SF Writer & OneKey (Student iBook)
3rd Edition
Published on 1. June 2005
Book
Mixed media product
536 pages
978-0-13-154423-9 (ISBN)
Description
For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing or any course where students need help with grammar, research and documentation.
Innovation you can use.
SF Writer, Third Edition, offers the best coverage of argument and visual rhetoric in a brief handbook. The style is energetic and witty, the advice fresh and contemporary, the design ground-breaking. More than any other handbook, SF Writer now focuses on argument. This is the handbook that reflects where the field is going, and what is important to today's students.
Innovation you can use.
SF Writer, Third Edition, offers the best coverage of argument and visual rhetoric in a brief handbook. The style is energetic and witty, the advice fresh and contemporary, the design ground-breaking. More than any other handbook, SF Writer now focuses on argument. This is the handbook that reflects where the field is going, and what is important to today's students.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New Jersey
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Weight
816 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-154423-9 (9780131544239)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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John J. Ruszkiewicz | Daniel E. Seward | Maxine E. Hairston
SF Writer
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03/2007
4th Edition
Pearson
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Content
I. WORKING AS A WRITER.
1. Writers at Work.
2. Preparing to Write.
3. Making a Point.
4. Making Choices About Plagiarism.
5. Creating a Structure.
6. Drafting.
7. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading.
II. SHAPING LANGUAGE.
8. Making Choices About Language.
9. Writing Stylish Sentences.
10. Shaping Effective Paragraphs.
III. PRESENTING YOUR WRITING.
11. Designing Documents.
12. Enhancing Visual Style.
13. Writing for the Web.
14. Giving Oral Presentations.
15. Model Documents.
IV. WRITING ARGUMENTS.
16. Reading and Responding Critically.
17. Strategies of Argument.
18. Visual Arguments.
19. Writing a Literary or Popular Culture Analysis.
V. RESEARCH.
20. Doing Research.
21. Finding Information.
22. Evaluating Sources.
23. Using Sources Responsibly.
24. Using Quotations Effectively.
25. Collecting Source Information for Documentation.
VI. DOCUMENTATION.
26. MLA Documenation.
27. APA Documentation.
28. CMS Documentation.
29. CSE Documentation.
30. COS Documentation.
VII. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR.
31. Key Grammatical Terms.
32. The Shape of Sentences.
33. Sentences, Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons.
34. Modifiers.
35. Subject-Verb Agreement.
36. Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood.
37. Pronouns.
38. Suggestions for ESL Writers.
VIII. UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
39. End Punctuation.
40. Commas.
41. Semicolons and Colons.
42. Quotation Marks and Ellipses.
43. Parentheses and Brackets.
44. Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes.
45. Italics and Capitalization.
46. Apostrophes, Abbreviations, and Numbers.
47. Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus.
Almanac.
Glossary of Usage.
Index.
1. Writers at Work.
2. Preparing to Write.
3. Making a Point.
4. Making Choices About Plagiarism.
5. Creating a Structure.
6. Drafting.
7. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading.
II. SHAPING LANGUAGE.
8. Making Choices About Language.
9. Writing Stylish Sentences.
10. Shaping Effective Paragraphs.
III. PRESENTING YOUR WRITING.
11. Designing Documents.
12. Enhancing Visual Style.
13. Writing for the Web.
14. Giving Oral Presentations.
15. Model Documents.
IV. WRITING ARGUMENTS.
16. Reading and Responding Critically.
17. Strategies of Argument.
18. Visual Arguments.
19. Writing a Literary or Popular Culture Analysis.
V. RESEARCH.
20. Doing Research.
21. Finding Information.
22. Evaluating Sources.
23. Using Sources Responsibly.
24. Using Quotations Effectively.
25. Collecting Source Information for Documentation.
VI. DOCUMENTATION.
26. MLA Documenation.
27. APA Documentation.
28. CMS Documentation.
29. CSE Documentation.
30. COS Documentation.
VII. UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR.
31. Key Grammatical Terms.
32. The Shape of Sentences.
33. Sentences, Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons.
34. Modifiers.
35. Subject-Verb Agreement.
36. Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood.
37. Pronouns.
38. Suggestions for ESL Writers.
VIII. UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS.
39. End Punctuation.
40. Commas.
41. Semicolons and Colons.
42. Quotation Marks and Ellipses.
43. Parentheses and Brackets.
44. Dashes, Hyphens, and Slashes.
45. Italics and Capitalization.
46. Apostrophes, Abbreviations, and Numbers.
47. Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus.
Almanac.
Glossary of Usage.
Index.