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9780495899808

Writing Skills Handbook (with 2009 MLA Update Card)

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  • ISBN13:

    9780495899808

  • ISBN10:

    0495899801

  • Edition: 5th
  • Format: Spiral Bound
  • Copyright: 2009-05-20
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

Writing Skills Handbook is written for undergraduate writing courses in which instructors wish to spend little or no class time on matters of grammar and mechanics, yet want their students to have a concise, accessible reference tool to use independently for help with their most common writing problems. Deliberately brief, with no exercises, the handbook offers an overview of the research paper and provides models of the most frequently used citations. Writing Skills Handbook is part of the Houghton Mifflin English Essentials series. Students receive the most up-to-date information on MLA documentation with the enclosed tri-fold card providing NEW 2009 MLA Handbook formats.

Table of Contents

Composition
The Writing Process
Writing Throughout the Process
Collaborating Throughout the Process
Gathering Ideas
Planning
Writing and Rewriting
Preparing the Final Copy
The Paragraph
Writing the Topic Sentence
Adding Supporting Details
Arranging the Supporting Details
Other Paragraph Patterns
Writing Transitions
Ending the Paragraph
The Essay
Details and Their Arrangement
The Thesis Statement
The Outline
The Opening Paragraph
The Middle Paragraph
Transitions
The Conclusion
A Sample Essay
Writing from Sources
Summary Writing
The Response Essay
The Synthesis Essay
The Original Argument Using Sources
Evaluating Your Sources
Plagiarism
Documenting Sources
Works Cited List
Logic
The Sentence
Sentence Form
The Basic Sentence
Sentence Fragments
Combined Sentences
Run-on Sentences
Tangled Sentences
Misplaced and Dangling Descriptive Words
Some Pointers on Sentence Form
Verbs
What Is a Verb?
Agreement of Subject and Verb
Verb Tenses
Active and Passive Verbs
Needless Shifts in Tense
Pronouns
Pronoun References
Pronouns and Gender
Pronouns as Subjects and Objects
Pronouns That Show Ownership
Pronouns That Relate
Adjectives and Adverbs
Singular and Plural Adjectives
Adjectives Made from Verbs
Comparisons Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Style and Usage
Specific and General Words
Repetition
Wordiness
Clich?s and Slogans
Shades of Meaning
Inclusive Language
Words Commonly Confused
Mechanics
Punctuation
Stops at the End of the Sentence
Breaks in the Middle of the Sentence
Other Punctuation
Quotation Marks
Direct Quotations
Long Direct Quotations
Quotations Within Quotations
Titles of Short Works
Quotation Marks with Other Marks of Punctuation
Capitals
Sentences and Quotations
Letters
Proper Names
Numbers
Figures
Addresses
Times
Percentages
Dates
Figures That Show Order
Parts of a Book
Abbreviations
Titles
Parts of Company Names
People's Names
Companies and Government Agencies
School Subjects
Latin Words
Symbols Used with Words
Abbreviations or Symbols Used with Numbers
Months and Days
Italics
Titles of Major Works
Foreign Words
Words, Letters, and Numbers Used as Such
Words That Need Emphasis
Spelling
Spelling Correctly
Words Often Misspelled
Homonyms and Near Homonyms
The ie Rule
Finale
Doubled Letters
Finaly
Plurals
Using a Dictionary for Spelling and Meaning
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