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The confident writer / Carol Kanar

By: Kanar, Carol C.
Publisher: Boston, Mass. : Houghton Mifflin, c2002Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxv, 530 p. ; 24 cm.ISBN: 0618131132.Subject(s): College readers | English language -- Grammar | English language -- Rhetoric | Report writingDDC classification: 808.0427
Contents:
Rhetorical contents. - Preface. - Unit 1. The writing process. Ch. 1. Understanding the essay : an overview. Ch. 2. Using prewriting strategies. Ch. 3. Improving your paragraph skills. Ch. 4. Stating your thesis. Ch. 5. Supporting your thesis. Ch. 6. Revising your essays. Ch. 7. Editing your essays. Ch. 8. Using the library, doing research. - Unit 2. Patterns as options. Ch. 9. Using narration. Ch. 10. Using description. Ch. 12. Choosing classfication or division. Ch. 13. Comparing and contrasting. Ch. 14. Explaining causes and effects. Ch. 15. Using definition. Ch. 16. Arguing persuasively. - Unit 3. More choices : a collection of readings. - Unit 4. The selective writer. Section A. Basic choices : the parts of speech. Section B. Sentence effectiveness choices. Section C. Punctuation choices. Section D. Choices for special problems. Section E. Word choice. - Acknowledgments. - Index.
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Rhetorical contents. - Preface. - Unit 1. The writing process. Ch. 1. Understanding the essay : an overview. Ch. 2. Using prewriting strategies. Ch. 3. Improving your paragraph skills. Ch. 4. Stating your thesis. Ch. 5. Supporting your thesis. Ch. 6. Revising your essays. Ch. 7. Editing your essays. Ch. 8. Using the library, doing research. - Unit 2. Patterns as options. Ch. 9. Using narration. Ch. 10. Using description. Ch. 12. Choosing classfication or division. Ch. 13. Comparing and contrasting. Ch. 14. Explaining causes and effects. Ch. 15. Using definition. Ch. 16. Arguing persuasively. - Unit 3. More choices : a collection of readings. - Unit 4. The selective writer. Section A. Basic choices : the parts of speech. Section B. Sentence effectiveness choices. Section C. Punctuation choices. Section D. Choices for special problems. Section E. Word choice. - Acknowledgments. - Index.