The St. Martin's Guide to Writing; Short

by Rise B. Axelrod

• ISBN13: 9780312400538
• ISBN10: 0312400535
• Edition: 3rd
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2004-03-03
• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's

Summary

In its sixth edition, The St. Martin's Guide to Writing continues to offer the most successful combination of critical reading and writing instruction available today -- now with a dynamic new look, Writing Guide software, and more.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Writing Activities
Remembering Events	p. 25
Remembering People	p. 79
Writing Profiles	p. 129
Explaining a Concept	p. 183
Arguing a Position	p. 237
Proposing a Solution	p. 293
Justifying an Evaluation	p. 351
Speculating about Causes	p. 407
Interpreting Stories	p. 465
Critical Thinking Strategies
A Catalog of Invention Strategies	p. 515
A Catalog of Reading Strategies	p. 529
Writing Strategies
Cueing the Reader	p. 557
Narrating	p. 573
Describing	p. 589
Defining	p. 601
Classifying	p. 609
Comparing and Contrasting	p. 617
Arguing	p. 623
Research Strategies
Field Research	p. 641
Library and Internet Research	p. 655
Using and Acknowledging Sources	p. 693
Writing for Assessment
Essay Examinations	p. 739
Writing Portfolios	p. 759
Writing and Speaking to Wider Audiences
Designing Documents	p. 767
Oral Presentations	p. 793
Working with Others	p. 799
Writing in Your Community	p. 805
Handbook
Sentence Boundaries	p. 6
Grammatical Sentences	p. 12
Effective Sentences	p. 31
Word Choice	p. 48
Punctuation	p. 58
Mechanics	p. 86
ESL Troublespots	p. 105
Review of Sentence Structure	p. 116
Glossary of Frequently Misused Words	p. 133
Author and Title Index	p. 1
Subject Index	p. 5
Index for ESL Writers	p. 27
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