Stevens Memorial Library (North Andover)

A writer's reference, Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers

eng

Includes bibliographical references and index

illustrations

index present

non fiction

A writer's reference

bibliographyhandbooks

705087957

Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers

Composition/style. C. Composing and revising -- C1. Planning -- C2. Drafting -- C3. Revising -- C4. Writing paragraphs -- C5. Designing documents -- C6. Writing with technology -- A. Academic writing -- A1. Writing about texts -- A2. Constructing reasonable arguments -- A3. Evaluating arguments -- A4. Writing in the disciplines -- S. Sentence style -- S1. Parallelism -- S2. Needed words -- S3. Problems with modifiers -- S4. Shifts -- S5. Mixed constructions -- S6. Sentence emphasis -- S7. Sentence variety -- W. Word choice -- W1. Glossary of usage -- W2. Wordy sentences -- W3. Active verbs -- W4. Appropriate language -- W5. Exact language -- W6. The dictionary and thesaurus -- Correctness. G. Grammatical sentences -- G1. Subject-verb agreement -- G2. Verb forms, tenses, and moods -- G3. Pronouns -- G4. Adjectives and adverbs -- G5. Sentence fragments -- G6. Run-on sentences -- M. Multilingual writers and ESL challenges -- M1. Verbs -- M2. Articles -- M3. Sentence structure -- M4. Using adjectives -- M5. Prepositions and idiomatic expressions -- P. Punctuation and mechanics -- P1. The comma -- P2. Unnecessary commas -- P3. The semicolon and the colon -- P4. The apostrophe -- P5. Quotation marks -- P6. Other punctuation marks -- P7. Spelling and hyphenation -- P8. Capitalization -- P9. Abbreviations and numbers -- P10. Italics -- B. Basic grammar -- B1. Parts of speech -- B2. Parts of sentences -- B3. Subordinate word groups -- B4. Sentence types -- Research. R. Researching -- R1. Conducting research -- R2. Evaluating sources -- R3. Managing information ; Avoiding plagiarism -- R4. Choosing a documentation style -- MLA. MLA papers -- MLA-1. Supporting a thesis -- MLA-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism -- MLA-3. Integrating sources -- MLA-4. Documenting sources -- MLA-5. Manuscript format; sample paper -- APA and CMS papers -- APA-1. Supporting a thesis -- APA-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism -- APA-3. Integrating sources -- APA-4. Documenting sources -- APA-5. Manuscript format; sample paper -- CMS-1. Supporting a thesis -- CMS-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism -- CMS-3. Integrating sources -- CMS-4. Documenting sources -- CMS-5. Manuscript format; sample paper -- Index -- E. Resources for multilingual writers and ESL