A writer's resource : a handbook for writing and research

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A writer's resource : a handbook for writing and research

Elaine P. Maimon, Janice H. Peritz, Kathleen Blake Yancey

McGraw-Hill, c2007

2nd ed

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The second edition of A Writer's Resource draws on its authors' 20 years of research into writing in college and provides the most extensive technological support available, forming an indispensable resource for learning, writing, researching, and editing. The second edition features a stonger focus on visual rhetoric, new documentation flowcharts, a new chapter on multimedia assignments, enhanced coverage of note-taking and plagiarism, new online peer review utilities (as well as course management utilities for instructors), and more!

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  • *new to this edition 1. Learning across the Curriculum 1. Writing to Learna. Studying the world through a range of disciplinesb. Using writing as a tool for learningc. Taking responsibility for reading, writing, and researchd. Recognizing that writing improves with practice *2. Learning in a Multimedia Worlda. Becoming aware of the persuasive power of imagesb. Making effective use of multimedia elementsc. Taking advantage of online and other electronic tools for learning 3. Learning in English as a Second Languagea. Becoming aware of cultural differences in communicationb. Using writing to learn more about Englishc. Using learning tools that are available for multilingual students 2. Writing and Designing Papers 4. Reading, Thinking, Writing: The Critical Connectiona. Reading criticallyb. Thinking criticallyc. Writing critically 5. Planning and Shapinga. Learning how to approach assignmentsb. Exploring your ideasc. Developing a working thesisd. Planning a structure that suits your assignment*e. Considering visuals 6. Draftinga. Using online tools for draftingb. Developing ideas and using visualsc. Writing focused, clearly organized paragraphs*d. Integrating visuals effectively 7. Revising and Editinga. Getting comments from readersb. Using online tools for revisingc. Focusing on the purpose of your writingd. Testing your thesise. Reviewing the structure of your paper as a whole f. Revising for paragraph development, paragraph unity, and coherence*g. Revising visualsh. Editing sentences i. Proofreading carefullyj. Using campus, Internet, and community resourcesk. Learning from one student's revisions 8. Designing Academic Papers and Portfoliosa. Considering audience and purposeb. Using computer toolbarsc. Thinking intentionally about design*d. Compiling a portfolio 3. Common Assignments across the Curriculum 9. Informative Reportsa. Understanding the assignmentb. Approaching writing an informative report as a processc. Student paper: Informative reportd. Writing reviews of the literature 10. Interpretive Analyses and Writing about Literaturea. Understanding the assignmentb. Approaching writing an interpretive analysis as a processc. Student paper: Interpretive analysis 11. Argumentsa. Understanding the assignmentb. Approaching writing an argument as a processc. Student paper: Argument 12. Other Kinds of Writing Assignmentsa. Personal essaysb. Lab reports in the experimental sciencesc. Case studies in the social sciencesd. Essays examse. Coauthored projects *13. Oral Presentationsa. Planning and shaping your presentationb. Drafting your presentationc. Preparing for your presentation *14. Multimedia Writinga. Learning about tools for creating multimedia textsb. Analyzing imagesc. Creating a hypertext essayd. Creating multimedia presentationse. Creating a Web sitef. Creating and interacting with weblogs 4. Writing beyond College 15. Service Learning and Community-Service Writinga. Addressing the community on behalf of your organization or yourselfb. Designing brochures, posters, and newsletters *16. Letters to Raise Awareness and Share Concern 17. Writing to Get and Keep a Joba. Exploring internship possibilitiesb. Keeping an up-to-date resumec. Writing an application letterd. Preparing for a job interviewe. Applying college writing to writing on the jobf. Writing as a consumer 5. Researching 18. Understanding Researcha.Understanding primary and secondary researchb.Recognizing the connection between research and college writingc.Choosing an interesting research questiond.Understanding the research assignmente.Creating a research plan 19. Finding and Managing Print and Online Sourcesa. Using the library in person and onlineb. Consulting various kinds of sourcesc. Understanding keywords and keyword searchesd. Using printed and online reference workse. Using print indexes and online databasesf. Using search engines and subject directories to find Internet sourcesg. Using your library's online catalog or card catalog to find booksh. Taking advantage of printed and online government documentsi. Exploring online communication *20. Finding and Creating Effective Visualsa. Finding quantitative data and displaying it visuallyb. Searching for appropriate images in online and print sources 21. Evaluating Sourcesa. Questioning print sourcesb. Questioning Internet sourcesc. Evaluating a source's arguments 22. Doing Research in the Archive, Field, and Laba. Adhering to ethical principlesb. Preparing yourself for archival researchc. Planning your field research carefullyd. Keeping a notebook when doing lab research 23. Working with Sources and Avoiding Plagiarisma. Maintaining a working bibliographyb. Taking notes on your sourcesc. Taking stock of and synthesizing what you have learned d. Integrating quotations, paraphrases, and summaries*e. Avoiding plagiarism and copyright infringement 24. Writing the Papera. Planning and drafting your paperb. Revising your draftc. Documenting your sources 25. Discipline-Specific Resources in the Library and on the Internet 6. MLA Documentation Style26. MLA Style: In-Text CitationsMLA In-Text Citations: Directory to Sample Types27. MLA Style: List of Works CitedMLA Works-Cited Entries: Directory to Sample Types28. MLA Style: Explanatory Notes29. MLA Style: Paper Format30. Student Paper in MLA Style 7. APA Documentation Style31. APA Style: In-Text CitationsAPA In-Text Citations: Directory to Sample Types32. APA Style: ReferencesAPA Reference Entries: Directory to Sample Types33. APA Style: Paper Format34. Student Paper in APA Style 8. Chicago and CSE Documentation Styles35. Chicago Documentation Stylea. Chicago style: In-text citations and notesb. Chicago style: Bibliographyc. Sample Chicago-style notes and bibliography entriesd. Sample from a student paper in Chicago style 36. CSE Documentation: Name-Year StyleCSE Name-Year Style: Directory to Sample Typesa. CSE name-year style: In-text citationsb. CSE name-year style: List of referencesc. CSE name-year style: Sample references list 37. CSE Documentation: Number styleCSE Number Style: Directory to Sample Typesa. CSE number style: In-text citationsb. CSE number style: List of referencesc. CSE number style: Sample references list 9. Editing for Clarity 38. Wordy Sentencesa. Eliminating redundanciesb. Avoiding unnecessary repetitionc. Replacing wordy phrasesd. Reducing clauses and phrasese. Combining sentencesf. Making sentences straightforward 39. Missing Wordsa. Adding words needed in compound structuresb. Including that when it is needed for clarityc. Making comparisons cleard. Adding articles (a, an, the) where necessary 40. Mixed Constructionsa. Untangling mixed-up sentence structuresb. Making sure predicates fit subjectsc. Editing sentences with is when, is where, the reason . . . is because 41. Confusing Shiftsa. Making your point of view consistent in person and numberb. Keeping verb tenses consistentc. Avoiding unnecessary shifts in mood and voiced. Avoiding shifts between direct and indirect quotations and questions 42. Faulty Parallelisma. Making items in a series parallelb. Making paired ideas parallelc. Repeating function words as needed 43. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiersa. Putting modifiers close to the words they modifyb. Clarifying ambiguous modifiersc. Moving disruptive modifiersd. Checking split infinitives for ambiguitye. Fixing dangling modifiers 44. Coordination and Subordinationa. Using coordination to express equal ideasb. Using subordination to express unequal ideasc. Avoiding subordination of major ideasd. Combining short, choppy sentencese. Avoiding excessive subordination 45. Sentence Varietya. Varying sentence openingsb. Varying sentence length and structurec. Including cumulative and periodic sentences and rhetorical questionsd. Trying inversions 46. Active Verbsa. Considering alternatives to be verbsb. Preferring the active voice 47. Appropriate Languagea. Avoiding slang, regionalisms, and nonstandard Englishb. Using an appropriate level of formalityc. Avoiding jargond. Avoiding euphemisms and doublespeake. Removing biased or sexist language 48. Exact Languagea. Choosing words with suitable connotationsb. Including specific, concrete wordsc. Using standard idiomsd. Avoiding clichese. Creating suitable figures of speechf. Avoiding misuse of words 49. The Dictionary and the Thesaurusa. Using the dictionary as a habitb. Consulting a thesaurus50. Glossary of Usage 10. Editing for Grammar Conventions 51. Sentence Fragmentsa. Identifying sentence fragmentsb. Editing sentence fragmentsc. Phrases as fragmentsd. Dependent clauses as fragments 52. Comma S plices and Run-on Sentencesa. Identifying commas splices and run-on sentencesb. Learning five ways to edit commas splices and run-on sentencesc. Joining two clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunctiond. Joining two clauses with a semicolone. Separating the clauses into two sentencesf. Making one clause dependentg. Transforming two clauses into one clause 53. Subject-Verb Agreementa. Standard subject-verb combinationsb. A word group between subject and verbc. Compound subjects connected by conjunctions (and, but, either . . .or)d. Collective subjects (committee, jury)e. Indefinite subjects (everybody, no one)f. Subject following verbg. Subject complementsh. Relative pronouns (who, which, that)i. -ing phrases (gerund phrases) as subjectsj. Titles, company names, words considered as words 54. Problems with Verbsa. Principal forms of regular and irregular verbsb. Lay and lie, sit and set, rise and raisec. -s or -es endingsd. -d or -ed endingse. Complete verbsf. Verb tensesg. Past perfect tenseh. Special uses of the present tensei. Tense with infinitives and participlesj. Mood 55. Problems with Pronounsa. Pronoun-antecedent agreementb. Pronoun referencec. Making pronouns consistentd. Pronoun case (for example, I vs. me)e. Who vs. whom 56. Problems with Adjectives and Adverbsa. Adverbsb. Adjectivesc. Positive, comparative, and superlative adjectives and adverbsd. Double negatives 11. Editing for Correctness: Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling 57. CommasCommon Uses of the Commaa.Introductory word groupsb.Items in a seriesc.Independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunctiond.Series of adjectivese.Nonessential additions to a sentencef.Transitional and parenthetical expressions, contrasting comments, absolute phrasesg.Words of direct address, yes and no, mild interjections, tag questionsh.Direct quotationsi.Parts of dates, letters, addresses, people's titles, and numbersj.Omitted words or phrases, confusing combinationsCommon Misuses of the Commak.To separate major elements in an independent clausel.In front of the first or following the final item in a seriesm.To separate compound word groups that are not independent clausesn.To set off restrictive modifiers, appositives, or slightly parenthetical elementso.Other common errors 58. Semicolonsa. Independent clausesb. Independent clauses with transitional expressionsc. Items in a series that contain commasd. Common errors 59. Colonsa. With lists, appositives, or quotationsb. With a second independent clause that elaborates on the first onec. Other conventional usesd. Common errors 60. Apostrophesa. To indicate possessionb. For missing letters in contractions and for missing numbersc. Distinguishing between possessive pronouns and contractionsd. To form plural numbers, letters, abbreviations, words used as wordse. Common errors 61. Quotation Marksa. Exact words of a speaker or writerb. Long quotations in indented blocksc. A quotation within a quotationd. Titles of short workse. A word or phrase used in a special wayf. Other punctuation marks with quotation marksg. Integrating quotations into sentencesh. Common errors 62. Other Punctuation Marksa. Periodsb. Question marksc. Exclamation pointsd. A dash or dashese. Parenthesesf. Bracketsg. Ellipsesh. Slashes 63. Capitalizationa. Names of people and derived names, including brand names, certain abbreviationsb. Titles of personsc. Titles of creative worksd. Names of areas and regionse. Names of races, ethnic groups, and sacred thingsf. First word of a quoted sentenceg. First word of a sentenceh. First word of an independent clause after a colon 64. Abbreviations and Symbolsa. Titles that precede or follow a person's nameb. Familiar vs. unfamiliar abbreviationsc. Words typically used with times, dates, and numerals
  • units of measurement in charts and graphsd. Latin abbreviationse. Inappropriate abbreviations and symbols 65. Numbersa. Numbers up to one hundred and round numbers over one hundredb. Numbers that begin a sentencec. Numbers in technical and business writingd. Dates, times of day, addresses 66. Italics (Underlining)a. Titles of lengthy works or separate publicationsb. Names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spaceshipsc. Foreign termsd. Scientific namese. Words, letters, and numbers referred to as themselvesf. Overuse 67. Hyphensa. Compound wordsb. Compound adjective or noun formsc. Fractions and compound numbersd. With some prefixes and suffixese. To divide words at the ends of lines 68. Spellinga. Spelling rules and exceptionsb. Words pronounced alike but spelled differently 12. Basic Grammar Review with Tips for Multilingual Writers 69. Parts of SpeechTip: Recognizing language differencesa. VerbsTip: Using verbs followed by gerunds or infinitivesTip: Matching helping verbs (do, have, be) with the appropriate form of the main verbTip: Understanding the form and meaning of modal verbsb. NounsTip: Using quantifiers with count and noncount nounsTip: Using articles (a, an, the) appropriatelyc. Pronounsd. AdjectivesTip: Using adjectives correctlye. Adverbsf.PrepositionsTip: Using prepositionsg.ConjunctionsTip: Using coordination and subordination appropriatelyh.Interjections 70. Parts of SentencesTip: Putting sentence parts in the correct order for Englisha.SubjectsTip: Including a subject (but not two)b. Verbs and their objects or complementsTip: Including a complete verbTip: Including only one direct object 71. Phrases and Dependent Clausesa. Noun phrasesb. Verb phrases and verbalsc. Appositive phrasesd. Absolute phrasese. Dependent clausesTip: Understanding the purposes and constructions of if clauses 72. Types of Sentencesa. Sentence structuresb. Sentence purposes 13. Further Resources for LearningTimeline of World HistorySelected Terms from across the CurriculumWorld Map and Quick Reference for Multilingual Writers and Guide to Weights and Measures(fold-out sheet)IndexIndex for Multilingual WritersAbbreviations and Symbols for Editing and Proofreading

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