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9780131787834
I. WORKING AS A WRITER. 1. Writers at Work. 2. Preparing to Write. 3. Making a Point. 4. Making Choices about Plagiarism. 5. Creating a Structure. 6. Drafting. 7. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading. II. SHAPING LANGUAGE. 8. Making Choices about Language. 9. Writing Stylish Sentences. 10. Shaping Effective Paragraphs. III. PRESENTING YOUR WRITING. 11. Designing Documents. 12. Enhancing Visual Style. 13. Writing for the Web. 14. Giving Oral Presentations. 15. Model Documents. IV. WRITING ARGUMENTS. 16. Reading and Responding Critically. 17. Strategies of Argument. 18. Visual Arguments. 19. Writing a Literary or Popular Culture Analysis. V. RESEARCH. 20. Doing Research. 21. Finding Information. 22. Evaluating Sources. 23. Using Sources Responsibly. 24. Using Quotations Effectively. 25. Collecting Source Information for Documentation. VI. DOCUMENTATION. 26. MLA. 27. APA. 28. CMS Documentation. 29. CSE Documentation. 30. COS Documentation. VII. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR. 31. Key Grammatical Terms. 32. The Shape of Sentences. 33. Sentences, Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons. 34. Modifiers. 35. Subject-Verb Agreement. 36. Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood. 37. Pronouns. 38. Suggestions for ESL Writers. VIII. UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS. 39. End Punctuation. 40. Commas. 41. Semicolons and Colons. 42. Quotation Marks and Ellipses. 43. Parentheses and Brackets. 44. Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes. 45. Italics and Capitalization. 46. Apostrophes, Abbreviations, and Numbers. 47. Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus. Almanac. Glossary of Usage. Index.Ruszkiewicz, John J. is the author of 'Sf Writer', published 2004 under ISBN 9780131787834 and ISBN 0131787837.
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