Bibliograph

A writer's handbook, developing writing skills for university students, edited by Leslie E. Casson

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A writer's handbook, developing writing skills for university students, edited by Leslie E. Casson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

A writer's handbook

Nature of contents

handbooksbibliography

Responsibility statement

edited by Leslie E. Casson

Sub title

developing writing skills for university students

Table Of Contents

Understanding the Assignment. Looking for action -- Different verbs, different essays -- Planning and Outlining. Gathering material -- What/How/Why -- Organizing material: developing your thesis and outline -- Paragraphs. The long and the short of it -- What/How/Why...again -- Focus and coherence -- Transitions -- Beginnings and endings -- Know your project -- Stylistic decisions. Editing with your ears -- Content vs. grammar -- To be or not... Prepositional phrases -- Tone -- Beware your thesaurus -- Figurative language -- Be precise and realistic -- Essential grammar. Clauses -- Voice: passive or active? -- Making contact: working with connectors -- She or her, who or whom? It all depends on the case -- Mood -- Punctuation. That's all I have to say. Period. -- Connecting ideas: commas and dashes --Connecting more ideas: colons and semicolons -- Exclamation points! -- Ellipses and brackets: clarifying quoted material -- Contraction and possession: the apostrophe -- Apostrophes and plurals -- - -- Documentation -- Business writing -- Writing in the sciences. Appendices. Confusable words : usage and misusage -- Recommended writing guides

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