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The Writer's Brief Handbook (with MyCompLab)

ISBN: 9780321323569 | 0321323564
Edition: 5th
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2005

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SummaryTable of Contents
A compact, easy-to-use guide, The Writers Brief Handbook offers clear definitions, helpful explanations, and up-to-the-minute research and reference toolsaltogether the best concise yet comprehensive reference available for todays student writers. The Writers Brief Handbook reflects the authors 35-year collaboration in teaching and writing about writing. Using clear, non-technical language, The Writers Brief Handbook has gained a reputation for being student-friendly, and the easy-to-use multiple access system provides four different ways for s... MORE
Composing
Writing with a Computer
Planning
Analyze the writing task
Choose a subject
Focus on a topic
Generate ideas and collect information
Determine your purpose for writing
Establish a thesis statement
Analyze your audience
Make an outline
Writin... MORE
Choose a good title
Write the body of your composition
Write the beginning and ending
Revising
Revise the largest elements first
Revise your sentences and diction
Conduct peer conferences
Editing
Edit for grammar, punctuation, and mechanics
Prepare the final copy
Proofread the final copy
Annotated Student Essay
Paragraphs
Unity
Topic sentence
Controlling idea
Development
Completeness
Topic sentence strategy
Coherence
Effective order
Transitional words and phrases
Key words and phrases
Parallel structure
Transitions to link paragraphs
Grammar Essentials
Parts of Speech
Verbs
Nouns
Pronouns
Adjectives
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions
Interjections
Parts of Sentences
Subjects
Predicates
Objects
Complements
Phrases
Prepositional phrases
Verbal phrases
Appositive phrases
Absolute phrases
Clauses
Adjective clauses
Adverb clauses
Noun clauses
Types of Sentences
Classification by structure
Classification by purpose
ESL Basics
Verbs
Modals
Perfect tenses
Progressive tenses
Passive voice
Two-word verbs
Verbs followed by infinitive or gerund
Nouns, Quantifiers, and Articles
Noncount nouns
Quantifiers
Indefinite article (a or an)
Definite article (the)
Adjectives and Adverbs
Cumulative adjectives
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