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xxviii, 628 pages : 24 cm Includes bibliographical references and index Composition -- The writing process -- Preparing to write -- Building a framework : Thesis and organization -- Introducing the essay -- Developing body paragraphs -- Concluding the essay -- Revising, proofreading, and formatting -- Showing and telling : Description, narration, and example -- Limiting and ordering : Definition, classification, and process -- Examining logical connections : Comparison-contrast, cause-effect, and argument -- Writing a summary -- Writing a research paper -- Grammar -- Verbs and subjects -- Subject-verb agreement -- Run-on sentences -- Sentence fragments -- Pronoun case -- Pronoun agreement, reference, and point of view -- Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Parallel structure -- Verb shifts -- Punctuation, word choice, and mechanics -- Commas -- Other punctuation -- Word choice -- Words commonly confused -- Capital letters -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks, underlining, and italics -- Readings -- Thematic list of readings -- Education and language -- Ourselves and others -- Social issues -- List of readings by rhetorical mode -- Example -- Description -- Narration -- Definition -- C

Author

Pamela Arlov, Pamela Sh Arlov

Publisher

Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson/Prentice Hall

Published

2007

Language

EN

ISBN

9780131949935

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Linguistics, Humanities