Rules for Writers: A Brief Handbook

by Hacker, Diana

• ISBN13: 9780312241421
• ISBN10: 0312241429
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-12-01
• Publisher: Bedford/st Martins

Table of Contents

The Writing Process	1	(76)
Generating ideas; sketching a plan	2	(21)
Roughing out an initial draft	23	(6)
Making global revisions; then revising sentences	29	(7)
Building effective paragraphs	36	(41)
Student essays	57	(20)
Document Design	77	(24)
Principles of document design	78	(8)
Academic and business formats	86	(8)
Model MLA essay format	87	(3)
Business letter	90	(2)
Resume	92	(1)
Memo	93	(1)
Electronic documents	94	(7)
Sample e-mail	97	(2)
Sample Web page	99	(2)
Clarity	101	(66)
Coordination and subordination	102	(8)
Parallel ideas	110	(5)
Needed words	115	(4)
Mixed constructions	119	(4)
Misplaced and dangling modifiers	123	(8)
Shifts	131	(4)
Emphasis	135	(6)
Variety	141	(3)
Wordy sentences	144	(5)
Appropriate language	149	(11)
Exact words	160	(7)
Grammar	167	(76)
Sentence fragments	168	(8)
Run-on sentences	176	(9)
Subject-verb agreement (is or are, etc.)	185	(12)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)	197	(4)
Pronoun reference (clarity)	201	(5)
Pronoun case (I or me, etc.)	206	(6)
Who and whom	212	(4)
Adjectives and Adverbs	216	(5)
Standard English verb forms	221	(13)
Verb tense, mood, and voice	234	(9)
ESL Grammar	243	(28)
Special problems with verbs	243	(12)
The articles a, an, and the	255	(6)
Other trouble spots	261	(10)
Punctuation	271	(48)
The comma	272	(13)
Unnecessary commas	285	(6)
The semicolon	291	(5)
The colon	296	(3)
The apostrophe	299	(4)
Quotation marks	303	(7)
End punctuation	310	(3)
Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash	313	(6)
Mechanics	319	(28)
Abbreviations	320	(3)
Numbers	323	(3)
Italics (underlining)	326	(3)
Spelling	329	(8)
The hyphen	337	(4)
Capital letters	341	(6)
Argument	347	(18)
Building a case	348	(7)
Avoiding mistakes in reasoning	355	(10)
Sample argument paper	361	(4)
Research Guide	365	(108)
Conducting research	367	(17)
Evaluating sources	384	(4)
Managing information	388	(7)
Planning and drafting	395	(3)
Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism	398	(4)
Integrating information from sources	402	(6)
Revising your draft	408	(2)
MLA documentation	410	(38)
APA and other styles	448	(25)
The Basics	473	(30)
Parts of Speech	474	(10)
Sentence patterns	484	(7)
Subordinate word groups	491	(8)
Sentence types	499	(4)
Glossary of Usage	503	(14)
Answers to Tutorials and Lettered Exercises	517	(16)
Index	533