The Broadview Pocket Guide to Writing - Fifth Canadian Edition
5th Edition
Published on 19. January 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-1-55481-542-5 (ISBN)
Description
This is the most readable and affordable pocket handbook that is designed specifically for Canadian students. Included are summaries of key grammatical points; a glossary of usage; advice on various forms of academic writing; coverage of punctuation and writing mechanics; helpful advice on how to research academic papers; and much more. For the fifth edition, coverage of the MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles of documentation has been substantially revised to reflect the most recent updates, including the 2020 APA and 2021 MLA changes. The chapter on bias-free language has been expanded and revised, and material on personal and informal writing has been included for the first time. There is also new material added on email etiquette and related topics. This Pocket Guide includes the essential reference materials from the full Broadview Guide to Writing.
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Calgary
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 202 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
358 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55481-542-5 (9781554815425)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Doug Babington, an Emeritus Professor in the English Department at Queen's University, was for many years Director of the Writing Centre there. Corey Frost, formerly Coordinator of the Writing Across the Curriculum Program at Brooklyn College, is now a professor in the English Department at New Jersey City University. Don LePan's other books include The Broadview Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms, How to Be Good With Words, and two novels, Animals and Rising Stories. Maureen Okun is a professor in both the English and the Liberal Studies Departments at Vancouver Island University; her books include Sir Thomas Malory: Le Morte Darthur: Selections and The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation. Nora Ruddock is a Developmental Editor at Broadview Press and co-author of The Broadview Pocket Guide to Citation and Documentation 2e. Karen Weingarten is a professor in the Department of English at Queens College, City University of New York; a former co-Coordinator of the Introductory English program, she is also the author of Abortion in the American Imagination.
Content
STYLES OF WRITING: AN OVERVIEW - Choosing the Best Words - Be as Clear and Specific as Possible
- Watch for Redundancy
- Avoid Wordiness
- Watch for Missing Parts
- Choose the Best Verb
- Connect Your Ideas Clearly - Paragraphing
- Joining Words
- Order and Weight Your Ideas According to Their Importance
- Watch for Ambiguity
- Illogical or Confused Connections
- Making Your Writing Consistent - Agreement among the Grammatical Parts of Your Writing
- Watch for Mixed Metaphors
- Rhythm, Variety, Balance, and Parallelism
CONTEXTS OF WRITING - Academic Writing: Essays and Arguments - From Topic to Thesis Statement
- The Nature of Argument
- Argument Structure and Paragraphing
- Your Arguments, Others' Arguments
- Styles and Disciplines - The Language of Academic Writing
- Writing about Literature / Writing about Texts
- Writing about Science
- Writing in the Workplace
- Slang and Informal English
- The Social Context: Bias-Free Language - Gender
- Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Disability, etc.
- Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
GRAMMAR - Basic Grammar: An Outline
- Parts of Speech - Nouns
- Pronouns
- Articles
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
- Parts of Sentences - Subject
- Object
- Predicate
- Clauses and Phrases
- Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
- Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties - The Infinitive
- The Simple Present Tense
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Historical Present
- Survey of Verb Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Combining Verb Tenses: Some Challenges
- The Past Perfect Tense
- Combining Tenses-Quoted Material
- Irregular Verbs
- Dangling Constructions
- Noun and Pronoun Difficulties - Singular and Plural Nouns
- Singular Pronouns
- Unreferenced or Wrongly Referenced Pronouns
- Subject and Object Pronouns
- Adjectives and Adverbs - Comparatives and Superlatives
- Incomplete Sentences (Sentence Fragments)
- Run-on Sentences
- EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English - Articles (and Other Determiners)
- Frequently Used Non-count Nouns
- Continuous Verb Tenses
- Omission or Repetition of the Subject
- The Conditional
- Word Order
PUNCTUATION - The Period
- The Comma - Commas and Non-restrictive Elements
- That and Which
- Extra Comma
- Commas and Lists
- The Question Mark
- The Exclamation Mark
- The Semi-Colon
- The Colon
- The Hyphen
- The Dash
- Parentheses
- Square Brackets
- The Apostrophe - Contractions
- Possession
- Quotation Marks - Other Uses of Quotation Marks
- Misuse of Quotation Marks to Indicate Emphasis
- Single Quotation Marks
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Ellipses
FORMAT AND SPELLING - Capitalization
- Abbreviations - Titles
- Academic and Business Terms
- Latin Abbreviations
- Numbers
- Italics
- Spelling - Spell-Check
- Spelling and Sound
- American Spelling, British Spelling, Canadian Spelling
- Other Spelling Mistakes
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION - Approaches to Research
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Citation and Documentation - Incorporating Sources
- Summarizing
- Paraphrasing
- Quoting Directly
- Formatting Quotations
- Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
- Signal Phrases
- MLA Style - About In-Text Citations
- About Works Cited: MLA Core Elements
- Examples
- MLA Style Sample Essay Page
- APA Style - Incorporating Sources in APA Style
- Summarizing
- Paraphrasing
- Quoting Directly
- Formatting Quotations
- Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
- Signal Phrases
- About In-text Citations
- About References
- APA Style Sample Essay Pages
- Chicago Style - About Chicago Style
- Chicago Style Sample
- CSE Style - CSE Style Samples
GLOSSARY OF USAGECORRECTION KEYINDEX
- Watch for Redundancy
- Avoid Wordiness
- Watch for Missing Parts
- Choose the Best Verb
- Connect Your Ideas Clearly - Paragraphing
- Joining Words
- Order and Weight Your Ideas According to Their Importance
- Watch for Ambiguity
- Illogical or Confused Connections
- Making Your Writing Consistent - Agreement among the Grammatical Parts of Your Writing
- Watch for Mixed Metaphors
- Rhythm, Variety, Balance, and Parallelism
CONTEXTS OF WRITING - Academic Writing: Essays and Arguments - From Topic to Thesis Statement
- The Nature of Argument
- Argument Structure and Paragraphing
- Your Arguments, Others' Arguments
- Styles and Disciplines - The Language of Academic Writing
- Writing about Literature / Writing about Texts
- Writing about Science
- Writing in the Workplace
- Slang and Informal English
- The Social Context: Bias-Free Language - Gender
- Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation, Disability, etc.
- Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
GRAMMAR - Basic Grammar: An Outline
- Parts of Speech - Nouns
- Pronouns
- Articles
- Adjectives
- Verbs
- Adverbs
- Prepositions
- Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
- Parts of Sentences - Subject
- Object
- Predicate
- Clauses and Phrases
- Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
- Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties - The Infinitive
- The Simple Present Tense
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Historical Present
- Survey of Verb Tenses
- Voice
- Mood
- Combining Verb Tenses: Some Challenges
- The Past Perfect Tense
- Combining Tenses-Quoted Material
- Irregular Verbs
- Dangling Constructions
- Noun and Pronoun Difficulties - Singular and Plural Nouns
- Singular Pronouns
- Unreferenced or Wrongly Referenced Pronouns
- Subject and Object Pronouns
- Adjectives and Adverbs - Comparatives and Superlatives
- Incomplete Sentences (Sentence Fragments)
- Run-on Sentences
- EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English - Articles (and Other Determiners)
- Frequently Used Non-count Nouns
- Continuous Verb Tenses
- Omission or Repetition of the Subject
- The Conditional
- Word Order
PUNCTUATION - The Period
- The Comma - Commas and Non-restrictive Elements
- That and Which
- Extra Comma
- Commas and Lists
- The Question Mark
- The Exclamation Mark
- The Semi-Colon
- The Colon
- The Hyphen
- The Dash
- Parentheses
- Square Brackets
- The Apostrophe - Contractions
- Possession
- Quotation Marks - Other Uses of Quotation Marks
- Misuse of Quotation Marks to Indicate Emphasis
- Single Quotation Marks
- Direct and Indirect Speech
- Ellipses
FORMAT AND SPELLING - Capitalization
- Abbreviations - Titles
- Academic and Business Terms
- Latin Abbreviations
- Numbers
- Italics
- Spelling - Spell-Check
- Spelling and Sound
- American Spelling, British Spelling, Canadian Spelling
- Other Spelling Mistakes
RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION - Approaches to Research
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Citation and Documentation - Incorporating Sources
- Summarizing
- Paraphrasing
- Quoting Directly
- Formatting Quotations
- Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
- Signal Phrases
- MLA Style - About In-Text Citations
- About Works Cited: MLA Core Elements
- Examples
- MLA Style Sample Essay Page
- APA Style - Incorporating Sources in APA Style
- Summarizing
- Paraphrasing
- Quoting Directly
- Formatting Quotations
- Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
- Signal Phrases
- About In-text Citations
- About References
- APA Style Sample Essay Pages
- Chicago Style - About Chicago Style
- Chicago Style Sample
- CSE Style - CSE Style Samples
GLOSSARY OF USAGECORRECTION KEYINDEX