The Facts on File guide to good writing /
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| Author / Creator: | Manser, Martin H. |
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| Imprint: | New York : Facts On File/Checkmark Books, c2006. |
| Description: | x, 405 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Facts on File library of language and literature |
| Subject: | English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Elementary) English language -- Composition and exercises -- Study and teaching (Elementary) English language -- Grammar -- Study and teaching (Elementary) |
| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5818109 |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Part I. The Writing Process
- Introduction
- The Four Stages of the Writing Process
- 1. Preparing to Write
- Thinking and Researching
- Paraphrasing and Summarizing
- Quotations
- Thinking and Researching: An Overview
- Planning
- Planning: An Overview
- 2. Writing Your Document
- Getting Started
- Your Authorial Voice
- Composition: Paragraphs
- Writing: An Overview
- 3. Revising Your Document
- How to Revise
- Revision Checklist
- An Example of Revising a Text
- Checking for Consistency
- Proofreading
- References
- Revision: An Overview
- Part II. Writing Fundamentals
- Introduction
- 4. Grammar
- Introduction
- Nouns
- Adjectives
- Determiners
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions
- Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences
- Reporting Speech
- 5. Words in Use
- Introduction
- Vocabulary
- Spelling
- Prefixes and Suffixes
- Foreign Words and Phrases
- Abbreviations and Symbols
- Numbers
- Sensitive Terms
- Slang
- 6. Words Often Confused
- 7. Punctuation
- Introduction
- Punctuation Marks
- Apostrophe
- Capital Letters
- Colon
- Comma
- Dash
- Ellipsis
- Exclamation Point
- Hyphen
- Italics
- Paragraph
- Parentheses and Brackets
- Period
- Question Mark
- Quotation Marks
- Semicolon
- Slash
- 8. Reference Resources
- Introduction
- Dictionaries
- Thesauri
- Other Reference Books
- Electronic Reference Sources
- 9. Glossary of Grammatical Terms