The Facts On File Guide To Good Writing

Offering clear, straightforward guidance, The Facts On File Guide to Good Writing outlines the basics of writing for anyone looking to improve writing skills or knowledge of the English language.

Martin H. Manser is a reference book writer and editor based in England

Introduction

ix

PART I THE WRITING PROCESS

Introduction

3

(1)

The Four Stages of the Writing Process

4

(3)

Preparing to Write

7

(41)

Thinking and Researching

7

(15)

Paraphrasing and Summarizing

22

(7)

Quotations

29

(7)

Thinking and Researching: An Overview

36

(1)

Planning

36

(11)

Planning: An Overview

47

(1)

Writing Your Document

48

(24)

Getting Started

48

(6)

Your Authorial Voice

54

(9)

Composition: Paragraphs

63

(8)

Writing: An Overview

71

(1)

Revising Your Document

72

(25)

How to Revise

72

(2)

Revision Checklist

74

(1)

An Example of Revising a Text

75

(11)

Checking for Consistency

86

(2)

Proofreading

88

(1)

References

89

(3)

Revision: An Overview

92

(3)

PART II WRITING FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction

95

(2)

Grammar

97

(74)

Introduction

97

(1)

Nouns

98

(11)

Adjectives

109

(5)

Determiners

114

(1)

Verbs

115

(17)

Adverbs

132

(3)

Pronouns

135

(6)

Prepositions

141

(3)

Conjunctions

144

(4)

Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences

148

(19)

Reporting Speech

167

(4)

Words in Use

171

(58)

Introduction

171

(1)

Vocabulary

171

(5)

Spelling

176

(9)

Prefixes and Suffixes

185

(8)

Foreign Words and Phrases

193

(9)

Abbreviations and Symbols

202

(15)

Numbers

217

(2)

Sensitive Terms

219

(8)

Slang

227

(2)

Words Often Confused

229

(108)

Punctuation

337

(23)

Introduction

337

(1)

Punctuation Marks

338

(1)

Apostrophe

338

(2)

Capital Letters

340

(1)

Colon

340

(2)

Comma

342

(5)

Dash

347

(1)

Ellipsis

348

(1)

Exclamation Point

349

(1)

Hyphen

350

(2)

Italics

352

(1)

Paragraph

353

(1)

Parentheses and Brackets

353

(1)

Period

354

(1)

Question Mark

355

(1)

Quotation Marks

356

(2)

Semicolon

358

(1)

Slash

359

(1)

Reference Resources

360

(5)

Introduction

360

(1)

Dictionaries

360

(1)

Thesauri

361

(1)

Other Reference Books

362

(1)

Electronic Reference Sources

363

(2)

Glossary of Grammatical Terms

365

(18)

Index

383

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