The college writer : a guide to thinking, writing, and researching /
Randall VanderMey... [et.al.]
- Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2004.
- xx, 700 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Preface. - 1. A Rhetoric : College Student's Guide to Writing. Reading, Thinking, and Writing. 1. Critical Thinking and Reading. The Writing Process. 2. Getting Started. 3. Planning. 4. Drafting. 5. Revising. 6. Editing and Proofreading. 7. Submitting. The College Essay. 8. One Writer's Process. - II. A Reader : Strategies and Models. Narrative and Descriptive Writing. 9. Personal Narrative. 10. Personal Reflection. 11. Personal Description. Analytical Writing. 12. Cause and Effect. 13. Camparison and Contrast. 14. Classification. 15. Process Writing. 16. Definition. Persuasive Writing. 17. Strategies for Argumentation and Persuasion. 18. Taking a Position. 19. Persuading Readers to Act. 20. Arguing Against a Claim. 21. Proposing a Solution. Report Writing. 22. Observation Report. 23. Interview Report. 24. Experiment, Lab, and Field Reports. Special Forms of Writing. 25. Writing About Literature and the Arts. 26. Writing Across the Curriculum. 27. Taking Essay Tests. 28. Writing For the Workplace. 29. Writing for the Web. 30. Preparing Oral Presentations. - III. Research Guide. Research and Writing. 31. Writing the Research Paper. 32. Primary, Library, and Internet Research. 33. MLA Documentation Form. 34. APA Documentation Form. - IV. Handbook. Punctuation, Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar. 35. Marking Punctuation. 36. Checking Mechanics. 37. Using the Right Word. 38. Understanding Grammer. Sentence Issued. 39. Constructing Sentences. 40. Avoiding Sentence Errors. Addressing Multilingual/ESL Issues. 41. Multilingual and ESL Guidelines. - Credits. - Index.
0618133968 (pbk) 0618405410
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Writing.
Report writing.
808.042 / COL
Preface. - 1. A Rhetoric : College Student's Guide to Writing. Reading, Thinking, and Writing. 1. Critical Thinking and Reading. The Writing Process. 2. Getting Started. 3. Planning. 4. Drafting. 5. Revising. 6. Editing and Proofreading. 7. Submitting. The College Essay. 8. One Writer's Process. - II. A Reader : Strategies and Models. Narrative and Descriptive Writing. 9. Personal Narrative. 10. Personal Reflection. 11. Personal Description. Analytical Writing. 12. Cause and Effect. 13. Camparison and Contrast. 14. Classification. 15. Process Writing. 16. Definition. Persuasive Writing. 17. Strategies for Argumentation and Persuasion. 18. Taking a Position. 19. Persuading Readers to Act. 20. Arguing Against a Claim. 21. Proposing a Solution. Report Writing. 22. Observation Report. 23. Interview Report. 24. Experiment, Lab, and Field Reports. Special Forms of Writing. 25. Writing About Literature and the Arts. 26. Writing Across the Curriculum. 27. Taking Essay Tests. 28. Writing For the Workplace. 29. Writing for the Web. 30. Preparing Oral Presentations. - III. Research Guide. Research and Writing. 31. Writing the Research Paper. 32. Primary, Library, and Internet Research. 33. MLA Documentation Form. 34. APA Documentation Form. - IV. Handbook. Punctuation, Mechanics, Usage, and Grammar. 35. Marking Punctuation. 36. Checking Mechanics. 37. Using the Right Word. 38. Understanding Grammer. Sentence Issued. 39. Constructing Sentences. 40. Avoiding Sentence Errors. Addressing Multilingual/ESL Issues. 41. Multilingual and ESL Guidelines. - Credits. - Index.
0618133968 (pbk) 0618405410
English language--Rhetoric.
English language--Writing.
Report writing.
808.042 / COL