Title:
Writing matters : a handbook for writing and research
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Publication Information:
New York, NY : McGraw-Hill, c2010
Physical Description:
xxx, 867 p. : col. ill. ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9780077429645
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Summary
Summary
Clarifies the responsibility writers have to one another - whether they are collaborating in an online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research project. This title focuses on the importance of using conventions appropriate to the audience, and provides readers with the information and interpretation they need.
Table of Contents
| Part 1 Writing Matters: Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Designing |
| 1 Writing Responsibly in the Information Age |
| a Writing Today |
| b The Writer's Responsibilities |
| Writing Responsibly: Your College's Plagiarism Policy |
| Writing Responsibly: Taking Yourself Seriously as a Writer |
| 2 Planning Your Project |
| a Analyzing Your Writing Situation |
| Writing Responsibly: Your Audience and You |
| b Analyzing an Assignment |
| c Generating Ideas |
| Writing Responsibly: Note Taking and Plagiarism |
| Writing Responsibly: Keep Track as You Browse |
| d Narrowing or Broadening a Topic |
| e Working with Others: Planning a Collaborative Project |
| 3 Organizing and Drafting Your Project |
| a Crafting an Effective Thesis |
| b Organizing Your Ideas |
| c Preparing to Draft |
| d Drafting: Explaining and Supporting Your Ideas |
| Writing Responsibly: Made-up "evidence" |
| Student Project: First Draft |
| e Writing with Others: Collaborative Projects |
| 4 Crafting and Connecting Paragraphs |
| a Writing Relevant Paragraphs |
| b Writing Unified Paragraphs |
| c Writing Coherent Paragraphs |
| Writing Responsibly: Guiding the Reader |
| d Developing Paragraphs Using Patterns |
| e Writing Introductory Paragraphs |
| f Writing Concluding Paragraphs |
| g Connecting Paragraphs |
| 5 Drafting and Revising Visuals |
| a Deciding Whether to Illustrate College Writing Projects |
| b Using Visuals as Evidence |
| Writing Responsibly: Exploitative Images |
| c Deciding Whether to Copy Visuals or to Create Them |
| d Revising Visuals |
| 6 Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting |
| Revising Globally: Learning To Re-See |
| a Gaining Perspective |
| b Rereading Your Draft |
| Writing Responsibly: The Big Picture |
| c Reconsidering Your Title |
| Revising Locally: Editing Words and Sentences |
| d Choosing Your Words with Care |
| e Editing Your Sentences |
| Writing Responsibly: Making an Essay Long Enough without Wordiness |
| Revising With Others |
| f Peer Revising |
| g Working with a Tutor or Instructor |
| Proofreading and Formatting |
| h Proofreading |
| Writing Responsibly: Beware the Spell Checker! |
| i Formatting an Academic Text |
| Student Project: Final Draft |
| j Creating and Submitting a Portfolio |
| Personal Statement |
| Part 2 Reasoning Matters: Reading, Thinking, and Arguing |
| 7 Thinking and Reading Critically |
| a Comprehending |
| Reading Responsibly: Engaging with What You Read |
| b Reflecting |
| c Preparing to Write |
| Writing Responsibly: Drawing Inferences |
| Writing Responsibly: Understanding criticism |
| Student Project: Critique |
| 8 Analyzing and Crafting Arguments |
| a Persuading and Exploring |
| Writing Responsibly: The Well-Tempered Tone |
| b Reasoning Logically |
| Writing Responsibly: Considering Counterevidence |
| c Avoiding Logical Fallacies |
| Writing Responsibly: Visual Claims and Visual Fallacies |
| d Making a Claim |
| Writing Responsibly: Choosing a Fresh Topic |
| e Appealing to Readers: Intellect, Authority, and Emotions |
| Arguing Responsibly: Making Oral Arguments |
| f Unearthing Assumptions |
| g Considering Alternative Viewpoints |
| h Organizing Arguments: Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin models |
| Student Project: Exploratory Argument |
| Part 3 Media Matters |
| 9 Designing Printed and Electronic Documents |
| a Understanding the Four Principles of Design |
| b Planning Your Design Project |
| c Applying the Principles of Design |
| Writing Responsibly: Selecting Fonts with Readers in Mind |
| Writing Responsibly: Designing for Those with Impaired Color Vision |
| 10 Writing for Multiple Media |
| a Writing and Answering Email |
| Writing Responsibly: Maintain Confidentiality in Email |
| Writing Responsibly: Email and Privacy |
| b Creating a Website or Web Page |
| c Writing in Interactive Media |
| Writing Responsibly: Flaming |
| 11 Making a Multimedia Presentation |
| a Identifying your Purpose, Audience, Context, and Genre |
| b Devising a Topic and Thesis |
| c Organizing the Presentation |
| d Preparing and Rehearsing the Presentation |
| e Delivering the Presentation |
| f Speaking Responsibly |
| Listening Responsibly: Active Listening |
| Part 4 Research Matters |
| 12 Planning a Research Project |
| a Analyzing the Assignment's Purpose, Audience, and Method of Development |
| b Setting a Schedule |
| c Choosing and Narrowing a Research Topic |
| d Drafting Research Questions and Hypotheses |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Printed Sources |
| e Choosing Research Sources Strategically |
| f Establishing a Research Log |
| Writing Responsibly: Avoiding Plagiarism at the Start |
| g Building a Working Bibliography |
| 13 Finding Information |
| a Finding Information on the Web |
| b Finding Other Electronic Sources: Interactive Media |
| c Finding Articles in Journals and Other Periodicals Using Databases and Indexes |
| d Finding Reference Works |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Wikipedia |
| e Finding Books Using Library Catalogs |
| f Finding Government Publications |
| g Finding Multimedia Sources |
| h Conducting Field Research |
| Writing Responsibly: Conducting Interviews Fairly |
| Writing Responsibly: Avoiding Manipulation and Bias in Observations |
| 14 Evaluating Information |
| a Evaluating for Relevance and Reliability |
| Writing Responsibly: Keeping an Open Mind |
| Writing Responsibly: Online Plagiarism |
| b Evaluating Online Texts: Websites, Blogs, Wikis and Online Discussion Forums |
| c Evaluating visual sources |
| 15 Using Information and Avoiding Plagiarism |
| a Valuing Research |
| b Using Information Ethically: What You Do and Do Not Have to Acknowledge |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Illustrations and Acoiding Plagiarism |
| c Making Notes That Help You Avoid Plagiarizing |
| d Making Research Notes That Help You Write |
| Writing Responsibly: Annotating versus Making Notes |
| e Summarizing |
| f Paraphrasing without Patchwriting |
| g Quoting |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Quotations Fairly |
| h Using Analysis, Interpretation, Synthesis, and Critique in Your Notes |
| 16 Writing the Research Project |
| a Drafting a Thesis Statement |
| b Organizing Your Ideas |
| Writing Responsibly: Acknowledging Counterevidence |
| c Drafting Your Research Project |
| d Revising, Proofreading, Formatting, and Publishing Your Project |
| Part 5 Documentation Matters |
| 17 Documenting Sources: MLA Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources |
| a Creating MLA-Style In-Text Citations |
| b Preparing an MLA-Style List of Works Cited |
| Books--Printed and Electronic |
| Periodicals--Printed and Electronic |
| Other Electornic Sources |
| Audio and Visual Sources |
| Miscellaneous Sources |
| c Using MLA Style for Content and Bibliographic Notes |
| d Formatting a Paper in MLA Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips |
| Student Research Project: Mla Style |
| 18 Documenting Sources: APA Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources |
| a Creating APA Style In-Text Citations |
| b Preparing an APA-Style Reference List |
| Books--Printed and Electronic |
| Periodicals--Printed and Electronic |
| Other Electornic Sources |
| Audio and Visual Sources |
| Miscellaneous Sources |
| c Formatting a Paper in APA Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips |
| Student Research Project: Apa Style |
| 19 Documenting Sources: Chicago Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Citing and Documenting Sources |
| a Creating Chicago-Style Notes and Bibliographic Entries |
| Books--Printed and Electronic |
| Periodicals--Printed and Electronic |
| Other Electornic Sources |
| Audio and Visual Sources |
| Miscellaneous Sources |
| b Using Chicago Style for Tables and Figures |
| c Using Chicago Style for Content Notes |
| c Formatting a Chicago-Style Paper |
| Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips |
| Student Research Project: Chicago Style |
| 20 Documenting Sources: CSE Style |
| Writing Responsibly: Citing Sources |
| a Creating CSE-Style In-Text Citations |
| b Preparing a CSE-Style Reference List |
| Books--Printed and Electronic |
| Periodicals--Printed and Electronic |
| Other Electornic and Miscellaneous Sources |
| c Formatting a CSE-Style Paper and Reference List |
| Writing Responsibly: Of Deadlines and Paperclips |
| Student Research Project: Cse Style |
| Part 6 Genre Matters: Writing in and beyond College |
| 21 Writing in Literature and the Other Humanities |
| a Adopting the Approach of Literature and the Other Humanities |
| Writing Responsibly: Reading with Study Guides |
| b Using the Resources of Literature and the Other Humanities |
| c Citing and Documenting sources--MLA and Chicago Style |
| d Using the Language of Literature and the Other Humanities |
| e Understanding Writing Projects in Literature and the Other Humanities |
| Student Project: Writign About Fiction |
| f Writing about Poetry |
| Student Project: Writing About Poetry |
| g Writing about drama |
| Professional Project: Review of a Play |
| 22 Writing in the Sciences and Social Sciences |
| a Adopting the Approach of the Sciences and Social Sciences |
| b Using the Research Methods of the Sciences and Social Sciences |
| Writing Responsibly: Presenting Data Accurately |
| c Citing and Documenting Sources--APA and CSE Style |
| d Using the Language of the Sciences and Social Sciences |
| e Writing Assignments in the Sciences and Social Sciences |
| Student Project: Research Report |
| 23 Preparing for and Taking an Essay Exam |
| a Preparing for an Essay Exam |
| b Previewing the Exam |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Your Computer during and Essay Exam |
| c Writing an Effective Answer: Respond to the Question, Provide Support, and Organize Logically |
| d Doing a Final Check |
| Two Sample Answers: Effective and Ineffective |
| 24 Writing in Business and as a CitizenAmy Taggart |
| a Using Business Letter Formats |
| b Writing Business Letters |
| Writing Responsibly: Letters to the Editor |
| c Writing Business Memos |
| Writing Responsibly: Personal Emails and IM at Work |
| d Writing Job Application Letters |
| e Writing Résumés |
| f Writing Reports and Proposals |
| g Writing Press Releases |
| Part 7 Style Matters |
| 25 Writing Concisely |
| Writing Responsibly: "Concise" versus "Brief" |
| a Eliminating Wordy Expressions |
| b Eliminating Ineffective or Unnecessary Repetition |
| c Avoiding Roundabout Constructions |
| d Consolidating Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences |
| 26 Using Coordination and Subordination |
| a Coordinating Terms, Phrases, and Clauses |
| b Coordinating Effectively |
| c Distinguishing Primary from Secondary Information with Subordination |
| d Using Coordination and Subordination Together |
| 27 Using Parallelism |
| a Using Parallelism for Paired Items and Items in a Series |
| b Maintaining Parallelism in Comparisons |
| c Including Function Words to Maintain Parallelism |
| d Maintaining Parallelism for Items in Lists and Outlines |
| e Using Parallelism to Create Emphasis |
| 28 Engaging Readers with Variety and Emphasis |
| a Varying Sentence Length and Structure |
| b Organizing Sentences for Variety and Emphasis |
| c Creating Emphasis with Punctuation |
| d Using Questions, Commands, and Exclamations |
| e Using Strategic Repetition |
| f Creating Emphasis with Emphatic Verbs |
| g Choosing the Active or Passive Voice |
| Writing Responsibly: Voice and Responsibility |
| 29 Choosing Appropriate Language |
| a Using Language in Context |
| Writing Responsibly: Online Shortcuts |
| Writing Responsibly: Euphemisms and Doublespeak |
| b Avoiding Biased or Hurtful Language |
| 30 Choosing Effective Words |
| a Diction: Finding the Right Word |
| Writing Responsibly: Word Choice and Credibility |
| b Choosing Compelling Words and Figures |
| c Mastering Idioms |
| d Avoiding Clichés |
| 31 Using the Dictionary and Spelling Correctly |
| a Choosing a Dictionary |
| Writing Responsibly: Accurate Synonyms |
| b Using a Dictionary |
| c Avoiding Common Spelling Problems |
| d Remembering Spelling Rules |
| Writing Responsibly: Spelling Errors |
| e Forming Plurals |
| d Improving Your Day-to-Day Spelling |
| Part 8 Grammar Matters |
| 32 Understanding Grammar |
| Writing Responsibly: Why Grammar Matters |
| The Parts of Speech |
| a Nouns |
| b Pronouns |
| c Verbs |
| d Adjectives |
| e Adverbs |
| f Prepositions |
| g Conjunctions |
| h Interjections |
| Sentence Structure |
| i Subjects |
| j Predicates |
| k Verb Types and Sentence Patterns |
| l Phrases |
| m Independent and Subordinate Clauses |
| n Sentence Types |
| 33 Avoiding Sentence Fragments |
| a Recognizing Fragments |
| Writing Responsibly: Sentence Fragments and Context |
| b Correcting Fragments |
| c Using Intentional Fragments Effectively and Judiciously |
| 34 Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences |
| a Correctly Joining Independent Clauses |
| b Identifying Incorrectly Joined Independent Clauses: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences |
| Writing Responsibly: Clarifying Boundaries |
| c Recognizing When Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Tend to Occur |
| d Correcting Comma Splices and Fused Sentences |
| 35 Maintaining Agreement |
| Subject-Verb Agreement |
| a Understanding How Subjects and Verbs Agree |
| Writing Responsibly: Dialect Variation in Subject-Verb Agreement |
| b Ignoring Words That Intervene between the Subject and the Verb |
| c Distinguishing Plural from Singular Compound Subjects |
| d Distinguishing Singular and Plural Indefinite Pronouns |
| e Understanding Collective Noun Subjects |
| f Finding Agreement When the Subject Is a Measurement, a Number, or the Word Number |
| g Recognizing Nouns like Measles and Economics That Are Singular Even Though They End in -s |
| h Treating Titles, Words as Words, and Gerund Phrases as Singular |
| i Matching a Relative Pronoun (Who, Which, or That) to Its Antecedent When the Pronoun Is the Subject of a Subordinate Clause |
| j Finding Agreement When the Subject Follows the Verb |
| k Matching a Linking Verb with Its Subject, not Its Subject Complement |
| Pronoun Antecedent Agreement |
| l Matching Pronouns with Indefinite Pronoun and Generic Noun Antecedents |
| m Matching Pronouns with Collective Noun Antecedents |
| n Matching Pronouns with Compound Antecedents |
| 36 Using Verbs |
| Verb Forms |
| a Understanding the Basic Forms of Verbs |
| b Using Regular and Irregular Verb Forms Correctly |
| c Combining Main Verbs with Helping Verbs to Form Complete Verbs |
| d Including -s or -es, -d or -ed Endings When Required |
| e Distinguishing Rise from Raise, Sit from Set, Lie from Lay |
| Tense |
| f Understanding Which Verb Tense to Use |
| g Following Conventions for the Use of the Present Tense |
| h Using Tense Sequence to Clarify Time Relationships |
| Mood |
| i Understanding Verb Mood |
| j.Using the Subjunctive Mood Correctly |
| Voice |
| k Understanding Voice |
| l Choosing between the Active and Passive Voice |
| 37 Understanding Pronoun Case and Reference |
| Pronoun Case |
| a Using the Subjective Case for Subject Complements |
| b She and I or Her and Me? Keeping Track of Case in Compounds |
| c Keeping Track of Pronoun Case in Appositives |
| d Deciding between We and Us before Nouns |
| e Using the Objective Case Both before and after an Infinitive |
| f Deciding on Pronoun Case with the -ing Form of a Verb |
| g Clarifying Pronoun Case in Comparisons with Than or As |
| h Distinguishing Who, Whom, Whoever, and Whomever |
| Writing Responsibly: Case and Tone |
| Clear Pronoun Reference |
| i Avoiding Ambiguous Reference |
| j Avoiding Confusingly Broad Reference with It, This, That, and Which |
| k Avoiding Implied Reference |
| l Reserving You for Directly Addressing the Reader |
| m Avoiding the Indefinite Use of They and It |
| n Designating People with Who, Whom, and Whose, not That and Which |
| 38 Using Adjectives and Adverbs |
| a Differentiating Adjectives and Adverbs |
| b Using Adjectives, Not Adverbs, as Subject Complements after Linking Verbs |
| c Choosing Bad or Badly, Good or Well |
| d Using Negatives Correctly |
| e Avoiding Long Strings of Nouns Used as Adjectives |
| f Using Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs |
| 39 Avoiding Confusing Shifts |
| a Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Tense |
| b Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Mood and Voice |
| c Avoiding Shifts in Person and Number |
| d Avoiding Awkward Shifts in Direct and Indirect Quotations and Questions |
| 40 Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers |
| Misplaced Modifiers |
| a Avoiding Confusing or Ambiguous Placement |
| b Avoiding Disruptive Placement |
| Writing Responsibly: Misplaced Modifiers in the Real World |
| Dangling Modifiers |
| c Identifying Dangling Modifiers |
| d Correcting Dangling Modifiers |
| 41 Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Constructions |
| Mixed Constructions |
| a Recognizing and Correcting Grammatically Mixed Constructions |
| b Recognizing and Correcting Mismatched Subjects and Predicates |
| Incomplete Constructions |
| c Adding Essential Words to Compound and Other Constructions |
| d Avoiding Incomplete or Ambiguous Comparisons |
| Part 9 ESL Matters (by Ted E. Johnston and M. E. Sokolik) |
| 42 Understanding English Word Order and Sentence Structure |
| a Observing Normal Word Order |
| b Including a Stated Subject |
| c Managing There and It Constructions |
| d Eliminating Redundant Subject and Object Pronouns |
| e Sentence Structure with Direct Objects, Indirect Objects, and Object Complements |
| f Observing Word Order Patterns in Questions |
| g Observing Inverted Word Order When Certain Conjunctions or Adverbs Begin a Clause |
| 43 Using Nouns and Noun Determiners |
| a Understanding Different Types of Noun |
| b Using Nouns with Articles (a, an, the) and Other Determiners |
| 44 Managing English Verbs |
| a Using Phrasal Verbs |
| b Using Gerunds and Infinitives after Verbs and Prepositions |
| c Using Participles as Adjectives |
| d Using Helping Verbs for Verb Formation |
| 45 Managing Adjectives and Adverbs |
| a Placing Adjectives in the Proper Order |
| b Choosing the Correct Prepositions with Adjectives |
| c Placing Adverbs Correctly |
| d Dealing with Confusing Adverbs |
| 46 Using Prepositions |
| a Recognizing Prepositions |
| b The Functions of Prepositions |
| c Using Prepositions Correctly |
| d Necessary and Unnecessary Prepositions |
| Part 10 Detail Matters: Punctuation and Mechanics |
| 47 Using Commas |
| Writing Responsibly: Commas and Clarity |
| a Using Commas in Compound Sentences |
| b Using a Comma after Introductory Elements |
| c Using Commas to Set Off Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases |
| d Inserting Commas to Set Off Interjections, Contrasting Information, Expressions of Direct Address, Parenthetical and Conversational Expressions, and Tag Sentences |
| e Using Commas to Separate Items in a Series |
| f Using Commas to Separate Coordinate, Not Cumulative, Adjectives |
| g Using Commas to Set Off Nonessential Appositives, Phrases, and Clauses |
| h Using Commas with Quotations |
| i Using Commas with Numbers, Titles, Place Names and Addresses, and Dates |
| j Using Commas to Avoid Ambiguity |
| k Avoiding Commas between Subjects and Verbs, Verbs and Objects |
| 48 Using Semicolons |
| Writing Responsibly: Sending a Signal with Semicolons |
| a Using a Semicolon to Link Independent Clauses |
| b Using a Semicolon before a Conjunctive Adverb or Transitional Phrase Linking Two Independent Clauses |
| c Using a Semicolon to Mark a Series with Internal Commas |
| d Repairing a Comma Splice |
| e Avoiding Overuse |
| 49 Using Apostrophes |
| Writing Responsibly: Contractions in Formal Writing |
| a Using the Apostrophe to Indicate Possession |
| b Using Apostrophes in Contractions and Abbreviated Years |
| c Moving Away from Using Apostrophes to Form Plurals of Abbreviations, Dates, and Words or Letters Used as Words |
| 50 Using Quotation Marks |
| a Setting Off Direct Quotations |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Quotations Fairly |
| b Indicating Titles of Short Works |
| c Indicating Words Used in a Special Sense |
| d Misusing Quotation Marks |
| e Punctuating Quotations |
| f Altering Quotations with Ellipses and Square Brackets |
| g Introducing and Identifying Quotations |
| 51 Using End Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points |
| a Using Periods to End Statements and Mild Commands |
| b Using Question Marks to End Direct (Not Indirect) Questions |
| Writing Responsibly: Question Marks and Exclamation Points |
| c Using Exclamation Points with Strong Commands or to Express Excitement or Surprise |
| 52 Using Other Punctuation Marks: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, Colons, Ellipses, and Slashes |
| a Using Dashes |
| b Using Parentheses |
| c Using Brackets |
| Writing Responsibly: Using [sic] |
| d Using Colons |
| e Using Ellipses |
| Writing Responsibly: Altering Quotations |
| f Using Slashes |
| 53 Capitalizing |
| a Capitalizing the First Word of Sentence |
| b Capitalizing Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives |
| c Capitalizing Titles and Subtitles |
| d Capitalizing the First-Person Pronoun I and the Interjection O |
| Writing Responsibly: Capitalizing in Email and IM |
| e Capitalizing Abbreviations and Acronyms |
| 54 Italics and Underlining |
| a Italicizing Titles of Longer Works |
| b Italicizing for Emphasis |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Italics for Emphasis |
| c Italicizing Names of Vehicles |
| d Italicizing Words, Letters, or Numbers Used as Words |
| e Italicizing Unfamiliar Non-English Words and Latin Genus and Species |
| f Underlining Hyperlinks |
| 55 Using Abbreviations |
| a Abbreviating Titles before and after Names |
| b Using Familiar Abbreviations: Acronyms and Initialisms |
| Writing Responsibly: Using Online Abbreviations Appropriately |
| c Using Abbreviations with Specific Years (BC, BCE, AD, CE), Hours (a.m., p.m.), Numbers (no.), Dollars ($) |
| d Avoiding Abbreviations of Names, Words, Courses, Parts of Books, States and Countries, Days and Months, Holidays and Units of Measurement in Prose |
| e Replacing Latin Abbreviations with English Equivalents in Formal Prose |
| 56 Using Numbers |
| Writing Responsibly: Ethos and Convention |
| a Spelling Out Numbers When They Can Be Expressed in One or Two words |
| b Following Conventions for Dates, Times, Addresses, Specific Amounts of Money and Other Quantitative Information, and Divisions of Literary Works |
| 57 Using Hyphens |
| a Using Hyphens to Form Compounds |
| Writing Responsibly: Hyphenating with Readers in Mind |
| b Using Hyphens to Break Words at Ends of Lines |
| Glossary of Key Terms |
| Glossary of Usage |
| Credits |
| ESL Index |
| Index |
