How to Use This Book | |
Introduction: Ten Habits of Successful Students | |
Writing Essays | |
Understanding Purpose and Audience | |
Planning an Essay | |
Using a Thesis to Shape Your Material | |
Drafting and Revising | |
Writing Paragraphs | |
Thinking Critically | |
Writing Argumentative Essays | |
Writing Essays about Literature | |
Developing Strategies For Academic Success | |
Reading to Write | |
Writing Essay Exams | |
Writing for the Workplace | |
Designing Effective Documents | |
Designing a Web Site | |
Sentence Style | |
Building Sentences | |
Writing Varied Sentences | |
Writing Emphatic Sentences | |
Writing Concise Sentences | |
Using Parallelism | |
Choosing Words | |
Understanding Grammar | |
Using the Parts of Speech | |
Using Nouns and Pronouns | |
Using Verbs | |
Using Adjectives and Adverbs | |
Revising Sentence Fragments | |
Revising Run-ons | |
Revising Agreement Errors | |
Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences | |
Understanding Punctuation | |
Using End Punctuation | |
Using Commas | |
Using Semicolons | |
Using Apostrophes | |
Using Quotation Marks | |
Using Other Punctuation Marks | |
Understanding Spelling And Mechanics | |
Improving Spelling | |
Knowing When to Capitalize | |
Using Italics | |
Using Hyphens | |
Using Abbreviations | |
Using Numbers | |
Doing Research And Documenting Sources | |
Writing a Research Paper | |
Doing Library and Field Research | |
Using and Evaluating Internet Sources | |
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Synthesizing Sources | |
Avoiding Plagiarism | |
MLA Documentation Style | |
APA Documentation Style | |
Bilingual And Esl Writers | |
Grammar and Style for ESL Writers | |
Glossary of Usage | |
Answers to Selected Exercises | |
Credits | |
Index | |
Correction | |
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