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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Forms of Personal Pronouns |
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| Personal Pronouns: Number, Person, and Case |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| The Verbal or Special Verb Forms |
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| Subject + Predicate = Simple Sentences |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Common and Proper Adjectives |
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| Demonstrative Adjectives or Pronouns Used as Adjectives |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| The Position of the Adverb |
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| Adverbs That Modify Verbs |
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| Adverbs That Modify Adjectives |
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| Adverbs That Modify Other Adverbs |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Prepositions, Conjunctions, and Interjections |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Chapter 10 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Sentence Structure and Classification |
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| Compound-Complex Sentences |
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| Chapter 11 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Diagonal or Forward Slash |
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| Chapter 12 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Chapter 13 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Chapter 14 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| The Beginning: The Topic Sentence |
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| The Middle: Support Sentences |
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| The End: Concluding and Transitional Sentences |
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| Chapter 15 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Chapter 16 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Prefixes, Suffixes, and Spelling Improvement |
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| Chapter 17 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Word Roots and Vocabulary Improvement |
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| Chapter 18 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Homonyms, Synonyms, Antonyms, and Confusing Words |
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| Chapter 19 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Alphabetical List of Idioms |
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| Chapter 20 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Mythological and Folkloric Allusions |
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| Chapter 21 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Study Skills, Reading and Writing Improvement |
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| Chapter 22 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Autobiographical/Personal Essays |
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| Comparison/Contrast Essays |
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| Chapter 23 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Basics of Writing a Research Paper |
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| The Twelve-Step Research Paper |
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| Chapter 24 Review Quizzes |
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| Real-World Practice Activities |
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| Comprehensive Vocabulary Review Exercises |
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| Comprehensive English Exam |
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| Appendix | | 396 | |
| Index | | 457 | |