9780072836615

Easy Access is the only handbook organized by the types of help student writers need. Part One (red tabs) provides a guide to writing processes and products. Solutions to common writing problems and ESL troublespots are found in Part Two (blue tab). Part Three (yellow tab) offers alphabetically organized definitions and examples of grammar, mechanics, and punctuation terms.

How to Use This Handbook

Preface and Acknowledgments

PART I. PROCESSES AND PRODUCTS

1. The Writing Process

Prewriting / Planning / Drafting / Revising / Finishing

2. Research Writing

Analyze the Assignment / Plan a Research Strategy / Do Your Research / Take Good Notes and Keep Good Records / Choose a Preliminary Thesis and Outline / Write the First Draft / Use Your Sources Effectively / Revisit Your Research as Necessary / Revise and Edit Systematically / Document Your Sources Correctly / Sample Research Paper (MLA Style)

3. Argumentation

Choose a Thesis and Plan Key Assertions / Employ the Rhetoric of Argument / Acknowledge Opposing Views (Refutation) / Read Your Own and Other Arguments Critically / Sample Argument Paper (APA Style)

4. MLA Documentation Style

Citations in the Text / List of Works Cited / Typing or Word Processing Instructions for MLA

5. APA Documentation Style

Citations in the Text / Reference List / Typing or Word Processing Instructions for APA

6. Document Design

Short Papers / Longer Research Papers and Reports / Web Pages

7. Special Writing Situation

Writing about Literature / Essay Exams / Professional Communication / Oral Presentations

PART II. COMMON WRITING PROBLEMS

8. Sentence Fragments

Quick View / Testing for Fragments¿In Detail / Revising Fragments / Practice

9. Comma Splices

Quick View / Revising Comma Splices / Practice

10. Run-On Sentences

Quick View / Revising Run-On Sentences / Practice

11. Verb Errors

Quick View / Subject-Verb Agreement Errors / Form Errors / Inappropriate Shifts in Tense / Inappropriate Shifts in Mood / Practice

12. Using Commas

Quick View / Correct Uses of Commas / Incorrect Uses of Commas / Practice

13. Pronoun Errors

Quick View / Vague or Ambiguous Pronoun Reference / Lack of Agreement between Pronoun and Antecedent / Inappropriate Shifts in Person / Biased Uses of Pronouns / Practice

14. Using Apostrophes

Quick View / Apostrophes in the Possessive Case / Apostrophes in Contractions / Apostrophes to Form Plurals of Letters and Numerals / Its versus It’s and Other Pronoun Homonyms / Practice

15. Problems with Modifiers

Quick View / Misplaced Modifiers / Dangling Modifiers / Squinting Modifiers / Overstacked Modifiers / Improper Adverb or Adjective Forms / Practice

16. Faulty Parallelism

Quick View / Items in Lists / Items Joined by Coordinating Conjunctions / Parts of a Sentence Joined by Correlative Conjunctions / Comparisons or Contrasts / Practice

17. Mixed Constructions

Quick View / Mismatched Subject and Predicate / Mismatched Clauses / Mismatches with Is When, Is Where, or The Reason … Is Because / Practice

18. For Multilingual/ESL Writers

Quick View / Articles and Nouns / Adjectives / Adverbs / Prepositions / Verbs / Sentence Structure / Practice

PART III. THE BASICS FROM A TO Z

GLOSSARY OF USAGE

INDEX

Credits

Quick Views

A Checklist for Finishing Your Paper

Revision and Correction Symbols (inside back flap)

Frequently Asked Questions (outside back flap)

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