The college writer's reference
By: Toby Fulwiler, Alan R. Hayakawa.
Contributors: Hayakawa, Alan R.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 464
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.; Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: A writer's questions; title: The writing process; title: Writing to discover; title: Journal writing; title: Reflecting on experience; title: Explaining concepts; title: Writing interpretive essays; title: Arguing positions; title: Revising; title: Editing; title: Beginning the research process; title: Conducting library research; title: Conducting internet research; title: Conducting field research; title: Evaluating research sources; title: Using sources; title: Designing written documents; title: Writing for the world wide web; title: Portfolios and publishing; title: Making oral presentations; title: Paragraph structure; title: Strong openings; title: Thoughtful closings; title: Powerful sentences; title: Concise sentences; title: Strong verbs; title: Specific nouns and modifiers; title: The right word; title: Unbiased language; title: Proofreading; title: Commas; title: Semicolons; title: Colons; title: End punctuation; title: Apostrophes; title: Quotation marks; title: Parentheses and brackets; title: Dashes, slashes, and ellipsis points; title: Spelling; title: Capitalization; title: Hyphens; title: Numbers; title: Abbreviations; title: Italics and underlining; title: Eliminating sentence fragments; title: Eliminating comma splices and fused sentences; title: Eliminating shifts and mixed construction; title: Using verbs correctly; title: Making verbs agree with subjects; title: Using pronouns correctly; title: Working with adjectives and adverbs; title: Positioning modifiers.