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The Writer's Brief Handbook
ISBN: 9780024035912 | 0024035912
Format: PaperbackPublisher: Prentice Hall
Pub. Date: 1/1/1994
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Ever written a letter to the editor? A report for your boss? An email to an old friend? A compact, easy-to-use guide, The Writerrs"s Brief Handbook offers clear definitions, helpful explanations, and up-to-the-minute research and reference toolsaltogether the best concise yet comprehensive reference available for todayrs"s writers in any context. An extensive research section provides clear guidelines for how to research online, and examples of special-purpose writingemail, letters to the editor, business reports, and othersmake this book useful to everyone who puts pen to paperor fingers to keyboards. Topics include: Composing, Paragraphs, Grammar Essentials, Sentence Basics and Sentence Style, Word Choice, Punctuation, Mechanics, Document Design, Special Kinds of Writing, and Research.
| Composing | |
| Writing with a Computer | |
| Planning | |
| Writing a Draft | |
| Revising | |
| Editing | |
| Annotated Student Essay | |
| Paragraphs | |
| Unity | |
| Development | |
| Coherence | |
| Grammar Essentials | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Parts of Sentences | ... MORE|
| Phrases | |
| Clauses | |
| Types of Sentences | |
| Esl Basics | |
| Verbs | |
| Nouns, Quantifiers, and Articles | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases | |
| Parts of Sentences | |
| Special Problems | |
| Confusing Words and Phrases | |
| Sentences | |
| Parallelism | |
| Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
| Shifts | |
| Unified and Logical Sentences | |
| Subordination and Coordination | |
| Emphasis | |
| Sentence Variety | |
| Editing For Grammar | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Verbs: Form, Tense, Mood, and Voice | |
| Pronoun Problems | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Fragments | |
| Comma Splices and Fused Sentences | |
| Word Choice | |
| Eliminate Clutter | |
| Exactness | |
| Appropriateness | |
| Bias in Writing | |
| The Dictionary | |
| The Thesaurus | |
| Glossary of Usage | |
| Punctuation | |
| The Comma | |
| The Semicolon | |
| The Colon | |
| The Apostrophe | |
| Quotation Marks | |
| Other Punctuation Marks | |
| Mechanics | |
| Capitals | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Numbers | |
| Italics/Underlining | |
| The Hyphen | |
| Spelling | |
| Document Design | |
| Understanding the Principles of Design | |
| The Elements of Design | |
| Visuals | |
| Writing An Argumentative Essay/Writing About Literature | |
| Understand the Elements of Argument | |
| Make Appropriate Appeals | |
| Considering Your Audience | |
| Refuting the Opposition's Arguments | |
| Annotated Student Argumentative Essay | |
| Organizing the Argumentative Essay | |
| Writing About Literature | |
| Reading and Analyzing a Literary Text | |
| Observing the Conventions | |
| Using Quotations | |
| Annotated Student Essay about Literature | |
| Special Kinds Of Writing | |
| E-Communication | |
| Business Writing | |
| Oral Presentations | |
| Essay Examinations | |
| The Research Paper | |
| Conducting Library and Internet Research | |
| Selecting and Evaluating Sources | |
| RESCH 3 Keeping Track of Information | |
| Organizing and Drafting the Research Paper | |
| Documenting Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Integrating Borrowed Information | |
| Revising the Research Paper | |
| Mla Documentation And Format | |
| MLA In-Text Citations | |
| MLA List of Works Cited | |
| MLA Information Notes | |
| MLA Manuscript Format | |
| Sample Student Research Paper: MLA Style | |
| Other Styles: Apa And Cms | |
| APA In-Text Citations | |
| APA Style References | |
| Annotated Student APA-Style Research Paper | |
| Chicago Manual | |
| Documentation Style | |
| Other Documentation Styles | |
| Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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