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The Macmillan writer : rhetoric, reader, handbook / Judith Nadell, Linda McMeniman, John Langan.

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Boston : Allyn and Bacon, c2000.Edition: 4th editionDescription: xxxii, 718 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0205298540 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 808.0427 23 NAD
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Table of Contents

Part I. The reading process
1. Becoming a strong reader

Part II. The writer's process
2. Getting started through rewriting
3. Understanding a thesis
4. Supporting the thesis with evidence
5. Organizing the evidence
6. Writing the paragraphs in the first draft
7. Revising overall meaning, structure and paragraph development
8. Revising sentences and words
9. Editing and proofreading

Part III. The patterns of development
10. An overview of the patterns of development
11. Description
12. Narration
13. Illustration
14. Division-classification
15. Process analysis
16. Comparison-contrast
17. Cause-effect
18. Definition
19. Argumentation-Persuasion

Part IV. The research paper
20. Selecting a subject, using the library and the internet, and taking notes
21. Writing the research paper

Part V. The literary paper and exam essay
22. Writing about literature
23. Writing exam essay

Part VI. A concise handbook

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