The Borzoi handbook for writers /

Crews, Frederick C.

The Borzoi handbook for writers / Frederick Crews, Sandra Schor & Michael Hennessy. - 3rd edition - New York ; Singapore ; Tokyo : McGraw-Hill, Inc., c1993. - xviii, 672 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.

Contents;

1 COMPOSING ESSAYS
1 Arriving at a Topic
2 Developing a Thesis
3 Organizing
4 Drafting
5 Collaborating and Revising, etc.

II PARAGRAPHS
7 Paragraph Unity and Continuity
8 Paragraph Development
9 Paragraph Functions
10 Opening and Closing Paragraphs

III SENTENCES
11 Sentence Clarity
12 Subordination
13 Sentence Emphasis and Variety

IV WORDS
14 Appropriate Language
15 Efficient Language
16 Figurative Language

v USAGE
17 Complete Sentences
18 Joining Independent Clauses
19 Joining Subjects and Verbs
20 Modifiers
21 Noun and Pronoun Case, etc.

VI PUNCTUATION
25 Periods,, Question Marks, Exclamation Points
26 Commas
27 Semicolons and Colons
28 Dashes and Parentheses
29 Quoting, etc.

VII CONVENTIONS
31 Verb Forms
32 Plurals and Possessives
33 Spelling
34 Hyphenation
35 Capitals, etc.

VIII RESEARCH PAPERS
37 Conducting Research
38 Writing from Sources
39 Using MLA Documentation
40 Using APA Documentation

IX APPLIED WRITING
41 Examination Answers and In-class Essays
42 Business Writing
43 Resumes

X TOOLS
44 Writing with a word processor
45 An Index of Usage
46 A Glossary of Terms


Includes Index : p. 639-672

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