NONFICTION: WORDS, SENTENCES, PARAGRAPHS
QUICKSHOTS: A WORD ABOUT WORDS 1
Your Turn: Quickshot Sentences 15
NONFICTION: WORDS FROM REAL LIFE 17
Your Turn: Summarizing 22
READING AND WRITING NONFICTION SENTENCES 24
Your Turn: Contrasting Writing and Speaking 26
MIRROR IMAGES: IMITATING NONFICTION SENTENCES 28
Your Turn: Imitating Within a Paragraph 36
SENTENCE TOOLS FOR NONFICTION
SENTENCE TOOLS: OPENERS, S-V SPLITS, CLOSERS 38
THE OPENER: GOOD BEGINNINGS 48
THE S-V SPLIT: GOOD MIDDLES 55
THE CLOSER: GOOD ENDINGS 62
THE MIX: SENTENCE SALADS 69
Your Turn: Personality Profile 76
SENTENCE BOUNDARIES
OUT OF BOUNDS: PROBLEM SENTENCES 84
Your Turn: Proofreading 98
A SAMPLER OF REMARKABLE NONFICTION
REMARKABLE EVENTS: FASCINATING DETAILS 101
Your Turn: Vignette 133
REMARKABLE PLACES: STRANGE BUT TRUE 140
Your Turn: Researched Paragraph 167
REMARKABLE WORDS: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE 170
Your Turn: Explanatory Paragraph 180
REMARKABLE STATEMENTS: QUOTABLE QUOTES 185
Your Turn: True Story 201
SENTENCE COMPOSING: TEACHING TO LEARN 210