The Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook
Student Workbook
2nd Edition
Published on 27. June 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-19-544709-5 (ISBN)
Description
This workbook accompanies The Concise Canadian Writer's Handbook. It provides exercises covering the topics in the main book, from the mechanics of building strong sentences and paragraphs to the intricacies of writing, formatting, and documenting full-length research papers. With over 150 exercises, the workbook helps students gain a firm grasp of grammatical concepts and other topics. Exercises also help students improve their writing through practical application of the effective writing techniques discussed in the text.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Toronto
Canada
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Undergraduate students in any course with a substantial writing component.
Illustrations
10 figures
Dimensions
Height: 279 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 12 mm
Weight
608 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-544709-5 (9780195447095)
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Persons
William E. Messenger (now deceased) and Jan de Bruyn, both emeritus professors of the University of British Columbia, produced the first edition of The Canadian Writer's Handbook in 1980. Judy Brown joined the project as an editorial consultant on the third edition; she is a senior instructor in the English department at UBC, where she teaches courses in Canadian and children's literature. Ramona Montagnes, also a member of UBC's English department, has been the director of the university's writing centre since 1992 and is responsible for the development of new courses and programs for the centre.
Content
PART I: PRINCIPLES OF COMPOSITION; 1. 1-7 WORKING WITH PARAGRAPHS; 2. 9A-B FINDING AND LIMITING SUBJECTS; 3. 9C THINKING ABOUT AUDIENCE AND PURPOSE; 4. 9D GENERATING MATERIAL; 5. 9E CLASSIFYING AND ORGANIZING DATA; 6. 9F-J (1) WRITING THESIS STATEMENTS AND OUTLINES; 7. 9F-J (2) REVISING WEAK OUTLINES; 8. 9F-J (3) CONSTRUCTING AND USING OUTLINES; 9. 9-L EVALUATING BEGINNINGS; 10. 10 (1) DETECTING FAULTY REASONING; 11. 10 (2) ANALYZING ARGUMENTS AND RECOGNIZING PERSUASIVE TECHNIQUES; 12. 10 (3) INCLUDING THE OPPOSITION; PART II: UNDERSTANDING SENTENCES; 13. 12A-B (1) SUBJECT AND PREDICATE; 14. 12A-B (2) SUBJECT AND PREDICATE WITH MODIFIERS AND ARTICLES; 15. 12D-E SENTENCE PATTERNS 2A AND 2B; 16. 12F SENTENCE PATTERN 3; 17. 12G-K SENTENCE PATTERNS 4A, 4B, 5A, 5B, AND 6; 18. 12K SENTENCE PATTERN 6; 19. 12C-K (1) IDENTIFYING SENTENCE PATTERNS; 20. 12C-K (2) IDENTIFYING SENTENCE ELEMENTS AND PATTERNS; 21. 12M-N DEPENDENT AND INDEPENDENT CLAUSES; 22. 12-O FUNCTIONS OF SUBORDINATE CLAUSES; 23. 12P RECOGNIZING PHRASES; 24. 12M-P (1) RECOGNIZING PHRASES AND CLAUSES; 25. 12M-P (2) RECOGNIZING PHRASES AND CLAUSES; 26. 12Q (1) WRITING APPOSITIVES; 27. 12Q (2) USING APPOSITIVES; 28. 12Q-R IDENTIFYING APPOSITIVES AND ABSOLUTES; 29. 12W-X RECOGNIZING MINOR SENTENCES AND FRAGMENTS; 30. 12X RECOGNIZING AND CORRECTING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS; 31. 12Z (1) RECOGNIZING KINDS OF SENTENCES; 32. 12Z (2) RECOGNIZING KINDS OF SENTENCES; 33. 12Z (3) CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SENTENCES; 34. 12Z (4) CONSTRUCTING DIFFERENT KINDS OF SENTENCES; ANSWERS; PART III: PARTS OF SPEECH; 35. 13B (1) RECOGNIZING NOUNS; 36. 13B (2) RECOGNIZING NOUNS; 37. 14E USING CORRECT PRONOUNS; 38. 14 IDENTIFYING PRONOUNS; 39. 15D AVOIDING GENDER BIAS; 40. 15 (1) PRONOUN-ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT; 41. 15 (2) CORRECTING AGREEMENT ERRORS; 42. 16 (1) CORRECTING FAULTY PRONOUN REFERENCE; 43. 16 (2) CORRECTING FAULTY PRONOUN REFERENCE; 44. 17A (1) IDENTIFYING VERB TYPES; 45. 17A (2) RECOGNIZING SUBJECTIVE COMPLEMENTS; 46. 17C (1) USING IRREGULAR VERBS; 47. 17C (2) USING IRREGULAR VERBS; 48. 17E MODAL AUXILIARY VERBS; 49. 17G VERB TENSE; 50. 17-L (1) REVISING PASSIVE VOICE; 51. 17-L (2) REVISING PASSIVE VOICE; 52. 18 (1) SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT; 53. 18 (2) CHOOSING CORRECT VERBS; 54. 18 (3) CORRECTING FAULTY SUBJECT-VERB AGREEMENT; 55. 19A-B ADJECTIVES; 56. 19C USING ARTICLES; 57. 19E ORDER OF ADJECTIVES; 58. 20 IDENTIFYING ADVERBS; 59. 19-20 (1) RECOGNIZING ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS; 60. 19-20 (2) CORRECTING MISUSED ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS; 61. 19-20 (3) USING ADJECTIVAL AND ADVERBIAL MODIFIERS; 62. 21A IDENTIFYING INFINITIVE PHRASES; 63. 21D-E USING PARTICIPLES; 64. 21 (1) IDENTIFYING VERBAL PHRASES; 65. 21 (2) RECOGNIZING VERBALS; 66. 21 (3) USING VERBALS; 67. 21 (4) WRITING WITH VERBALS; 68. 21 (5) REDUCING CLAUSES; 69. 21 (6) REDUCING CLAUSES TO INFINITIVE PHRASES; 70. 21 (7) USING ABSOLUTE PHRASES; 71. 21 (8) USING ABSOLUTE PHRASES; 72. 22A-C (1) IDENTIFYING PREPOSITIONS; 73. 22A-C (2) RECOGNIZING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES; 74.22A-C (3) USING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES; 75. 23A USING COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS; 76. 23C (1) RECOGNIZING SUBORDINATE CLAUSES; 77. 23C (2) USING SUBORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS; 78. 23C (3) WRITING SUBORDINATE CLAUSES; 79. 23 (1) IDENTIFYING CONJUNCTIONS; 80. 23 (2) WRITING WITH CONJUNCTIONS; 81. 13-24 RECOGNIZING PARTS OF SPEECH; 82. REVIEW EXERCISES: PART III; ANSWERS; PART IV: WRITING EFFECTIVE SENTENCES; 83. 27A LENGTHENING SENTENCES; 84. 27B SHORTENING SENTENCES; 85. 28 SENTENCE VARIETY; 86. 27-29 SENTENCE LENGTH, VARIETY, AND EMPHASIS; 87. 32 (1) CORRECTING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS; 88. 32 (2) CORRECTING SENTENCE FRAGMENTS; 89. 35 (1) CORRECTING MISPLACED MODIFIERS; 90. 35 (2) CORRECTING MISPLACED MODIFIERS; 91. 36 (1) CORRECTING DANGLING MODIFIERS; 92. 36 (2) CORRECTING DANGLING MODIFIERS; 93. 32-36 REVIEW OF COMMON SENTENCE ERRORS; 94. 37 (1) CORRECTING MIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; 95. 37 (2) CORRECTING MIXED CONSTRUCTIONS; 96. 38 (1) IMPROVING ALIGNMENT; 97. 38 (2) IMPROVING ALIGNMENT; 98. 39 ELIMINATING SHIFTS; 99. 40 (1) CORRECTING FAULTY PARALLELISM; 100. 40 (2) CORRECTING FAULTY PARALLELISM; 101. 41 (1) USING SUBORDINATION; 102. 41 (2) CORRECTING FAULTY COORDINATION; 103. 42 IMPROVING LOGIC; 104. REVIEW EXERCISES: PARTS II, III, AND IV; ANSWERS; PART V: PUNCTUATION; 105. 43A-B THE COMMA, INDEPENDENT CLAUSES, AND COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS; 106. 43C-D PUNCTUATING PARALLEL ADJECTIVES AND SERIES; 107. 43E (1) PUNCTUATING ADVERBIAL CLAUSES; 108. 43E (2) PUNCTUATING OPENING AND CLOSING WORDS AND PHRASES; 109. 43E (3) PUNCTUATING WORDS, PHRASES, AND ADVERBIAL CLAUSES; 110. 43F (1) PUNCTUATING NONRESTRICTIVE ELEMENTS; 111. 43F (2) IDENTIFYING AND PUNCTUATING NONRESTRICTIVE AND RESTRICTIVE ELEMENTS; 112. 43 (1) USING COMMAS; 113. 43 (2) EXTRA PUNCTUATION PRACTICE: THE COMMA; 114. 44 THE SEMICOLON; 115. 43-45 COMMA, SEMICOLON, OR COLON; 116. 44-46 USING THE SEMICOLON, COLON, AND DASH; 117. 43G, 46, 47 PUNCTUATING SENTENCE INTERRUPTERS; 118. 54A-B (ALSO 33-34) (1) CORRECTING COMMA SPLICES AND RUN-ON SENTENCES; 119. 54A-B (ALSO 33-34) (2) CORRECTING COMMA SPLICES AND RUN-ON SENTENCES; 120. 54A-B (ALSO 33-34) (3) CORRECTING COMMA SPLICES AND RUN-ON SENTENCES; 121. 43-46 EXTRA PUNCTUATION PRACTICE; 122. 52 QUOTATION MARKS; 123. 43-54 (1) PUNCTUATION REVIEW; 124. 43-54 (2) PUNCTUATION REVIEW; 125. REVIEW EXERCISES: PART V; ANSWERS; PART VI: MECHANICS AND SPELLING; 126. 56 USING ABBREVIATIONS CORRECTLY; 127. 57-59 CAPITALIZATION, TITLES, AND ITALICS; 128. 61K (1) USING HYPHENS; 129. 61K (2) USING HYPHENS; 130. 62-L FORMING PLURALS; 131. 61-L-N (1) USING APOSTROPHES; 132. 61-L-N (2) USING APOSTROPHES; 133. 62 CORRECTING MISSPELLINGS; 134. REVIEW EXERCISE: PART VI; ANSWERS; PART VII: DICTION; 135. 64A-B (1) USING FORMAL DICTION; 136. 64A-B (2) SLANG, COLLOQUIALISMS, AND INFORMAL EXPRESSIONS; 137. 64C (1) THINKING ABOUT "BIG" WORDS; 138. 64C (2) ELIMINATING PRETENTIOUS DICTION; 139. 66 (1) USING SPECIFIC DICTION; 140. 66 (2) BEING CONCRETE AND SPECIFIC; 141. 67 RECOGNIZING CONNOTATION; 142. 68 AVOIDING EUPHEMISMS; 143. 69 (1) AVOIDING WRONG WORDS; 144. 69 (2) AVOIDING WRONG WORDS; 145. 70 (1) CORRECTING IDIOMS; 146. 70 (2) CORRECTING IDIOMS; 147. 71C CUTTING REDUNDANCY; 148.71A-C (1) REDUCING WORDINESS; 149. 71A-C (2) REDUCING WORDINESS BY COMBINING SENTENCES; 150. 71A-D REDUCING WORDINESS, REDUNDANCY, AND READY-MADE PHRASES; 151. 71E ELIMINATING CLICHES; 152. 71G EVALUATING NOUNS USED AS ADJECTIVES; 153. 72 USAGE; 154. 63-72 SENTENCE REVISIONS; 155. REVIEW EXERCISE: PART VII; ANSWERS; PART VIII: RESEARCH, WRITING, AND DOCUMENTATION; 156. 78 PARAPHRASING AND SUMMARIZING; 157. 79A DOCUMENTING IN MLA; 158. 79B DOCUMENTING IN APA; ANSWERS