The college writer's reference / Toby Fulwiler, Alan R. Hayakawa.
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TextPublication details: Upper Saddle River, New Jersey : Prentice Hall, 2005.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xiii, 464 pages : color illustrations ; 21 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0131787306
- 808.042
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Includes index.
A writer's questions -- The writing process -- Writing to discover -- Journal writing -- Reflecting on experience -- Explaining concepts -- Writing interpretive essays -- Arguing positions -- Revising -- Editing -- Beginning the research process -- Conducting library research -- Conducting internet research -- Conducting field research -- Evaluating research sources -- Using sources -- Designing written documents -- Writing for the world wide web -- Portfolios and publishing -- Making oral presentations -- Paragraph structure -- Strong openings -- Thoughtful closings -- Powerful sentences -- Concise sentences -- Strong verbs -- Specific nouns and modifiers -- The right word -- Unbiased language -- Proofreading -- Commas -- Semicolons -- Colons -- End punctuation -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- Parentheses and brackets -- Dashes, slashes, and ellipsis points -- Spelling -- Capitalization -- Hyphens -- Numbers -- Abbreviations -- Italics and underlining -- Eliminating sentence fragments -- Eliminating comma splices and fused sentences -- Eliminating shifts and mixed construction -- Using verbs correctly -- Making verbs agree with subjects -- Using pronouns correctly -- Working with adjectives and adverbs -- Positioning modifiers.