SF Compact
Published on 2. April 2004
Book
Paperback/Softback
544 pages
978-0-13-189582-9 (ISBN)
Description
For courses in Freshman Composition, Expository Writing, First-Year Writing, Basic Writing, or any course where students need a reference for grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and research.
Based on the Scott Foresman Handbook, Seventh Edition (2004), SF Compact offers you a simple, brief, and inexpensive reference for your students, as well as ample exercises and thorough coverage of research and documentation.
Based on the Scott Foresman Handbook, Seventh Edition (2004), SF Compact offers you a simple, brief, and inexpensive reference for your students, as well as ample exercises and thorough coverage of research and documentation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
544 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-189582-9 (9780131895829)
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John J. Ruszkiewicz | Christy E. Friend | Maxine E. Hairston
SF Compact
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04/2007
2nd Edition
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Content
I. WRITING PROCESSES.
1. What Does Writing Involve?
2. How Do You Find and Explore a Topic?
3. How Do You Focus and Organize a Writing Project?
4. How Do You Write a Draft?
5. How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread?
II. WRITING FOR ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC FORUMS.
6. How Do You Write in College?
7. How Do You Write for the Public?
8. How Do You Read and Think Critically?
9. How Do You Interpret Visual Rhetoric?
10. How Can You Write Powerful Arguments?
11. How Do You Write About Literature?
III. STYLE.
12. What Makes Paragraphs Work?
13. How Do You Craft Opening and Closing Paragraphs?
14. How Do You Manage Transition?
15. What Kinds of Language Can You Use?
16. How Do You Construct Effective Sentences?
17. How Do You Write Stylish Sentences?
IV. DESIGN AND SHAPE OF WRITING.
18. How Do You Design Documents?
19. How Do You Create Web Sites?
20. Model Documents.
V. GRAMMAR.
21. Questions About Subject-Verb Agreement?
22. Questions About Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood?
23. Questions About Verbals?
24. Questions About Plurals, Possessives, and Articles?
25. Questions About Pronoun Reference?
26. Questions About Pronoun Agreement?
27. Questions About Pronoun Case?
28. Questions About Pronoun Choices?
29. Questions About Modifiers?
30. Are You an ESL Writer?
31. ESL Questions About Verbs?
32. ESL Questions About Gerunds, Infinitives, Articles, or Number?
VI. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
33. How Do You Punctuate Sentence Endings? Questions About Sentence Boundaries: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons?
34. Questions About Commas?
35. Questions About Semicolons and Colons?
36. Questions About Quotation Marks and Ellipses?
37. Questions About Parentheses and Brackets?
38. Questions About Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes?
39. Questions About Italics and Capitalization?
40. Questions About Abbreviations and Numbers?
VII. RESEARCH AND WRITING.
41. How Do You Design a Research Project?
42. How Do You Find Information?
43. How Do You Evaluate Sources?
44. How Do You Use Sources Responsibly?
45. How Do You Handle Quotations?
46. How Do You Complete a Project?
VIII. DOCUMENTATION.
47. What is Documentation?
48. How Do You Use MLA Documentation?
49. How Do You Use APA Documentation?
50. How Do You Use CMS Documentation?
51. How Do You Use CSE Documentation?
Glossary of Terms and Usage.
Credits.
Index.
1. What Does Writing Involve?
2. How Do You Find and Explore a Topic?
3. How Do You Focus and Organize a Writing Project?
4. How Do You Write a Draft?
5. How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread?
II. WRITING FOR ACADEMIC AND PUBLIC FORUMS.
6. How Do You Write in College?
7. How Do You Write for the Public?
8. How Do You Read and Think Critically?
9. How Do You Interpret Visual Rhetoric?
10. How Can You Write Powerful Arguments?
11. How Do You Write About Literature?
III. STYLE.
12. What Makes Paragraphs Work?
13. How Do You Craft Opening and Closing Paragraphs?
14. How Do You Manage Transition?
15. What Kinds of Language Can You Use?
16. How Do You Construct Effective Sentences?
17. How Do You Write Stylish Sentences?
IV. DESIGN AND SHAPE OF WRITING.
18. How Do You Design Documents?
19. How Do You Create Web Sites?
20. Model Documents.
V. GRAMMAR.
21. Questions About Subject-Verb Agreement?
22. Questions About Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood?
23. Questions About Verbals?
24. Questions About Plurals, Possessives, and Articles?
25. Questions About Pronoun Reference?
26. Questions About Pronoun Agreement?
27. Questions About Pronoun Case?
28. Questions About Pronoun Choices?
29. Questions About Modifiers?
30. Are You an ESL Writer?
31. ESL Questions About Verbs?
32. ESL Questions About Gerunds, Infinitives, Articles, or Number?
VI. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
33. How Do You Punctuate Sentence Endings? Questions About Sentence Boundaries: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons?
34. Questions About Commas?
35. Questions About Semicolons and Colons?
36. Questions About Quotation Marks and Ellipses?
37. Questions About Parentheses and Brackets?
38. Questions About Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes?
39. Questions About Italics and Capitalization?
40. Questions About Abbreviations and Numbers?
VII. RESEARCH AND WRITING.
41. How Do You Design a Research Project?
42. How Do You Find Information?
43. How Do You Evaluate Sources?
44. How Do You Use Sources Responsibly?
45. How Do You Handle Quotations?
46. How Do You Complete a Project?
VIII. DOCUMENTATION.
47. What is Documentation?
48. How Do You Use MLA Documentation?
49. How Do You Use APA Documentation?
50. How Do You Use CMS Documentation?
51. How Do You Use CSE Documentation?
Glossary of Terms and Usage.
Credits.
Index.