Full Description
A little handbook offering reliable, easy-to-find writing advice for university and beyond, in an easy to use and affordable format. This new edition recognises that writing today is increasingly digital and multimodal, and also offers more support for writing academic and real-world genres, with examples of over 40 types of writing in the print and digital resources, and thoroughly revised documentation advice based on the 2016 MLA guidelines. Suitable for students looking to focus their writing or those looking for a pocket-sized quick reference, this book will help students make effective choices for academic work and understand the conventions of formal written English.
Contents
WRITING PROCESSES.- 1 A Writer's Choices.- 2 Exploring, Planning, and Drafting.- 3 Making Design Decisions.- 4 Reviewing, Revising, and Editing.- 5 Sharing and Reflecting on Your Writing.- WRITING THAT WORKS.- 6 Learning from Low-Stakes Writing.- 7 Analyzing and Reading Critically.- 8 Building Arguments.- 9 Creating Portfolios.- 10 Writing in Academic Genres.- 11 Creating Presentations.- 12 Writing to Make Something Happen in the World.- RESEARCH.- 13 Conducting Research.- 14 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes.- 15 Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism.- 16 Writing a Research Project.- LANGUAGE.- 17 Writing across Cultures.- 18 Language That Builds Common Ground.- 19 Varieties of Language.- 20 Word Choice.- GRAMMAR.- 21 Verbs and Verb Phrases.- 22 Nouns and Noun Phrases.- 23 Subject-Verb Agreement.- 24 Adjectives and Adverbs.- 25 Modifier Placement.- 26 Pronouns.- 27 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.- 28 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.- 29 Sentence Fragments.- STYLE.- 30 Consistency and Completeness.- 31 Coordination and Subordination.- 32 Conciseness.- 33 Parallelism.- 34 Shifts.- PUNCTUATION/MECHANICS.- 35 Commas.- 36 Semicolons.- 37 End Punctuation.- 38 Apostrophes.- 39 Quotation Marks.- 40 Other Punctuation.- 41 Capital Letters.- 42 Abbreviations and Numbers.- 43 Italics.- 44 Hyphens.- DOCUMENTATION.- 45 MLA Style.- 46 APA Style.- 47 Chicago Style.- 48 CSE Style.- Glossary of Usage.- Index/Glossary of Terms.
