Words: I Know What I Want To Say - I Just Don't Know How To Say It
Subtitle: how to write essays, reports, blogs, presentations, books, proposals, memos, and other nonfiction
Publisher: JustOneWord
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Dawson Creek, BC Canada
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9780987930705
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Before You Write; title: ONE - Discover Your Keyword; title: 1. Make A Keyword List; title: 2. Consider Quotations; title: 3. Create A Working Title; title: 4. Design A Poster; title: Chapter One Summary; title: TWO - Determine Your Key Idea; title: A. Identify Your Overall Goal; title: B. Choose One Genre; title: C. Link Your Goal And Genre; title: D. Understand the Conventions of Your Genre; title: Chapter Two Summary; title: THREE - Understand Your Audience; title: 1. Make The Audience Real; title: 2. Acknowledge Their Point Of View; title: 3. Speak Their Language; title: Chapter Three Summary; title: As You Write; title: FOUR - The Introduction - Establish A Shared Context; title: A. Start With A Descriptive Title; title: B. Consider An Epigraph; title: C. Set The Stage; title: D. Outline Your Key Idea; title: Chapter Four Summary; title: FIVE - The Middle - Conduct A Guided Tour; title: 1. Keep Your Promise; title: 2. Use Transitional Devices; title: 3. Provide Evidence; title: 4. Document Your Sources; title: Chapter Five Summary; title: SIX - The Conclusion - Create A Satisfying Ending; title: 1. Restate Your Key Idea; title: 2. Create A Frame; title: 3. Comment; title: 4. Call For Action; title: 5. Close With A Clincher; title: Chapter Six Summary; title: After You Write; title: SEVEN - Write Concise, Confident, And Credible Sentences; title: 1. Avoid To Verbs; title: 2. Avoid Too Many Verbs; title: 3. Avoid Contractions; title: 4. Consider Ownership; title: 5. Write In The Plural Voice; title: 6. Think In Terms Of Periods And Commas; title: The Period; title: The Semicolon; title: The Colon; title: The Comma; title: Special Cases: Dashes and Parenthesis; title: Punctuation Summary; title: 7. Use Three Sentence Types; title: Simple Sentences: Making Sense; title: Transitional Words and Simple Sentences; title: Compound Sentences: Transitional Words and Connection Techniques; title: Complex Sentences: Transitional Words and Demotion Techniques; title: Sentence Type Summary; title: 8. Use Parallel Structure; title: 9. Use Precise Modifiers And Verbs; title: 10. Verify Word Definitions; title: 11. Simplify; title: Chapter Seven Summary; title: EIGHT - Use A Checklist; title: One Crucial Checklist; title: Acknowledgements