Full Description
The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing: A Concise Handbook for Students presents essential material from the full Broadview Guide to Writing. Included are summaries of key grammatical points; a glossary of usage; advice on various forms of academic writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on how to research academic papers; and much more. Four commonly-used styles of citation and documentation are covered—MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE.
Contents
Choosing the Best Words
Be as Clear and Specific as Possible
Watch for Redundancy
Avoid Wordiness
Watch for Missing Parts
Choose the Best Verb
Connect Your Ideas Clearly
Paragraphing
Joining Words
Order and Weight Your Ideas According to Their Importance
Watch for Ambiguity
Illogical or Confused Connections
Making Your Writing Consistent
Agreement among the Grammatical Parts of Your Writing
Watch for Mixed Metaphors
Rhythm, Variety, Balance, and Parallelism
CONTEXTS OF WRITING
Academic Writing: Essays and Arguments
From Topic to Thesis Statement
The Nature of Argument
Argument Structure and Paragraphing
Your Arguments, Others' Arguments
Styles and Disciplines
The Language of Academic Writing
Writing about Literature / Writing about Texts
Writing about Science
Business and Professional Writing
Slang and Informal English
The Social Context
Gender
Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Disability, etc.
Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
GRAMMAR
Basic Grammar: An Outline
Parts of Speech
Nouns
Pronouns
Articles
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
Parts of Sentences
Subject
Object
Predicate
Clauses and Phrases
Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties
The Infinitive
The Simple Present Tense
Subject-Verb Agreement
Historical Present
Survey of Verb Tenses
Voice
Mood
Combining Verb Tenses: Some Challenges
The Past Perfect Tense
Combining Tenses—Quoted Material
Irregular Verbs
Dangling Constructions
Nouns and Pronouns
Singular and Plural Nouns
Singular Pronouns
Unreferenced or Wrongly Referenced Pronouns
Subject and Object Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Comparatives and Superlatives
Sentence Fragments / Incomplete Sentences
Comma Splices / Run-on Sentences
EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English
Articles
Frequently Used Non-count Nouns
Continuous Verb Tenses
Omission or Repetition of the Subjec
The Conditional
PUNCTUATION
The Period
The Comma
Commas and Non-restrictive Elements
That and Which
Extra Comma
Commas and Lists
The Question Mark
The Exclamation Mark
The Semi-Colon
The Colon
The Hyphen
The Dash
Parentheses
Square Brackets
The Apostrophe
Contractions
Possession
Quotation Marks
Other Uses of Quotation Marks
Misuse of Quotation Marks to Indicate Emphasis
Single Quotation Marks
Direct and Indirect Speech
Ellipses
FORMAT AND SPELLING
Capitalization
Abbreviations
Titles
Academic and Business Terms
Latin Abbreviations
Numbers
Italics
Spelling
Spell-Check
Spelling and Sound
American Spelling, British Spelling, Canadian Spelling
Other Spelling Mistakes
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION
Approaches to Research
Avoiding Plagiarism
Citation and Documentation
Incorporating Sources
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Formatting Quotations
Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
Signal Phrases
MLA Style
About MLA In-Text Citations
About Works Cited
MLA Core Elements
Examples
MLA Style Sample Essay Page
APA Style
Incorporating Sources in APA Style
Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Formatting Quotations
Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
Signal Phrases
About In-text Citations
About References
APA Style Sample Essay Pages
Chicago Style
About Chicago Style
Chicago Style Sample
CSE Style
CSE Style Samples
GLOSSARY OF USAGE
CORRECTION KEY
INDEX
