Raimes, Ann, 1938-

Universal keys for writers / Ann Raimes. - Instructor's annotated edition - Boston ; New York : Houghton Mifflin, c2004. - xxxi, 932 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 22 cm.

PART I. WRITING AN ESSAY
1. Thinking, reading and writing
2. Defining the task
3. Generating, shaping, and focusing ideas
4. Drafting, revising, and editing an essay
5. Developing and structuring paragraphs

PARTII. WRITING IN ALL YOUR COURSES
6. Writing an argument
7. Writing about literature
8. Writing across the curriculum
9. Writing under pressure

PART III. WRITING WITH TECHNOLOGY AND WRITING FOR WORK
10. Designing documents and using word
11. Communicating online
12. Writing online for academic purposes
13. Designing a personal website
14. Writing for employment
15. Writing in the work world

PART IV. COMMON SENTENCE PROBLEMS
16. How a sentence works
17. Top ten sentence problems: a checklist
18. Sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices
19. Sentence snarls
20. Verbs
21. Subject-verb agreement
22. Pronouns
23. Adjectives and verbs
24. Relative clauses and relative pronouns

PART V. PUNCTUATION, MECHANICS, AND SPELLING
25. Periods, question marks, and exclamation points
26. Commas
27. Semicolons and colons
28. Apostrophes
29. Quotations marks
30. Other punctuation marks
etc...

Includes index.

0618112936 (instructor's annotated ed.) 061811288X (student ed.)

2002109659


English language--Rhetoric--Study and teaching.
Report writing--Study and teaching.
English language--Grammar--Study and teaching.
English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.

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