Writing Matters A Handbook for Writing and Research

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ISBN: 9780077429645

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Edition: 2010

Authors: Rebecca Moore Howard

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Writing Mattersunites research, reasoning, documentation, grammar and style in a cohesive whole, helping students see the conventions of writing as a network ofresponsibilitieswriters have... ...toother writers.Writing Mattersclarifies the responsibility writers have to one another--whether they are collaborating in an online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research project--to treat information fairly and accurately and to craft writing that is fresh and original--their own! ...to theaudience.Writing Mattersstresses the importance of using conventions appropriate to the audience, to write clearly, and to provide readers with the information and interpretation they…

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List price: $84.95
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publication date: 5/4/2010
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6.75" wide x 7.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.860
Language: English

Rebecca Moore Howard is the coeditor of the Boyton/Cook title Pluralizing Plagiarism (2008). She is Associate Professor of writing and rhetoric at Syracuse University, where she teaches courses in composition pedagogy, authorship theory, writing program administration, composition history, and stylistics. She is the author of Standing in the Shadow of Giants: Plagiarists, Authors, Collaborators.




Writing Matters: Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Designing



Writing Responsibly in the Information Age



Writing Today



The Writer’s Responsibilities


Writing Responsibly: Your College’s Plagiarism Policy


Writing Responsibly: Taking Yourself Seriously as a Writer



Planning Your Project



Analyzing Your Writing Situation


Writing Responsibly: Your Audience and You



Analyzing an Assignment



Generating Ideas


Writing Responsibly: Note Taking and Plagiarism


Writing Responsibly: Keep Track as You Browse



Narrowing or Broadening a Topic



Working with Others: Planning a Collaborative Project



Organizing and Drafting Your Project



Crafting an Effective Thesis



Organizing Your Ideas



Preparing to Draft



Drafting: Explaining and Supporting Your Ideas


Writing Responsibly: Made-up “evidence”


Student Project: First Draft



Writing with Others: Collaborative Projects



Crafting and Connecting Paragraphs



Writing Relevant Paragraphs



Writing Unified Paragraphs



Writing Coherent Paragraphs


Writing Responsibly: Guiding the Reader



Developing Paragraphs Using Patterns



Writing Introductory Paragraphs



Writing Concluding Paragraphs



Connecting Paragraphs



Drafting and Revising Visuals



Deciding Whether to Illustrate College Writing Projects



Using Visuals as Evidence


Writing Responsibly: Exploitative Images



Deciding Whether to Copy Visuals or to Create Them



Revising Visuals



Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting


Revising Globally: Learning To Re-See



Gaining Perspective



Rereading Your Draft


Writing Responsibly: The Big Picture



Reconsidering Your Title


Revising Locally: Editing Words and Sentences



Choosing Your Words with Care



Editing Your Sentences


Writing Responsibly: Making an Essay Long Enough without Wordiness


Revising With Others



Peer Revising



Working with a Tutor or Instructor


Proofreading and Formatting



Proofreading


Writing Responsibly: Beware the Spell Checker!



Formatting an Academic Text


Student Project: Final Draft



Creating and Submitting a Portfolio


Personal Statement



Reasoning Matters: Reading, Thinking, and Arguing



Thinking and Reading Critically



Comprehending


Reading Responsibly: Engaging with What You Read



Reflecting



Preparing to Write


Writing Responsibly: Drawing Inferences


Writing Responsibly: Understanding criticism


Student Project: Critique



Analyzing and Crafting Arguments



Persuading and Exploring


Writing Responsibly: The Well-Tempered Tone



Reasoning Logically


Writing Responsibly: Considering Counterevidence



Avoiding Logical Fallacies


Writing Responsibly: Visual Claims and Visual Fallacies



Making a Claim


Writing Responsibly: Choosing a Fresh Topic



Appealing to Readers: Intellect, Authority, and Emotions


Arguing Responsibly: Making Oral Arguments



Unearthing Assumptions



Considering Alternative Viewpoints



Organizing Arguments: Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin models


Student Project: Exploratory Argument



Media Matters



Designing Printed and Electronic Documents



Understanding the Four Principles of Design



Planning Your Design Project



Applying the Principles of Design


Writing Responsibly: Selecting Fonts with Readers in Mind


Writing Responsibly: Designing for Those with Impaired Color Vision



Writing for Multiple Media



Writing and Answering Email


Writing Responsibly: Maintain Confidentiality in Email


Writing Responsibly: Email and Privacy



Creating a Website or Web Page



Writing in Interactive Media


Writing Responsibly: Flaming



Making a Multimedia Presentation



Identifying your Purpose, Audience, Context, and Genre



Devising a Topic and Thesis



Organizing the Presentation



Preparing and Rehearsing the Presentation



Delivering the Presentation



Speaking Responsibly


Listening Responsibly: Active Listening



Research Matters



Planning a Research Project



Analyzing the Assignment's Purpose, Audience, and Method of Development



Setting a Schedule



Choosing and Narrowing a Research Topic



Drafting Research Questions and Hypotheses


Writing Responsibly: Using Printed Sources



Choosing Research Sources Strategically



Establishing a Research Log


Writing Responsibly: Avoiding Plagiarism at the Start



Building a Working Bibliography



Finding Information



Finding Information on the Web



Finding Other Electronic Sources: Interactive Media



Finding Articles in Journals and Other Periodicals Using Databases and Indexes



Finding Reference Works


Writing Responsibly: Using Wikipedia



Finding Books Using Library Catalogs



Finding Government Publications



Finding Multimedia Sources



Conducting Field Research


Writing Responsibly: Conducting Interviews Fairly


Writing Responsibly: Avoiding Manipulation and Bias in Observations



Evaluating Information



Evaluating for Relevance and Reliability


Writing Responsibly: Keeping an Open Mind


Writing Responsibly: Online Plagiarism



Evaluating Online Texts: Websites, Blogs, Wikis and Online Discussion Forums



Evaluating visual sources



Using Information and Avoiding Plagiarism



Valuing Research



Using Information Ethically: What You Do and Do Not Have to Acknowledge


Writing Responsibly: Using Illustrations and Acoiding Plagiarism



Making Notes That Help You Avoid Plagiarizing



Making Research Notes That Help You Write


Writing Responsibly: Annotating versus Making Notes



Summarizing



Paraphrasing without Patchwriting



Quoting


Writing Responsibly: Using Quotations Fairly



Using Analysis, Interpretation, Synthesis, and Critique in Your Notes



Writing the Research Project



Drafting a Thesis Statement



Organizing Your Ideas


Writing Responsibly: Acknowledging Counterevidence



Drafting Your Research Project



Revising, Proofreading, Formatting, and Publishing Your Project



Documentation Matters



Documenting Sources: MLA Style


Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources



Creating MLA-Style In-Text Citations



Preparing an MLA-Style List of Works Cited


Books--Printed and Electronic


Periodicals--Printed and Electronic


Other Electornic Sources


Audio and Visual Sources


Miscellaneous Sources



Using MLA Style for Content and Bibliographic Notes



Formatting a Paper in MLA Style


Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips


Student Research Project: Mla Style



Documenting Sources: APA Style


Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources



Creating APA Style In-Text Citations



Preparing an APA-Style Reference List


Books--Printed and Electronic


Periodicals--Printed and Electronic


Other Electornic Sources


Audio and Visual Sources


Miscellaneous Sources



Formatting a Paper in APA Style


Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips


Student Research Project: Apa Style



Documenting Sources: Chicago Style


Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources



Creating Chicago-Style Notes and Bibliographic Entries


Books--Printed and Electronic


Periodicals--Printed and Electronic


Other Electornic Sources


Audio and Visual Sources


Miscellaneous Sources



Using Chicago Style for Tables and Figures



Using Chicago Style for Content Notes



Formatting a Chicago-Style Paper


Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips


Student Research Project: Chicago Style



Documenting Sources: CSE Style


Writing Responsibly: Citing Sources



Creating CSE-Style In-Text Citations



Preparing a CSE-Style Reference List


Books--Printed and Electronic


Periodicals--Printed and Electronic


Other Electornic and Miscellaneous Sources



Formatting a CSE-Style Paper and Reference List


Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips


Student Research Project: Cse Style



Genre Matters: Writing in and beyond College



Writing in Literature and the Other Humanities



Adopting the Approach of Literature and the Other Humanities


Writing Responsibly: Reading with Study Guides



Using the Resources of Literature and the Other Humanities



Citing and Documenting sources--MLA and Chicago Style



Using the Language of Literature and the Other Humanities



Understanding Writing Projects in Literature and the Other Humanities


Student Project: Writign About Fiction



Writing about Poetry


Student Project: Writing About Poetry



Writing about drama


Professional Project: Review of a Play



Writing in the Sciences and Social Sciences



Adopting the Approach of the Sciences and Social Sciences



Using the Research Methods of the Sciences and Social Sciences


Writing Responsibly: Presenting Data Accurately



Citing and Documenting Sources--APA and CSE Style



Using the Language of the Sciences and Social Sciences



Writing Assignments in the Sciences and Social Sciences


Student Project: Research Report



Preparing for and Taking an Essay Exam



Preparing for an Essay Exam



Previewing the Exam


Writing Responsibly: Using Your Computer during and Essay Exam



Writing an Effective Answer: Respond to the Question, Provide Support, and Organize Logically



Doing a Final Check


Two Sample Answers: Effective and Ineffective



Writing in Business and as a Citizen




Using Business Letter Formats



Writing Business Letters


Writing Responsibly: Letters to the Editor



Writing Business Memos


Writing Responsibly: Personal Emails and IM at Work



Writing Job Application Letters



Writing Rï¿½sumï¿½s



Writing Reports and Proposals



Writing Press Releases



Style Matters



Writing Concisely


Writing Responsibly: "Concise" versus "Brief"



Eliminating Wordy Expressions



Eliminating Ineffective or Unnecessary Repetition



Avoiding Roundabout Constructions



Consolidating Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences



Using Coordination and Subordination



Coordinating Terms, Phrases, and Clauses



Coordinating Effectively



Distinguishing Primary from Secondary Information with Subordination



Using Coordination and Subordination Together



Using Parallelism



Using Parallelism for Paired Items and Items in a Series



Maintaining Parallelism in Comparisons



Including Function Words to Maintain Parallelism



Maintaining Parallelism for Items in Lists and Outlines



Using Parallelism to Create Emphasis



Engaging Readers with Variety and Emphasis



Varying Sentence Length and Structure



Organizing Sentences for Variety and Emphasis



Creating Emphasis with Punctuation



Using Questions, Commands, and Exclamations



Using Strategic Repetition



Creating Emphasis with Emphatic Verbs



Choosing the Active or Passive Voice


Writing Responsibly: Voice and Responsibility



Choosing Appropriate Language



Using Language in Context


Writing Responsibly: Online Shortcuts


Writing Responsibly: Euphemisms and Doublespeak



Avoiding Biased or Hurtful Language



Choosing Effective Words



Diction: Finding the Right Word


Writing Responsibly: Word Choice and Credibility



Choosing Compelling Words and Figures



Mastering Idioms



Avoiding Clichï¿½s



Using the Dictionary and Spelling Correctly



Choosing a Dictionary


Writing Responsibly: Accurate Synonyms



Using a Dictionary



Avoiding Common Spelling Problems



Remembering Spelling Rules


Writing Responsibly: Spelling Errors



Forming Plurals



Improving Your Day-to-Day Spelling



Grammar Matters



Understanding Grammar


Writing Responsibly: Why Grammar Matters


The Parts of Speech



Nouns



Pronouns



Verbs



Adjectives



Adverbs



Prepositions



Conjunctions



Interjections


Sentence Structure



Subjects



Predicates



Verb Types and Sentence Patterns



Phrases



Independent and Subordinate Clauses



Sentence Types



Avoiding Sentence Fragments



Recognizing Fragments


Writing Responsibly: Sentence Fragments and Context



Correcting Fragments



Using Intentional Fragments Effectively and Judiciously



Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences



Correctly Joining Independent Clauses



Identifying Incorrectly Joined Independent Clauses: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences


Writing Responsibly: Clarifying Boundaries



Recognizing When Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Tend to Occur



Correcting Comma Splices and Fused Sentences



Maintaining Agreement


Subject-Verb Agreement



Understanding How Subjects and Verbs Agree


Writing Responsibly: Dialect Variation in Subject-Verb Agreement



Ignoring Words That Intervene between the Subject and the Verb



Distinguishing Plural from Singular Compound Subjects



Distinguishing Singular and Plural Indefinite Pronouns



Understanding Collective Noun Subjects



Finding Agreement When the Subject Is a Measurement, a Number, or the Word Number



Recognizing Nouns like Measles and Economics That Are Singular Even Though They End in -s



Treating Titles, Words as Words, and Gerund Phrases as Singular



Matching a Relative Pronoun (Who, Which, or That) to Its Antecedent When the Pronoun Is the Subject of a Subordinate Clause



Finding Agreement When the Subject Follows the Verb



Matching a Linking Verb with Its Subject, not Its Subject Complement


Pronoun Antecedent Agreement



Matching Pronouns with Indefinite Pronoun and Generic Noun Antecedents



Matching Pronouns with Collective Noun Antecedents



Matching Pronouns with Compound Antecedents



Using Verbs


Verb Forms



Understanding the Basic Forms of Verbs



Using Regular and Irregular Verb Forms Correctly



Combining Main Verbs with Helping Verbs to Form Complete Verbs



Including -s or -es, -d or -ed Endings When Required



Distinguishing Rise from Raise, Sit from Set, Lie from Lay


Tense



Understanding Which Verb Tense to Use



Following Conventions for the Use of the Present Tense



Using Tense Sequence to Clarify Time Relationships


Mood



Understanding Verb Mood


j.Using the Subjunctive Mood Correctly


Voice



Understanding Voice



Choosing between the Active and Passive Voice



Understanding Pronoun Case and Reference


Pronoun Case



Using the Subjective Case for Subject Complements



She and I or Her and Me? Keeping Track of Case in Compounds



Keeping Track of Pronoun Case in Appositives



Deciding between We and Us before Nouns



Using the Objective Case Both before and after an Infinitive



Deciding on Pronoun Case with the -ing Form of a Verb



Clarifying Pronoun Case in Comparisons with Than or As



Distinguishing Who, Whom, Whoever, and Whomever


Writing Responsibly: Case and Tone


Clear Pronoun Reference



Avoiding Ambiguous Reference



Avoiding Confusingly Broad Reference with It, This, That, and Which



Avoiding Implied Reference



Reserving You for Directly Addressing the Reader



Avoiding the Indefinite Use of They and It



Designating People with Who, Whom, and Whose, not That and Which



Using Adjectives and Adverbs



Differentiating Adjectives and Adverbs



Using Adjectives, Not Adverbs, as Subject Complements after Linking Verbs



Choosing Bad or Badly, Good or Well



Using Negatives Correctly



Avoiding Long Strings of Nouns Used as Adjectives



Using Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs



Avoiding Confusing Shifts



Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Tense



Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Mood and Voice



Avoiding Shifts in Person and Number



Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Direct and Indirect Quotations and Questions



Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers


Misplaced Modifiers



Avoiding Confusing or Ambiguous Placement



Avoiding Disruptive Placement


Writing Responsibly: Misplaced Modifiers in the Real World


Dangling Modifiers



Identifying Dangling Modifiers



Correcting Dangling Modifiers



Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Constructions


Mixed Constructions



Recognizing and Correcting Grammatically Mixed Constructions



Recognizing and Correcting Mismatched Subjects and Predicates


Incomplete Constructions



Adding Essential Words to Compound and Other Constructions



Avoiding Incomplete or Ambiguous Comparisons



ESL Matters (by Ted E. Johnston and M. E. Sokolik)



Understanding English Word Order and Sentence Structure



Observing Normal Word Order



Including a Stated Subject



Managing There and It Constructions



Eliminating Redundant Subject and Object Pronouns



Sentence Structure with Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Object Complements



Observing Word Order Patterns in Questions



Observing Inverted Word Order When Certain Conjunctions or Adverbs Begin a Clause



Using Nouns and Noun Determiners



Understanding Different Types of Noun



Using Nouns with Articles (a, an, the) and Other Determiners



Managing English Verbs



Using Phrasal Verbs



Using Gerunds and Infinitives after Verbs and Prepositions



Using Participles as Adjectives



Using Helping Verbs for Verb Formation



Managing Adjectives and Adverbs



Placing Adjectives in the Proper Order



Choosing the Correct Prepositions with Adjectives



Placing Adverbs Correctly



Dealing with Confusing Adverbs



Using Prepositions



Recognizing Prepositions



The Functions of Prepositions



Using Prepositions Correctly



Necessary and Unnecessary Prepositions



Detail Matters: Punctuation and Mechanics



Using Commas


Writing Responsibly: Commas and Clarity



Using Commas in Compound Sentences



Using a Comma after Introductory Elements



Using Commas to Set Off Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases



Inserting Commas to Set Off Interjections, Contrasting Information, Expressions of Direct Address, Parenthetical and Conversational Expressions, and Tag Sentences



Using Commas to Separate Items in a Series



Using Commas to Separate Coordinate, Not Cumulative, Adjectives



Using Commas to Set Off Nonessential Appositives, Phrases, and Clauses



Using Commas with Quotations



Using Commas with Numbers, Titles, Place Names and Addresses, and Dates



Using Commas to Avoid Ambiguity



Avoiding Commas between Subjects and Verbs, Verbs and Objects



Using Semicolons


Writing Responsibly: Sending a Signal with Semicolons



Using a Semicolon to Link Independent Clauses



Using a Semicolon before a Conjunctive Adverb or Transitional Phrase Linking Two Independent Clauses



Using a Semicolon to Mark a Series with Internal Commas



Repairing a Comma Splice



Avoiding Overuse



Using Apostrophes


Writing Responsibly: Contractions in Formal Writing



Using the Apostrophe to Indicate Possession



Using Apostrophes in Contractions and Abbreviated Years



Moving Away from Using Apostrophes to Form Plurals of Abbreviations, Dates, and Words or Letters Used as Words



Using Quotation Marks



Setting Off Direct Quotations


Writing Responsibly: Using Quotations Fairly



Indicating Titles of Short Works



Indicating Words Used in a Special Sense



Misusing Quotation Marks



Punctuating Quotations



Altering Quotations with Ellipses and Square Brackets



Introducing and Identifying Quotations



Using End Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points



Using Periods to End Statements and Mild Commands



Using Question Marks to End Direct (Not Indirect) Questions


Writing Responsibly: Question Marks and Exclamation Points



Using Exclamation Points with Strong Commands or to Express Excitement or Surprise



Using Other Punctuation Marks: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, Colons, Ellipses, and Slashes



Using Dashes



Using Parentheses



Using Brackets


Writing Responsibly: Using [sic]



Using Colons



Using Ellipses


Writing Responsibly: Altering Quotations



Using Slashes



Capitalizing



Capitalizing the First Word of Sentence



Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives



Capitalizing Titles and Subtitles



Capitalizing the First-Person Pronoun I and the Interjection O


Writing Responsibly: Capitalizing in Email and IM



Capitalizing Abbreviations and Acronyms



Italics and Underlining



Italicizing Titles of Longer Works



Italicizing for Emphasis


Writing Responsibly: Using Italics for Emphasis



Italicizing Names of Vehicles



Italicizing Words, Letters, or Numbers Used as Words



Italicizing Unfamiliar Non-English Words and Latin Genus and Species



Underlining Hyperlinks



Using Abbreviations



Abbreviating Titles before and after Names



Using Familiar Abbreviations: Acronyms and Initialisms


Writing Responsibly: Using Online Abbreviations Appropriately



Using Abbreviations with Specific Years (BC, BCE, AD, CE), Hours (a.m., p.m.), Numbers (no.), Dollars ($)



Avoiding Abbreviations of Names, Words, Courses, Parts of Books, States and Countries, Days and Months, Holidays and Units of Measurement in Prose



Replacing Latin Abbreviations with English Equivalents in Formal Prose



Using Numbers


Writing Responsibly: Ethos and Convention



Spelling Out Numbers When They Can Be Expressed in One or Two words



Following Conventions for Dates, Times, Addresses, Specific Amounts of Money and Other Quantitative Information, and Divisions of Literary Works



Using Hyphens



Using Hyphens to Form Compounds


Writing Responsibly: Hyphenating with Readers in Mind



Using Hyphens to Break Words at Ends of Lines


Glossary of Key Terms


Glossary of Usage


Credits


ESL Index


Index