Writing today : context and options for the real world / Donald Pharr, Santi V. Buscemi
Imprint
Boston : McGraw-Hill, ; 2005
Descript
xxxii, 790, [I-20], : ill. ; 23 cm
CONTENT
The essay: determining purpose, audience, and approach -- Shaping your essay: prewriting, focusing, organizing, and drafting -- Developing strong paragraphs: exploring your options -- Reshaping your essay: global revision -- Refining your essay: editing and proofreading -- Description -- Narration -- Exemplification -- Process analysis -- Causal analysis -- Definition -- Classification -- Comparison and contrast -- Argument -- The blended essay -- Essay examinations -- Business formats -- Quoting text -- Writing about literature -- The research process -- The research paper -- Parts of speech -- Sentence parts and sentence types -- Major sentence errors -- Problems with verbs -- Problems with pronouns -- Problems with modifiers -- Punctuating sentences with commas -- Punctuating sentences with other punctuation marks -- Mechanics -- Diction, usage, and spelling -- A glossary of usage