Wordsmith
Subtitle: a guide to college writing
By: Pamela Arlov.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Upper Saddle River, N.J
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780136050544
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric; English language -- Grammar; College readers; Report writing
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: The writing process; title: Preparing to write; title: Building a framework: thesis and organization; title: Introducing the essay; title: Developing body paragraphs; title: Concluding the essay; title: Revising, proofreading, and formatting; title: Showing and telling: description, narration, and example; title: Limiting and ordering: definition, classification, and process; title: Examining logical connections: comparison-contrast, cause-effect, and argument; title: Writing a summary; title: Writing a research paper; title: Grammar; title: Verbs and subjects; title: Subject-verb agreement; title: Coordination and subordination; title: Run-on sentences; title: Sentence fragments; title: Pronoun case; title: Pronoun agreement, reference, and point of view; title: Misplaced and dangling modifiers; title: Parallel structure; title: Verb shifts; title: Sentences with style; title: Commas; title: Other punctuation; title: Word choice; title: Words commonly confused; title: Capital letters; title: Apostrophes; title: Quotation marks, underlining, and italics.