Writer's Reference

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Author: Diana Hacker

ISBN-10: 0312450257

ISBN-13: 9780312450250

Category: English language -> Textbooks for foreign speakers

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Composition/StyleComposing and revisingPlanningDraftingRevisingParagraphsArgumentsSample PaperResearch writingConducting researchEvaluating sourcesManaging informationPlanning and draftingCiting sources; avoiding plagiarismIntegrating sourcesRevising your draftEffective sentencesParallelismNeeded wordsProblems with modifiersShiftsMixed constructionsCoordination and subordinationSentence varietyWord choiceGlossary of usageWordy sentencesActive verbsAppropriate languageExact languageThe dictionary and thesaurusCorrectnessGrammatical sentencesSubject-verb agreementOther problems with verbsProblems with pronounsAdjectives and adverbsSentence fragmentsRun-on sentencesEsl Trouble spotsArticlesSpecial problems with verbsSentence structureOther trouble spotsPunctuationThe commaUnnecessary commasThe semicolonThe colonThe apostropheQuotation marksOther marksSpelling and mechanicsSpellingThe hyphenCapitalizationAbbreviationsNumbersItalics (underlining)Format/Basic GrammarDocument designPrinciples of document designAcademic manuscript formatsBusiness documentsElectronic documentsMla documentationIn-text citationsList of works citedInformation notesManuscript formatSample Paper: Mla StyleAlternative styles of documentationApa styleSample Paper: Apa StyleChicago styleSample Pages: Chicago StyleList of style manualsBasic grammarParts of speechParts of sentencesSubordinate word groupsSentence typesIndex