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Designed for courses in first year composition and writing- intensive courses in other disciplines. The tabbed section dividers, spiral-binding, and accessible 2-colour format of this compact handbook will help students readily find the information they need on grammar, usage, and every phase of the writing or research process. The unique action-oriented "How to ..." boxes provide writers with constructive guidelines for advancing their compositions at every step, from invention through revision and editing. Abundant practical suggestions assist students with assignments in composition classes and with more specialized assignments in other writing-intensive classes. Praised by reviewers for its user-friendly tone, The Ready Reference Handbook, Canadian Edition, gives students positive encouragement in solving editing problems and writing effective essays. In addition, the text is more comprehensive than any other compact handbook available - with more detail on the writing process, research, argumentation and persuasion, and writing about literature.

Table of Contents:
I. THE WRITING PROCESS. A. Composing. 1. "Inventing" Your Writing.2. Planning, Organizing, and Outlining.3. Writing, Revising, and Editing.4. Writing with Computers, Revising with Your Peers.B.Paragraphing. 5. Unifying Your Paragraphs.6. Developing Paragraphs, Writing Introductions and Conclusions.7. Creating Coherence. II. SENTENCE EDITING. C. Identifying Grammar Elements. 8. Parts of Speech.9. Sentence Parts.10. Phrases, Clauses, and Sentence Types.D. Editing Grammar and Usage. 11. Editing Sentence Fragments.12. Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.13. Choosing Verbs Forms.14. Making Subjects and Verbs Agree.15. Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree.16. Making Pronoun Reference Clear.17. Choosing Pronoun Case Forms.18. Choosing Adjectives and Adverbs.19. Putting Linked Words in Parallel Form. III. CRAFTING SENTENCES, CHOOSING WORDS. E. Crafting Sentences. 20. Writing Emphatically.21. Adding Variety.22. Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Messages.23. Placing Modifiers.24. Avoiding Faulty Shifts.F. Choosing Words. 25. Choosing Exact Words.26. Choosing Vivid Words.27. Choosing Appropriate Words.28. Editing Wordiness.29. A Guide to Usage: Troublesome Words and Phrases. IV. IDIOMATIC ENGLISH G. Guide to Idiomatic English 30. Articles and Quantifiers.31. Verbs.32. More Grammar. V.PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS. H. Punctuating. 33. End Punctuation.34. The Comma.35. The Semicolon.36. The Colon.37. The Apostrophe.38. Quotation Marks.39. Other Punctuation.I. Mechanics, Spelling, and Formatting. 40. Capital Letters.41. Italics or Underlining.42. Abbreviations.43. Numbers.44. The Hyphen.45. Spelling.46. Designing and Formatting Your Writing. VI. RESEARCH - MLA CITATIONS. J. The Research Project. 47. Getting Started.48. Finding Sources and Preparing a Bibliography.49. Evaluating Sources and Writing Research Notes.50. Planning, Writing, Using Sources, and Revising.K. MLA Documentation. 51. Writing In-text Citations.52. Preparing the "Works Cited."53. A Sample MLA Research Project (with Title Page and Outline). VII. APA AND OTHER DOCUMENTATION. L. Other Documentation Styles. 54. Using the APA Style.55. Using Footnotes or Endnotes (the Chicago Style).56. Style Manuals. VIII. WRITING ASSIGNMENTS. M. Argument and Persuasion 57. Creating Logical Arguments.58. Writing Persuasively.N. Other Writing Projects. 59. Writing About Literature.60. Essay Examinations.61. Business and Professional Writing.Index.Publication Data


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780205275304
  • Publisher: Pearson Canada, Toronto
  • Publisher Imprint: Pearson Canada, Toronto
  • Language: English
  • Sub Title: Writing, Revising, Editing, Canadian Edition
  • ISBN-10: 0205275303
  • Publisher Date: 28 Feb 1998
  • Binding: Paperback
  • No of Pages: 450


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