education Canada - Petrucci, Herring, Madura, Bissonnette - General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications

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Part I The Writing Process

Chapter 1      Exploring
Chapter 2      Developing
Chapter 3      Revising and Editing

Part II Paragraph Patterns

Chapter 4      Illustration
Chapter 5      Narration
Chapter 6      Description
Chapter 7      Process
Chapter 8      Definition
Chapter 9      Classification
Chapter 10     Comparison and Contrast
Chapter 11     Cause and Effect
Chapter 12     Argument

Part III The Essay

Chapter 13     Writing the Essay
Chapter 14     Essay Patterns
Chapter 15     Enhancing Your Writing with Research

Part IV The Editing Handbook

Section 1 Effective Sentences Culture
Chapter 16     Simple Sentences
Chapter 17     Compound Sentences
Chapter 18     Complex Sentences
Chapter 19     Sentence Variety

Section 2 Common Sentence Errors Psychology
Chapter 20 Fragments and Run-Ons
Chapter 21 Faculty Parallel Structure

Section 3 Problems with Verbs Espionage
Chapter 22     Present and Past Tenses
Chapter 23     Past Participles
Chapter 24     Other Verb Forms

Section 4 Verb Agreement and Consistency College Life
Chapter 25 Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 26 Tense Consistency

Section 5 More Parts of Speech Inventions and Discoveries
Chapter 27 Nouns, Determiners, and Prepositions
Chapter 28 Pronouns

Section 6 Modifiers Health Care
Chapter 29 Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 30 Mistakes with Modifiers

Section 7 Word Use and Spelling The Legal World
Chapter 31 Exact Language
Chapter 32 Spelling and Commonly Confused Words

Section 8 Punctuations and Mechanics The Workplace
Chapter 33     Commas
Chapter 34     The Apostrophe, Quotation Marks, and Titles
Chapter 35     Capitalization and Other Punctuation Marks

Section 9 Editing
Chapter 36 Editing Paragraphs and Essays

Part V Reading Strategies and Selections

Chapter 37     From Readings to Writing
Culture and Psychology
Reading 1     The Old Movie Houses Are Where Memory Sits Geoff Pevere*
Reading 2     Bound Feet Jung Chang
Reading 3     I’m a Banana and Proud of It Wayson Choy
Reading 4     The Scourge of Self-Sabotage Kristina Jansz*
Reading 5     Dancing with Fear Bebe Moore Campbell
Reading 6     Opera Night in Canada Michael McKinley*
Reading 7     How Spies Are Caught
Reading 8     This Boat Is My Boat Drew Hayden Taylor*
Reading 9     Growing Up in Cyberspace Brent Staples

Student Life and Health Care
Reading 10   Good Nutrition Isn’t All Bad Andrea Holwegner*
Reading 11   We Turned Some Sharp Corners: A Marriage Proposal in
                     Durango Nick Massey-Garrison*
Reading 12   Stealing Glances Sheila Heti*
Reading 13   Can Mentorship Change Your Life? Rona Maynard*
Reading 14   Like It Not, Yoga Is Here to Stay Aparita Bhandari*

The Legal World and the Workplace
Reading 15   Aunt Tee Maya Angelou
Reading 16   Dealing with People Greg McGrew
Reading 17   It's a Lonely Business, Caring about Beauty Heather Mallick*
Reading 18   When the Legal Thing Isn’t the Right Thing Deboarah Mead
Reading 19   A Faith in Others Versus Security Barbara Card Atkinson
Reading 20   Daring to Dream for a Better Life: Dr.Susan Biali Bonita
                     Summers*

*New to the Canadian Edition

Appendices

Appendix 1     Grammar Glossary
Appendix 2     Irregular Verbs
Appendix 3     A Quick Guide to Verb Tenses
Appendix 4     Combining Ideas in Sentences
Appendix 5     Punctuation and Mechanics
Appendix 6     Writing Paragraphs and Essays in Exams
Appendix 7     Spelling, Grammar, and Vocabulary Log

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Index

Text Available February 2010

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