Preface Using the Personal Computer the way writers use it.

Introduction Students are not machines.

Dedication for Rodney Hisle

Introductory Note on Style A Short Course in Sentence Style

Exercise One Writing Without Prepositions

Exercise Two Writing With Prepositions

Note on the Writing Quest Writing is a journey.

Exercise Three Moving Prepositions

List of most common prepositions

Exercise Four Absolutes

Absolutes by Edwin Way Teale

Exercise Five Adjectives

Adjectives by Edwin Way Teale

Exercise Six Participles

Participles by Ewin Way Teale

Exercise Seven Appositives & Noun Clusters

Appositives & Noun Clusters by Edwin Way Teale

Exercise Eight Verbs

Verbs by Edwin Way Teale

Samples from Student Writers Absolute, Appositives, Participles, more ...

Exercise Nine Relative Clauses

Relative Clauses by Edwin Way Teale

Paragraph Structure Intro / Body / Conclusion

The Quest in Question

Theme Structure by Edwin Way Teale

Exercise Ten Putting it all together, again.

NOTE: for a model of how to write a thorough and error-free meta-narrative to the writing exercises, go to Destiny Cordell's examples.

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