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A writer's reference / Diana Hacker.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston : Bedford/St. Martin's, �2003.Edition: 5th edDescription: xxii, 466, 29 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0312397674
  • 9780312397678
  • 0312413696
  • 9780312413699
  • 0312412622
  • 9780312412623
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 428.2/ 21 HAC
LOC classification:
  • PE1408 .H2778 2003
Online resources:
Contents:
Composition/Style. C. Composing and revising -- C1. Planning -- C2. Drafting -- C3. Revising -- C4. Writing paragraphs -- C5. Constructing arguments -- Sample paper -- C6. Evaluating arguments -- D. Document design -- D1. Principles of document design -- D2. Academic manuscript formats -- D3. Business documents -- D4. Electronic documents -- S. Sentence style -- S1. Parallelism -- S2. Needed words -- S3. Problems with modifiers -- S4. Shifts -- S5. Mixed constructions -- S6. Emphasis -- S7. Variety -- W. Word choice -- W1. Glossary of usage -- W2. Wordy sentences -- W3. Active verbs -- W4. Appropriate language -- W5. Exact language -- W6. The dictionary and thesaurus --
Correctness. G. Grammatical sentences -- G1. Subject-verb agreement -- G2. Other problems with verbs -- G3. Problems with pronouns -- G4. Adjectives and adverbs -- G5. Sentence fragments -- G6. Run-on sentences -- T. ESL trouble spots -- T1. Articles -- T2. Special problems with verbs -- T3. Sentence structure -- T4. Other trouble spots -- P. Punctuation -- P1. The comma -- P2. Unnecessary commas -- P3. The semicolon -- P4. The colon -- P5. The apostrophe -- P6. Quotation marks -- P7. Other marks -- M. Mechanics -- M1. Spelling -- M2. The hyphen -- M3. Capitalization -- M4. Abbreviations -- M5. Numbers -- M6. Italics (underlining) --
Research/basic grammar. R. Researching -- R1. Conducting research -- R2. Evaluating sources -- R3. Managing information ; avoiding plagiarism -- R4. Choosing a style of documentation -- MLA. MLA papers -- MLA-1. Supporting a thesis -- MLA-2. Avoiding plagiarism -- MLA-3. Integrating sources -- MLA-4. Documenting sources -- MLA-5. Manuscript format -- Sample paper -- APA and CMS papers (coverage parallels MLA's) -- APA-1 -- APA-2 -- APA-3 -- APA-4 -- APA-5 -- Sample paper -- CMS-1 -- CMS-2 -- CMS-3 -- CMS-4 -- CMS-5 -- Sample pages -- B. Basic grammar -- B1. Parts of speech -- B2. Parts of sentences -- B3. Subordinate word groups -- B4. Sentence types -- Index.
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Includes index.

Composition/Style. C. Composing and revising -- C1. Planning -- C2. Drafting -- C3. Revising -- C4. Writing paragraphs -- C5. Constructing arguments -- Sample paper -- C6. Evaluating arguments -- D. Document design -- D1. Principles of document design -- D2. Academic manuscript formats -- D3. Business documents -- D4. Electronic documents -- S. Sentence style -- S1. Parallelism -- S2. Needed words -- S3. Problems with modifiers -- S4. Shifts -- S5. Mixed constructions -- S6. Emphasis -- S7. Variety -- W. Word choice -- W1. Glossary of usage -- W2. Wordy sentences -- W3. Active verbs -- W4. Appropriate language -- W5. Exact language -- W6. The dictionary and thesaurus --

Correctness. G. Grammatical sentences -- G1. Subject-verb agreement -- G2. Other problems with verbs -- G3. Problems with pronouns -- G4. Adjectives and adverbs -- G5. Sentence fragments -- G6. Run-on sentences -- T. ESL trouble spots -- T1. Articles -- T2. Special problems with verbs -- T3. Sentence structure -- T4. Other trouble spots -- P. Punctuation -- P1. The comma -- P2. Unnecessary commas -- P3. The semicolon -- P4. The colon -- P5. The apostrophe -- P6. Quotation marks -- P7. Other marks -- M. Mechanics -- M1. Spelling -- M2. The hyphen -- M3. Capitalization -- M4. Abbreviations -- M5. Numbers -- M6. Italics (underlining) --

Research/basic grammar. R. Researching -- R1. Conducting research -- R2. Evaluating sources -- R3. Managing information ; avoiding plagiarism -- R4. Choosing a style of documentation -- MLA. MLA papers -- MLA-1. Supporting a thesis -- MLA-2. Avoiding plagiarism -- MLA-3. Integrating sources -- MLA-4. Documenting sources -- MLA-5. Manuscript format -- Sample paper -- APA and CMS papers (coverage parallels MLA's) -- APA-1 -- APA-2 -- APA-3 -- APA-4 -- APA-5 -- Sample paper -- CMS-1 -- CMS-2 -- CMS-3 -- CMS-4 -- CMS-5 -- Sample pages -- B. Basic grammar -- B1. Parts of speech -- B2. Parts of sentences -- B3. Subordinate word groups -- B4. Sentence types -- Index.

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