Writing Matters: A Handbook for Writing and Research (Comprehensive Edition with Exercises) [Rental Edition]
, by HOWARD- ISBN: 9781260860306 | 1260860302
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 10/21/2021
Chapter 1: Writing Responsibly, Writing Successfully
Chapter 2: Planning Your Project
Chapter 3: Organizing and Drafting Your Project
Chapter 4: Crafting and Connecting Paragraphs
Chapter 5: Drafting and Revising Visuals
Chapter 6: Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting
Part Two: Reasoning Matters: Reading, Thinking, and Arguing
Chapter 7: Thinking and Reading Critically
Chapter 8: Applying Analysis and Crafting Arguments
Part Three: Media Matters: Designing, Writing, and Presenting
Chapter 9: Designing Accessible Print and Digital Documents
Chapter 10: Writing for Multiple Media
Chapter 11: Presenting with Multiple Media
Part Four: Research Matters: Finding, Evaluating, and Citing Sources
Chapter 12: Planning a Research Project
Chapter 13: Finding Information
Chapter 14: Evaluating Information
Chapter 15: Overcoming Fear of Plagiarizing: Paraphrase, Summary, and Rhetorical Note-Taking
Chapter 16: Writing the Research Project
Chapter 17: Citing Rhetorically
Part Five: Documentation Matters
Chapter 18: Documenting Sources: MLA Style
Chapter 19: Documenting Sources: APA Style
Chapter 20: Documenting Sources: Chicago Style
Chapter 21: Documenting Sources: CSE Style
Part Six: Genre Matters: Writing in and Beyond College
Chapter 22: Writing in Literature and Other Humanities
Chapter 23: Writing in the Sciences and Social Sciences
Chapter 24: Preparing for and Taking an Essay Exam
Chapter 25: Professional and Civic Writing
Part Seven: Style Matters: Writing Engagingly
Chapter 26: Writing Concisely
Chapter 27: Using Coordination and Subordination
Chapter 28: Using Parallelism
Chapter 29: Engaging Readers with Variety and Emphasis
Chapter 30: Choosing Appropriate Language
Chapter 31: Choosing Effective Words
Chapter 32: Using the Dictionary and Spelling Correctly
Part Eight: Grammar Matters: Writing with Clarity
Chapter 33: Understanding Grammar
Chapter 34: Avoiding Sentence Fragments
Chapter 35: Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Chapter 36: Maintaining Agreement
Chapter 37: Using Verbs
Chapter 38: Understanding Pronoun Case and Reference
Chapter 39: Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 40: Avoiding Confusing Shifts
Chapter 41: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Chapter 42: Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Constructions
Part Nine: Language Matters: Guidance for Multilingual Writers
Chapter 43: Understanding English Word Order and Sentence Structure
Chapter 44: Using Nouns and Noun Determiners
Chapter 45: Managing English Verbs
Chapter 46: Managing Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 47: Using Prepositions
Part Ten: Detail Matters: Punctuation and Mechanics
Chapter 48: Using Commas
Chapter 49: Using Semicolons
Chapter 50: Using Apostrophes
Chapter 51: Using Quotation Marks
Chapter 52: Using End Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points
Chapter 53: Using Other Punctuation: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, Colons, Ellipses, and Slashes
Chapter 54: Capitalizing
Chapter 55: Italics and Underlining
Chapter 56: Using Abbreviations
Chapter 57: Using Numbers
Chapter 58: Using Hyphens
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