05.1 Major Inventions of the Industrial Revolution
05.2 Social Effects of the Industrial Revolution in Britain
06.1 Political Reform and Revolution in Europe, 1815-1849
07.1 Italian Unification
07.2 German Unification
08.1 The New Imperliasm
08.2 The Road to War
09.1 The First World War, 1915-1916
09.2 The First World War and Its Immediate Aftermath, 1917-1923
10.1 Revolutionary Russia, 1914-1922
10.2 The Soviet Union, 1922-1939
11.1 The Rise of Fascism in Italy
11.2 Hitler and The Rise of Nazism in Germany
12.1 The Second World War, 1936-1941
12.2 The Second World War, 1942-1943
12.3 The Second World War, 1944-1945
13.1 The Cold War, 1948-1968
13.2 Decolonization, 1945-1974
14.1 The Collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union
14.2 European Unification
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Chapter 01: Coordination
Unscramble Sentences Exercise: Instructions and Example
Use these instructions for exercises 1.1 and 1.2.
1.1 Unscramble Sentences
1.2 Unscramble sentences
The phrases below can be combined into at least four different sentences. Create two possibilities, inserting commas where necessary to make your meaning clear. Then transcribe it from memory.
Combine Sentences Exercise: Instructions and Example
Combine the two sentences below using a comma and the word "and."
1.3 Combine Sentences
Combine the THREE sentences below into one. Use the word "Luther" just once, and do not use the word "he." (You’ll need to add a FANBOYS.)
1.4 Combine Sentences
Combine the sentences below using a FANBOYS and the words "Calvin," "he," and "them."
1.5 Combine Sentences
Combine the sentences using a FANBOYS and the words "Calvin" and "them" but not "he."
1.6 Combine the sentences.
Combine the two sentences below.
1.7 Combine sentences
Combine the three sentences below into one.
1.8 Use coordination to structure sentences for emphasis
In this exercise, order the conjuncts to emphasize the most important information.
Chapter 02: Subordination
2.1 Unscramble sentences
Unscramble the sentence below and transcribe it from memory onto a separate piece of paper. Original punctuation included.
2.2 Unscramble sentences
Unscramble the sentence below and transcribe it from memory onto a separate piece of paper. Original punctuation included.
2.3 Combine the sentences
Combine the sentences by replacing the underlined words with “that.”
2.4 Combine the sentences
Combine the sentences by placing although in front of “the British economy” and inserting a comma after “French.”
2.5 Combine the sentences
Combine the sentences in the opposite order, inserting "although" after "the English Channel." The comma is optional.
2.6 Combine the sentences
Combine by placing “although” before the first sentence and a comma after “slaves.”
2.7 Combine the sentences
Combine the three sentences below by replacing the underlined words with that and who. Add a comma after “the Spanish people.”
Quiz: Use coordination to structure sentences for emphasis
Chapter 03: Thesis Statements
Quiz: Thesis Discrimination Training
Identify the real thesis statement
Structuring Sentences for Emphasis Using Subordination
Quiz: Structuring Sentences for Emphasis Using Subordination
Chapter 04: The thesis statement (X) and its supporting ideas (1-2-3)
4.1 Supporting-idea sentences
Write a set of supporting-idea sentences for each thesis statement
4.2 Supporting-idea sentences
Write a set of supporting-idea sentences for each thesis statement
4.3 Supporting-idea sentences
Write a set of supporting-idea sentences for each thesis statement
4.4 Supporting-idea sentences
Write a set of supporting-idea sentences for each thesis statement
Chapter 05: Cohesion Across Sentences
Quiz: Cohesion across sentences
Use the old-to-new principle to choose the version of Sentence 2 that best follows Sentence 1.
Chapter 07: Text Reconstruction
7.1 Text Reconstruction
Instructions: Reconstruct the paragraphs.
7.2 Text Reconstruction
Instructions: Reconstruct the paragraphs.
7.3 Text Reconstruction
Reconstruct the paragraphs.
Chapter 08: Text Reconstruction and Composition
8.1 Text Reconstruction and Composition
Order the sentences below in the order in which you believe they appeared in the original.
8.2 Text Reconstruction and Composition
Order the sentences below in the order in which you believe they appeared in the original.
8.3 Text Reconstruction and Composition
Order the sentences below in the order in which you believe they appeared in the original.
Chapter 09: Reconstruction of a Student Paper
In the exercise that follows, you will reconstruct the order of paragraphs in a student paper written for a survey course in Modern European History.
Chapter 10: Analyzing and sorting material into main ideas
Chapter 11: Creating the complex “noun phrases” of academic writing
11.01 Use noun phrases to combine sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.02 Use noun phrases to combine sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.03 Use noun phrases to combine sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.04 Use noun phrases to combine sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.05 Use noun phrases to combine sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.06 Use noun phrases to shorten sentences.
Use one or more noun phrases to combine the sentences below, including punctuation as needed. Often, more than one combination is possible.
11.07 Use noun phrases to shorten sentences.
Shorten – or “reduce” – the underlined clauses to phrases.
11.08 Combine sentences using noun phrases.
Combine each set of sentences by replacing the underlined words with a noun phrase.
11.09 Combine sentences using noun phrases.
Combine each set of sentences by replacing the underlined words with a noun phrase.
11.10 Combine sentences using noun phrases.
Combine each set of sentences by replacing the underlined words with a noun phrase.
Chapter 12: Using passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to tell your reader what matters most
12.1 Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis
Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis as indicated.
12.2 Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis
Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis as indicated.
12.3 Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis
Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis as indicated.
12.4 Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis
Use passive voice, it-shifts, and what-shifts to add emphasis as indicated.
12.5 Use passive voice and what-shifts to create flow, readability, and focus
Use passive voice and what-shifts to create flow, readability, and focus
Chapter 13: Using parallelism to make complex ideas easier to read, easier to remember, and easier to believe
13.1 Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
13.2 Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
13.3 Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
13.4 Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
Use parallelism to revise the sentences.
13.5 Use parallelism to omit words
Use parallelism to omit words
13.6 Use parallelism to omit words
Use parallelism to omit words
13.7 Use parallelism to omit words
Use parallelism to omit words
Chapter 14: Using coordination and subordination to find and fix common punctuation mistakes
14.1 Correct run-on sentences and comma splices
Find and correct the punctuation mistakes in the sentences.
14.2 Correct run-on sentences and comma splices
Find and correct the punctuation mistakes in the sentences.
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