The college writer
Subtitle: a guide to thinking, writing, and researching
By: Randall VanderMey ... [et al.].
Contributors: VanderMay, Randall.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston, Mass; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 696
ISBN-13: 9780547147819; 9780547147826
Subjects: English language -- Rhetoric; Report writing
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Critical thinking through reading, viewing, and writing; title: Beginning the writing process; title: Planning; title: Drafting; title: Revising; title: Editing and proofreading; title: Submitting writing and creating portfolios; title: One writer's process; title: Forms of college writing; title: Narration and description; title: Description and reflection; title: Cause and effect; title: Comparison and contrast; title: Classification; title: Process writing; title: Definition; title: Strategies for argumentation and persuasion; title: Taking a position; title: Persuading readers to act; title: Proposing a solution; title: Interview report; title: Lab, experiment, and field reports; title: Writing about literature and the arts; title: Taking essay tests; title: Writing for the workplace; title: Writing and designing for the web; title: Preparing oral presentations; title: Getting started: from planning research to evaluating sources; title: Conducting primary and library research; title: Conducting research on the internet; title: Drafting a paper with documented research; title: MLA documentation format; title: APA documentation format; title: Marking punctuation; title: Checking mechanics; title: Using the right word; title: Understanding grammar; title: Constructing sentences; title: Avoiding sentence errors; title: Multilingual/ESL issues.