📖 Elements of Language - First Course

by Holt, Rinehart and Winston

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Comprehensive English Language Arts Course

A comprehensive grammar and composition textbook covering all aspects of English language arts. This course includes grammar fundamentals, sentence construction, composition skills, and proper mechanics.

Part 1: Grammar

Master the fundamental building blocks of English grammar

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The Parts of Speech

Noun, Pronoun, Adjective, Verb, Adverb, Preposition, Conjunction, Interjection

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The Parts of a Sentence

Simple Subject and Predicate, Complete Subject and Predicate, Compound Subjects and Verbs

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The Phrase

Prepositional Phrases, Verbals and Verbal Phrases, Appositives and Appositive Phrases

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The Clause

Independent and Subordinate Clauses, Adjective and Adverb Clauses, Noun Clauses

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Complements

Direct and Indirect Objects, Subject Complements, Objective Complements

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Part 2: Usage

Learn correct English usage and common error patterns

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Agreement

Subject-Verb Agreement, Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

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Using Verbs Correctly

Principal Parts of Verbs, Regular and Irregular Verbs, Tense, Voice

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Using Pronouns Correctly

Case Forms, Nominative and Objective Case, Who and Whom

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Using Modifiers Correctly

Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs, Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers

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Part 3: Sentences

Build strong, effective sentences

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Writing Complete Sentences

Sentence Fragments, Run-on Sentences

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Writing Effective Sentences

Sentence Combining, Improving Sentence Style, Varying Sentence Structure

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English: Origins and Uses

History of English, American English, Formal and Informal English

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Part 4: Composition

Develop your writing skills from paragraphs to essays

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The Writing Process

Prewriting, Writing a First Draft, Evaluating and Revising, Proofreading and Publishing

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Paragraph and Composition Structure

Main Idea and Topic Sentence, Unity and Coherence, Types of Paragraphs

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The Research Paper

Choosing a Topic, Finding Sources, Taking Notes, Writing and Documenting

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Writing About Literature

Analyzing Literary Elements, Writing a Literary Analysis

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Creative Writing

Writing Stories, Descriptive Writing, Poetry

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Part 5: Mechanics

Master capitalization, punctuation, and spelling

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Capitalization

Rules for Using Capital Letters, Proper Nouns and Adjectives

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Punctuation: End Marks and Commas

Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points, Comma Usage

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Punctuation: Other Marks

Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, Hyphens

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Punctuation: Apostrophes

Possessive Case, Contractions, Plurals

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Punctuation: Quotation Marks and Italics

Direct Quotations, Dialogue, Titles

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Spelling

Spelling Rules, Commonly Misspelled Words, Improving Spelling Skills

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📘 23 comprehensive chapters covering all aspects of English language arts

Chapters coming soon! This curriculum provides a complete foundation in grammar, usage, composition, and mechanics.