Keys for Writers

by Raimes, Ann

• ISBN13: 9780395920640
• ISBN10: 0395920647
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-01-01
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

This concise composition handbook offers innovative design features that make it the most accessible tabbed handbook available: moveable KeyTabs that allow students to personalize the book, a menu-driven Key to the Book, and color-coded divider tabs to help students find information quickly. Complete coverage of grammar and the writing, research, and documentation processes are complemented by helpful multilingual/ESL material, Writing Across the Curriculum elements, and The 5Cs of Style. In recent years, technology has touched every aspect of writing and research and the Third Edition of Keys for Writers keeps pace with students' changing needs. This thorough revision now offers a full-color design; substantial new material on evaluating sources and the use of technology for research and writing; expanded coverage of writing online and document design; the most up-to-date MLA, APA, CMS, CBE, and CGOS guidelines; integrated ESL resources; and an expanded section on argument. New! A new Part 5, Technology: For Communication, Document Design, and Work, presents the latest information on writing for online readers, e-mail discussion lists, and chatrooms. Ample illustrations--including a sample student web site and an online scannable resume--and easy-to-understand explanations address web site and document design as well as work-related documents. New! The new full-color design highlights important information and clearly depicts web graphics, charts, and other visuals. New! Completely up-to-date documentation coverage features the latest MLA and APA styles, as updated on their respective web sites, the Columbia Guide to Online Style, many new student examples, and a new student paper. Two rows of color-coded divider tabs aid students in finding information quickly. Red tabs (Parts 1-5) cover whole paper issues: the writing process, research and documentation, online and business writing, and document design. Gold tabs (Parts 6-10) cover sentence-level issues such as usage, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Color-coded Key to the Book, an initial menu page, aligns the table of contents with the divider tabs to help students flip directly to the part they need. Its colors correspond to those of the divider tabs. Unique moveable KeyTabs serve as bookmarks, extended margins, or note cards, and enable students to customize the book for quick access to the information they decide they need most. Key Points boxes present concise summaries and checklists to highlight vital information and encourage the development of editing and critical-thinking skills. New! Updated and expanded information includes a new section on evaluating sources, a new source list for 24 disciplines, compiled in consultation with 19 college librarians, and a thoroughly revised section on the process of writing a research paper. New! The expanded Writing an Argument section includes a sample student argument paper on telemarketing. Students learn to formulate an argument, support it with evidence, and address opposing views. New! Content changes and additions include integrated ESL coverage throughout, and increased emphasis on style, critical thinking, and writing across the curriculum.

Table of Contents

The Writing Process

Getting Started and Finding a Focus

Organizing Ideas

Revising and Editing

Writing an Argument

Exams, Literature, Oral Reports, Service Writing, Lab Reports

Doing Research/Evaluating Sources

Research Basics

What is research?

Writing a research paper

Research papers in the disciplines

Searching for Sources

Merger of library/Web

Basic reference works

Research resources in 24 subject areas

Searching for sources in print

Searching for sources online

Search engines

Keyword searches

A sample search

Evaluating Sources

Read critically

Recognize a scholarly article

Evaluate works originating in print

Evaluate sources originating on the Internet

Recording and Acknowledging Sources

Keep track of sources

Avoid plagiarism

Notetaking

Summary, paraphrase, and quotation

Know what to cite

Engage and synthesize

Integrating Sources

Get mileage from sources

Introduce source material

What, when, how to quote

Fit a quotation in your sentence

Checklist: Using quotation

Boundaries of a citation

MLA Documentation

Citing Sources

List of Works Cited

Sample Paper

APA, CBE, Chicago, and CGOS Documentation

APA: Citing Sources

APA: List of References

APA Sample Paper

CBE Style

Chicago Style

CGOS

Technology: For Communication, Document Design, and Work

E-mail

Writing for online readers

E-mail style

Netiquette

Online addresses

Attachments

Online Discussions

E-mail discussion lists

Usenet groups, Web forums, bulletin boards

Chat rooms, MOOs, MUDs

Distance learning

Web Site Design

The nature of hypertext

Web site design tools

Planning a web site

For Web site design: tips

Useful resources

Sample Web sites

Design Features

Word processing tools

Typefaces

Color

Headings

Lists

Visuals

Tables

Charts and graphs

Illustrations, graphics

Essay Formats

Page or screen

Guidelines: college essays

Title and identification

Portfolio presentation

Resumes, Letters

Business Letters

PowerPoint

Style/Five C''s of Style

First C: Cut

Second C: Check for Action

Third C: Connect

Fourth C: Commit

Fifth C: Choose Your Words

Sentence Variety

Writers'' Voices

Style Tips

Common Sentence Problems

Top 10 Sentence Problems/Grammar Review

Top 10 problems

Parts of speech

Common sentence patterns

Phrases

Clauses

Sentence Fragments

Phrases

Dependent clauses

Missing verb

Missing subject

Part of compound predicate

Intentional use

Run-ons and Comma Splices

Identifying

Correcting

Sentence Snarls

Fuzzy syntax

Misplaced modifiers

Dangling modifiers

Shifts

Faulty predication

Definitions and reasons

Adverb clause as subject

Omitted words

Restated subjects

Faulty parallelism

Verbs

Verb forms

Verbs commonly confused

Forms of be

Tenses

Present tenses

Past tenses

-ed endings

Tense shifts

Indirect quotations

Conditional sentences

Passive Voice

When to use

How to form

Who''s doing what?

As connector

Overuse

Subject-Verb Agreement

Basic principles

Intervening words

Linking verb, subject, and complement

Subject after verb

Tricky singular subjects

Collective nouns

Compound subjects

Indefinite pronouns and quantity words

Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives

Possessive pronouns

Clauses with what

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

Possessive forms

Clear reference

Agreement with antecedent

Gender bias

Consistent point of view

Appropriate use of you

Intensive and reflexive

Who/whom

Adjectives/dverbs

Correct forms

Proper use

After linking verbs

Compound adjectives

Position of adverbs

Order of adjectives

Double negatives

Comparative and superlative forms

Faulty comparisons

Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns

Appropriate use

Agreement of verb

Agreement after one of

Restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses

Wth quantity words

Clauses with prepositions

Tat as relative pronoun

Position of relative clause

Unnecessary pronoun

Were and when

Punctuation, Mechanics, Spelling

Commas

Commas: yes and no

With coordinating conjunction/idependent clauses

With introductory phrase or clause

With nonrestrictive elements

With transitions

With items in a series

With coordinate evaluative adjectives

With direct quotations

When not to use

Special uses

Apostrophes

Apostrophes: yes/no

Tosignal possession

With plural nouns

In contractions

In plurals

It''s versus its

Quotation Marks

Guidelines

Punctuation introducing and ending a quotation

Dialogue

Double and single quotation marks

With titles of short works

When not to use

Semicolons

Between two independent clauses

With items in a list containing internal commas

When not to use

Other Punctuation Marks

Periods, question marks, exclamation points

Colons

Dashes

Parentheses

Brackets

Slashes

Ellipsis dots

Italics/Underlining

Titles of long works

Transportation

Letters, numerals, words

Non-English words

When not to use

Capitalization

Proper nouns/adjectives

Titles before names

Major words in titles

After a colon or at beginning of a quotation

Abbreviations

Titles with people''s names

Familiar names

Terms used with numbers

Common Latin terms

When not to abbreviate

Plurals of abbreviations

Numbers

Conventions

When to spell out

When to use numerals

Plurals of numerals

Hyphenation

With prefixes

In compound nouns and compound adjectives

In spelled-out numbers

At end of a line

Online Guidelines

Punctuation in URLs

Underlining/italics online

Capital letters online

Hyphens online

Asterisks online

Spelling

Plurals of nouns

Doubling consonants

Spelling with -y or -i

Internal ie or ei

Adding a suffix

Accents, umlauts, ets

For Multilingual/ESL Writers

Culture, Language, and Writing

Differences/not deficits

Language learning

Guide to transfer errors

Nouns and Articles

Categories of nouns

Uncountable nouns

Basic rules for articles

The for a specific reference

Proper nouns/articles

Verbs and Verbals

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