Pocket Reference for Writers

Name: Pocket Reference for Writers
Price: 7.87 USD
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ISBN: 9780136142379

ISBN-10: 0136142370

ISBN-13: 9780136142379

Edition: 3rd 2008

Authors: Toby Fulwiler, Alan R. Hayakawa

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The Pocket Writers Reference, 3rd edition,is aimed directly at the busy individual who needs a quick check on the conventions of written English for assignments, letters, resumes, and more. While small enough to carry easily in a briefcase or backpack, it is still comprehensive, full of necessary information presented in an interesting, informative, reader-friendly manner.This handy book discusses the full range of rhetorical issues, including audience, purpose, and voice as well as provides guidelines for handling the more technical issues of style, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.An excellent resource for anyone interested in producing effective written communications.

Book details

List price: $47.20
Edition: 3rd
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Prentice Hall PTR
Publication date: 3/28/2007
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 288
Size: 5.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.484




Reading and Writing in College



Writing with a Purpose



Writing to Discover



Writing to Communicate



Writing to Create



Addressing an Audience



Addressing the Situation



Finding Your Voice



Learning a Process



Reading Images Critically



The Elements of Composition



Color



Writing to Discover



Freewriting to Find Ideas



Journal Writing to Explore Ideas



Clustering to See Ideas



Outlining to Organize Ideas



Asking Questions to Test Ideas



Writing College Papers



Finding Direction in Academic Papers



Writing to Inform



Writing to Persuade



Writing to Express



Making Claims in Academic Papers



Thesis Statements



Claims and Counterclaims



Using Evidence in Academic Writing



Guidelines for Revision



Experiments with Revision



Research Writing



Planning Research



Start with Questions



Keep a Research Log



Focus a Question



Attempt to Answer



Use the Writing Process



Conducting Library Research



Learn the Library



Find Information



Take Good Notes



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