Simon & Schuster Quick Access Reference for Writers
3rd Edition
Published on 28. August 2001
Book
Spiral bound
448 pages
978-0-13-022562-7 (ISBN)
Description
This brief tabbed handbook reference includes clear, easy-to-understand coverage of grammar and punctuation. Expanded web coverage. Online supplements for document/web design, public writing, WAC and oral presentation.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Pearson Education (US)
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Width: 250 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
250 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-13-022562-7 (9780130225627)
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S&s Quick Access Ref Writer MLA 1999
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Content
THINKING AND READING REFLECTIVELY. 1. Thinking Reflectively. 2. Reading Reflectively. 3. Reasoning. 4. Distinguishing Between Summary and Synthesis II. WRITING PROCESS. 5. Getting Started. 6. Drafting. 7. Revising, Editing, Proofreading. 8. Composing Paragraphs. 9. Arranging Essays. III. SENTENCES. 10. Conciseness. 11. Coordination and Subordination. 12. Sentence Style. 13. Sentence Fragments. 14. Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences. 15. Shifting and Disjointed Sentences. 16. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. IV. WORDS. 17. Usage Glossary. 18. Word Meanings and Word Impact. 19. Gender-Neutral Language. 20. Spelling. V. RESEARCH. 21. Starting a Research Project. 22. Finding and Evaluating Traditional and Online Sources. 23. Extracting Information from Sources. 24. Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism. 25. Drafting and Revising a Research Paper. VI. MLA DOCUMENTATION. 26. MLA In-Text Citations. 27. MLA Works Cited List. 28. A Students MLA Research Paper. VII. APA, CM, CBE DOCUMENTATION. 29. APA In-Text Citations. 30. APA References List. 31. A Students APA Research Paper. 32. CM-Style Documentation. 33. CBE-Style Documentation. VII. DOCUMENT DESIGN. 34. Producing Effective Documents. 35. Principles of Document Design. 36. Academic and Business Documents. 37. Online Documents. IX. GRAMMAR BASICS. 38. Parts of Speech and Parts of Sentences. 39. Verbs. 40. Subject-Verb Agreement. 41. Pronouns: Agreement, Reference, Case. 42. Using Adjectives and Adverbs. X. TIPS FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS. 43. Singulars and Plurals. 44. Articles. 45. Word Order. 46. Prepositions. 47. Gerunds and Infinitives. 48. Modal Auxiliary Verbs. XI. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS. 49. Commas. 50. Semicolons. 51. Colons. 52. Apostrophes. 53. Quotation Marks. 54. End Punctuation. 55. Other Punctuation Marks. 56. Hyphens. 57. Capitals. 58. Italics. 59. Abbreviations. 60. Numbers. Terms Glossary and Index.