Borzoi Handbook for Writers

9780079114013

0079114016

PART ONE: COMPOSING WHOLE ESSAYS 1. Arriving at a Topic 2. Developing a Thesis 3. Organizing 4. Drafting 5. Revising and Collaborating 6. One Essay From Start to Finish PART TWO: PARAGRAPHS 7. Paragraph Unity and Continuity 8. Paragraph Development 9. Paragraph Functions 10. Opening and Closing Paragraphs PART THREE: SENTENCES 11. Writing Clear Sentences 12. Subordination 13. Sentence Emphasis and Variety PART FOUR: WORDS 14. Appropriate Language 15. Efficient Language 16. Figurative Language PART FIVE: USAGE 17. Complete Sentences 18. Joining Independent Clauses 19. Joining Subjects and Verbs 20. Modifiers 21. Noun and Pronoun Case 22. Pronoun Agreement and Reference 23. Parallelism 24. Relations Between Tenses PART SIX: PUNCTUATION 25. Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points 26. Commas 27. Semicolons and Colons 28. Dashes and Parentheses 29. Quoting 30. Forming and Spacing Punctuation Marks PART SEVEN: CONVENTIONS 31. Verb Forms 32. Plurals and Possessives 33. Spelling 34. Hyphenation 35. Capitals 36. Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers PART EIGHT: THE RESEARCH PAPER 37. Conducting Research 38. Writing from Sources 39. Using MLA Documentation 40. Using APA Documentation PART NINE: APPLIED WRITING 41. Writing with a Word Processor 45. An Index of Usage 46. Glossary of Terms.NOTE: This is a shrinkwrap: the handbook is the main text but will be available only with thpractice book shrinkwrapped