Wordsmith: a guide to college writing./ Pamela Arlov.
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TextPublisher: Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Prentice Hall, 2010Edition: 4th edDescription: xviii, 606 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 cmISBN: 9780136050568; 0136050565Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric | English language -- Grammar | College readers | Report writingDDC classification: 808/.042 LOC classification: PE1408.A69 | Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes indexes.
The writing process -- Preparing to write -- Building a framework: thesis and organization -- Introducing the essay -- Developing body paragraphs -- Concluding the essay -- Revising, proofreading, and formatting -- Showing and telling: description, narration, and example -- Limiting and ordering: definition, classification, and process -- Examining logical connections: comparison-contrast, cause-effect, and argument -- Writing a summary -- Writing a research paper -- Verbs and subjects -- Subject-verb agreement -- Coordination and subordination -- Run-on sentences -- Sentence fragments -- Pronoun case -- Pronoun agreement, reference, and point of view -- Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Parallel structure -- Verb shifts -- Sentences with style -- Commas -- Other punctuation -- Word choice -- Words commonly confused -- Capital letters -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks, underlining, and italics.
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