Writers Inc,9780669529944

Writers Inc

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Edition: 6th
ISBN13: 9780669529944
ISBN10: 066952994X
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-01-01
Publisher(s): Great Source Education Group Inc
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Table of Contents

The Process of Writing
Understanding the Writing Process
Why Write?p. 1
Writing as a Processp. 3
One Writer's Processp. 9
Traits of Effective Writingp. 21
Writing with a Computerp. 27
Publishing Your Writingp. 33
Using the Writing Process
A Guide to Prewritingp. 41
A Guide to Draftingp. 53
A Guide to Revisingp. 59
A Guide to Group Advisingp. 73
A Guide to Editing and Proofreadingp. 79
Basic Elements of Writing
Writing Sentencesp. 85
Writing Paragraphsp. 99
The Art of Writing
Writing with Stylep. 111
Writer's Resourcep. 121
The Forms of Writing
Personal Writing
Journal Writingp. 131
Descriptive Writingp. 135
Narrative Writingp. 139
Creative Writing
Writing Stories and Playsp. 151
Writing Poetryp. 163
Poetry Termsp. 170
Academic Writing
Writing Expository Essaysp. 173
Other Forms of Expository Writingp. 183
Process Essayp. 184
Essay of Definitionp. 186
Cause-Effect Essayp. 188
Comparison-Contrast Essayp. 191
Essay of Opposing Ideasp. 194
Writing Persuasive Essaysp. 197
Other Forms of Persuasive Writingp. 207
Pet Peeve Essayp. 208
Editorialp. 210
Personal Commentaryp. 212
Problem-Solution Essayp. 214
Essay of Argumentationp. 217
Writing a Position Paperp. 221
The Forms of Writing
Responding to Literature
Personal Responses to Literaturep. 233
Writing a Book Reviewp. 239
Writing a Literary Analysisp. 245
Literary Termsp. 253
Research Writing
Writing the Research Paperp. 263
Writing Responsiblyp. 273
MLA Documentation Stylep. 281
Sample MLA Research Paperp. 299
APA Documentation Stylep. 309
Workplace Writing
Writing Business Lettersp. 321
Special Forms of Workplace Writingp. 329
Memosp. 330
E-Mail Messagesp. 332
Brochuresp. 334
Resumesp. 336
The Tools of Writing
Searching for Information
Types of Informationp. 339
Using the Internetp. 347
Using the Libraryp. 353
Reading Skills
Reading Graphicsp. 367
Critical Reading Skillsp. 373
Improving Vocabulary Skillsp. 385
Study Skills
Improving Classroom Skillsp. 401
Listening and Note-Taking Skillsp. 407
Writing to Learnp. 415
Test-Taking Skillsp. 423
Taking Exit and Entrance Examsp. 437
Speaking, Thinking, and Viewing Skills
Speech Skillsp. 453
Multimedia Reportsp. 465
Thinking Skillsp. 469
Viewing Skillsp. 479
Proofreader's Guide
Marking Punctuation
Periodp. 487
Question Markp. 488
Exclamation Pointp. 488
Commap. 489
Semicolonp. 493
Colonp. 494
Hyphenp. 495
Apostrophep. 498
Quotation Marksp. 500
Italics (Underlining)p. 502
Parenthesesp. 503
Dashp. 504
Ellipsisp. 505
Bracketsp. 506
Checking Mechanics
Capitalizationp. 507
Pluralsp. 510
Numbersp. 512
Abbreviationsp. 513
Acronyms and Initialismsp. 515
Commonly Misspelled Wordsp. 517
Using the Right Wordp. 523
Parts of Speech
Nounp. 533
Pronounp. 535
Verbp. 539
Adjectivep. 545
Adverbp. 546
Prepositionp. 547
Conjunctionp. 548
Interjectionp. 548
Using the Language
Constructing Sentencesp. 550
Using Phrasesp. 552
Using Clausesp. 553
Using Sentence Varietyp. 554
Diagramming Sentencesp. 556
Getting Sentence Parts to Agreep. 558
Using Fair Languagep. 561
Student Almanac
Language
Manual Alphabetp. 565
The History of the English Languagep. 566
Traffic Signsp. 568
Common Parliamentary Proceduresp. 569
Six-Year Calendarp. 570
Science
Weights and Measuresp. 571
The Metric Systemp. 573
Handy Conversion Factorsp. 574
Periodic Table of the Elementsp. 575
Our Solar Systemp. 576
Computer and Internet Termsp. 577
Mathematics
Math Symbolsp. 581
Math Tablesp. 582
Math Termsp. 583
Geography
Using the Mapsp. 589
World Mapsp. 591
Index to World Mapsp. 601
Government
Branches of the U.S. Federal Governmentp. 603
The U.S. Constitutionp. 604
U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidentsp. 607
Order of Presidential Successionp. 608
History
Historical Time Linep. 609
Indexp. 620
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