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The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook

ISBN: 9780070094543 | 0070094543
Edition: 2nd
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill College
Pub. Date: 8/1/1997

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Table of Contents
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Book One The Writing Process
Part One Getting Ready
Learning the Writing Process
5(4)
Gathering Information
9(13)
Focusing on the Central Idea
22(9)
Part Two Drafting, Re++riting, and Editing
Outlining and Drafting an Essay
31(10)
Rewriting Drafts
41(5)
Preparing a Final Copy
46(9)
Part Three Designing and Developing Paragraphs
Writing Focused, Unified, and Coherent Paragraphs
55(17)
Developing Ideas and Arranging Details in a Paragraph
72(15)
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
87(12)
Part Four Special Assignments: Persuasion and Research (MLA+APN)
Writing Paragraphs and Essays That Persuade
99(13)
Learning How to Research and to Take Notes
112(17)
Writing the Research Paper Using the Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
129(29)
Writing the Research Paper Using the American Psychological Association (APA) Format
158(27)
Book Two Tools for Revision and Editing
Part Five Sentence Sense
Sentence Building Blocks
185(20)
Sentence Structure
205(15)
Sentence Logic and Effectiveness
220(19)
Part Six Correct Usage
Agreement
239(15)
Verb Forms and Tenses
254(20)
Pronouns
274(15)
Adjectives and Adverbs
289(14)
Word Choice
303(22)
Wordiness
325(14)
Part Seven Punctuation, Spelling, and Mechanics
End Punctuation
339(4)
Commas
343(14)
Semicolons and Colons
357(9)
Other Marks of Punctuation
366(8)
Spelling
374(13)
Mechanics
387(10)
Glossary of Basic Writing Terms397(16)
Index413

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