QA Compact Quick Access

Name: QA Compact Quick Access
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ISBN: 9780131889569

ISBN-10: 0131889567

ISBN-13: 9780131889569

Edition: 2007

Authors: Doug Hesse, Lynn Quitman Troyka

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Quick Find Road Map If you sometimes feel a bit unsure as you write, try using the QUICK FIND ROADMAP to get you back on track to effective writing. The roadmap reflects some of the most common writing errors that frustrate writers. To find the information you need, choose the item that best describes the issue you are facing and then turn to the pages referenced. WORDS AND SENTENCES Write complete sentences instead of fragments. Join independent clauses correctly by avoiding comma splices and run-ons. Match grammatical forms within sentences to avoid shifts and keep sentences clear. Make sentences with introductory phrases and with modifiers clear. Know when to use its or it's. …

Book details

List price: $42.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/20/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 560
Size: 6.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Writing, Grammar, Punctuation, and Mechanics



Thinking About Purposes, Audiences and Technologies



Writing defined



Purposes for writing



Audiences for writing



Sources for writing



Planning and Shaping



The writing process



The writing situation



Thinking of topics



Thinking of ideas



Idea logs and journals



Freewriting



Brainstorming



Mapping



Searching the Internet



Shaping



Levels of generality



Subject tree



Thesis statement



Outlining



Drafting and Revising



Drafting



Writers block



Revising



Editing



Proofreading



Student essay, 3 drafts



Writing Paragraphs



Paragraph defined



Introductory paragraphs



Body paragraphs



Paragraph unity



Topic sentences



Developing body paragraphs



Coherent paragraphs



Arrange paragraphs



Rhetoric strategies



Transitional paragraphs



Concluding paragraphs



Critical Thinking, Readingand Writing



Critical thinking defined



Using critical thinking



The reading process



Using critical reading



Summary and synthesis



Critical responses



Logical fallacies



Writing Arguments



Written argument defined



Choosing a topic



Assertion and thesis statement



Source-based writing



Classical argument



Toulmin model



Audience for argument



Reasoning effectively



Tone



Opposing arguments



Drafting and revising



Student argument essay



Parts of Speech and Sentence Structures Parts of speech



Nouns



Pronouns



Verbs



Verbals



Adjectives



Adverbs



Prepositions



Conjunctions



Interjections Sentence structures



Subjects and predicates



Direct and indirect objects



Complements, modifiers and appositives



Phrases



Clauses



Sentence types



Verbs



Verbs defined Verb forms



Main verbs



-s and -es forms



Regular and irregular verbs



Auxiliary verbs



Intransitive and transitive Verb tense



Verb tense defined



Simple present



Perfect tenses



Progressive forms



Tense sequences Mood



Mood defined



Subjunctive forms Voice



Voice defined



Active voice



Passive voice



Pronoun Case and Reference Pronoun case



Case defined



Personal pronouns



Objective, subjective



And between subjects



With appositives



After linking verbs



Who, whoever, whom, whomever



Than, as



With infinitives



With -ing words



For -self pronouns Pronoun reference



Pronoun reference defined



Clear pronoun reference



Unclear pronoun reference



With it, that, this, which



Using they and it



Using it suitably



Using you



Using that, which, who



Agreement Subject-verb agreement



S-V agreement defined



Final -s or -es



Between subject and verb



And between subjects



With each an