Full Description
Increasingly, writing handbooks are seen as over-produced and overpriced. One stands out: The Broadview Guide to Writing is published in an elegant but simple format, and sells for roughly half the price of its fancier-looking competitors. For the sixth edition the coverage of MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of documentation has been substantially expanded as well as updated. Also expanded is coverage of academic argument; of writing and critical thinking; of writing about literature, of paragraphing; of how to integrate quoted material into one's own work; of balance and parallelism; and of issues of gender, race, religion etc. in writing. The chapter "Seeing and Meaning: Reading (and Writing About) Visual Images" is entirely new. The online materials—including the selection of interactive exercises—have also been revised considerably.
Contents
HOW TO USE THIS BOOK AND ITS COMPANION WEBSITE
PREFACE TO THE SIXTH CANADIAN EDITION
INTRODUCTION
THE WRITING PROCESS
Voice Work
Attitude
Audience
Purpose: From Topic to Thesis Statement
Before the Writing Starts: Essential Activities
Reading and Note-Taking
Mapping
Writer's Block
Dialogue
Logical Fluency: The Nature of Argument
Argument Structure, Paragraphing, and Topic Sentences
Organizing Paragraphs in Longer Essays
Your Arguments, Others' Arguments
Logical Fluency: Modes of Writing, Modes of Thought
Elaboration and Repetition
Modes of Thought/Modes of Writing
Narration
Classification
Generalization and Abstraction
Cause, Reasons, Explanations
Combining Modes of Thought
Reasoning
Subordination
Connectives
Stylistic Fluency
Diction
Figures Of Speech
Syntax
Rhythm
Voice
Tone
Revision and Proofreading
Collaboration and Research
Approaches to Research
Citation
Criticism
Examinations and In-class Essays
BASIC GRAMMAR: AN OUTLINE
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Pronouns
Articles
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
Parts of Sentences
Subject
Object
Predicate
Clause
Phrase
Types of Clauses
Types of Subordinate Clauses
Types of Phrases
Distinguishing Phrases and Clauses
Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
WRITING GRAMMATICALLY
Right and Wrong in Writing
Verbs Problems
Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties
The Infinitive
The Simple Present Tense
The Present Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Simple Past Tense
The Past Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Simple Future Tense
The Future Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Perfect Tenses
The Present Perfect Tense
The Past Perfect Tense
The Future Perfect Tense
Other Tenses
Mood: Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive
The ConditionalThe Past Conditional
Active and Passive Voice
Dangling Constructions
Dangling Participles and Infinitives
Sequence of Tenses
Irregular or Difficult Verbs
Infinitives, Gerunds, Objects: "To Be or Not to Be?"
Preposition Problems "Up With Which I will Not Put"
Nouns and Pronouns: Singular Difficulties
Pronouns: Who Cares About Whom?
Part of Speech Confusion: A Question of Principle?
WORDS
Word Order Problems
One Word or Two?
Word Meanings: Are Cars Ever Stationery?
Usage: Word Conventions
PUTTING IDEAS TOGETHER
Paragraphing
In Narration
In Description
In Persuasion or Argument
Argument
Fallacies and Faulty Arguments
Joining Words
Words to Connect Ideas That Are Opposed to Each Other
Words to Join Linked or Supporting Ideas
Words Used to Introduce Causes or Reasons
Words Used to Introduce Results or Conclusions
Words Used to Express Purpose
Words Used to Introduce Examples
Words Used to Introduce Alternatives
Words Used to Show Degree or Extent
That and Which
Words Used to Make Comparisons
Other Joining Words and Expressions
Sentence Combining
Combining
Joining Kernels
Embedding Kernels
Abbreviated Kernels Joined as Absolute Phrases
Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Verb and Noun Phrases
Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Modifiers
Combining and Recombining
Combining Several Kernels into a Single Sentence
"De-Combining" and Recombining
Help with Some Grammatical Errors: Two More Examples
Dangling Modifiers
Syntactic Ambiguity
Help with Reading Challenging Texts
Gaining Awareness of Writing Style
STYLE
Slang and Informal English
Wordiness
Writing By Computer
Spell-check and Grammar-check
Observing Online Etiquette
Point-form Online Etiquette
Copyright and the Web
Business Writing
How to Be Good with Words: Styles of Writing When Considering Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Disability
Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
ACADEMIC WRITING
Writing about Literature / Writing About Texts
The Meanings of Texts
Meaning and Form in Literature
Writing about Texts: Particular Problems
Writing About Science
Structure of the Research Paper
Scientific Tone and Stylistic Choices
The First Person and the Active Voice
Across the Disciplines: Different Subjects, Different Styles of Academic Writing
Anthropology
Art History
Biology
Business and Commerce
Chemistry
Economics
Engineering
English Studies
History
Medicine and Health Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
SEEING AND MEANING
EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English Frequently Used Non-count Nouns
PUNCTUATION, FORMAT, AND SPELLING
Punctuation
The Period
The Ellipsis
The Comma
The Question Mark
The Exclamation Mark
The Semicolon
The Colon
The Hyphen
The Dash
Parentheses
Square Brackets
The Apostrophe
Quotation Marks
Single Quotation Marks
Direct and Indirect Speech
Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
Format and Spelling
Capitalization
Abbreviations
Spelling
Spelling and Sound
DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH
Avoiding Plagiarism—and Choosing When and What to Quote
Citation and Documentation
Incorporating Sources
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Formatting Quotations
Short Prose Quotations
Long Prose Quotations
Verse Quotations
Quotations within Quotations
Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
Using square brackets to add to a quotation
Using an ellipsis to delete from a quotation
Integrating Quotations
Avoiding "dumped" quotations
Signal Phrases
MLA STYLE
About MLA Parenthetical Referencing
Literary Works
About Works Cited
MLA Style Sample Essay
APA STYLE
Incorporating Sources in APA Style
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Signal Phrases
About In-text Citations
About References
APA Style Sample Essay
CHICAGO STYLE
About Chicago Style
Chicago Style Style Sample
CSE STYLE
CSE Style Sample
APPENDIX 1: CORRECTION KEY
APPENDIX 2: SOME NATIONAL VARIATIONS
APPENDIX 3: ESSAY CHECKLIST
PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INDEX
