The College Writer's Reference (Tabbed Version)

For Freshman Composition courses.   Focuses on undergraduate writers' needs through a process approach, examining the different but overlapping stages of planning, composing, researching, revising, and editing.   Backed by Toby Fulwiler's 35 years of experience as a composition teacher and Alan Hayakawa's 25 years as a practicing journalist, The College Writer's Reference continues to do what it does best: explaining and illustrating the qualities of good contemporary writing as well as the traditional logic behind the conventions of grammar, spelling, punctuation, and usage. The text focuses on undergraduate writers' needs through a process approach, examining the different but overlapping stages of planning, composing, researching, revising, and editing. Taking this approach into account, the authors have found it easy to see that students who know how to analyze and address individual rhetorical situations are more likely to succeed both across the curriculum and in the world beyond college.   Part of the MyCompLab Series Student edition now availble with MyCompLab and e-book, at no additional cost. Providing more opportunities for practice, assessment and instruction than any similar site, MyCompLab is a dynamic online resource for the Composition course.  It offers market-leading tools for improving grammar, writing and research skills with comprehensive results tracking so students and instructors can gauge student progress.  Easy to use and easy to integrate into the classroom, MyCompLab engages students as it builds confidence and helps them to be better writers and researchers.  MyCompLab is an incredible value for your students – we'll provide them with pre-paid access when they purchase a new Prentice Hall English textbook. Visit MyCompLab at www.mycomplab.com

Table of Contents:
Credits   Box Lists   Preface   Part ONE: Reading and Writing in College   1. Why Writing Matters 2.  The Writing Process 3.  Keeping a Journal  4.  Strategies for Starting 5. Reading and Writing with Images    Part TWO: COMPOSING COLLEGE PAPERS   6.  Reflecting on Experience 7.  Explaining Concepts 8.  Arguing For and Against 9.  Writing About Literature 10.  The Revising Process   Part THREE: The Research Process   11. Beginning the Research Process   12. Conducting Library Research   13. Conducting Internet Research  14. Conducting Field Research   15. Evaluating Research Sources   16. Using Research Sources   17.  Avoiding Plagiarism   PART FOUR: Writing in the Disciplines (MLA, APA, CMS)                                                        18. Understanding the Differences Among the Disciplines 19. MLA: Writing in Languages and Literature 20. APA: Writing in the Social Sciences21. CMS: Writing in the Arts and Humanities  22. Writing in the Physical and Biological Sciences 23. Writing in Business   Part FIVE: Publishing and Presenting   24. Designing Printed Documents   25.  Writing for the Internet 26.  Writing for the World 27.  Portfolios and Class Books   28.  Making Oral Presentations   Part SIX: Editing: Clarity   29. The Editing Process 30. Paragraph Structure    31. Strong Openings    32. Thoughtful Closings    33. Concise Language 34. Vital sentences    35. The Right Word    36. Unbiased Language    37. Proofreading   Part SEVEN: Editing: Grammar   38. Sentence Patterns 39.  Sentence Fragments   40.  Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences   41.  Shifts and Mixed Constructions   42. Verbs   43.  Subject-Verb Agreement 44.  Pronouns 45.  Adjectives and Adverbs   46. Modifier Placement 47. Grammar Terms   Part EIGHT: Editing: Punctuation   48. Commas   49. Semicolons   50. Colons   51.  End Punctuation  52.  Apostrophes   53. Quotation Marks   54.  Parentheses and Brackets   55.  Dashes, Slashes, and Ellipsis Points     Part NINE: Editing: Conventions of Written English   56. Spelling   57. Capitalization   58.  Hyphens   59.  Numbers   60.  Abbreviations  61.  Italics and Underlining     Part TEN: Glossary/Index   62. Glossary of Terms   ESL Index Index  WAC Box List Editing Symbols