Finding What You Need.
Introduction.
The Process of Writing.
I. EFFECTIVE SENTENCES.
Checklist.
1. Emphasis.
2. Conciseness.
3. Parallelism.
4. Variety and Details.
5. Appropriate Words.
6. Exact Words.
II. GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES.
Checklist.
Verbs.
Forms.
8. Tenses.
9. Mood.
10. Voice.
11. Subject-Verb Agreement.
Pronouns.
12. Forms.
13. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement.
14. Pronoun Reference.
Modifiers.
15. Adjectives and Adverbs.
16. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers.
Sentence Faults.
17. Fragments.
18. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
III. PUNCTUATION.
Checklist.
19. The Comma.
20. The Semicolon.
21. The Colon.
22. The Apostrophe.
23. Quotation Marks.
24. End Punctuation.
25. Other Marks.
IV. SPELLING AND MECHANICS.
Checklist.
26. Spelling and the Hyphen.
27. Capital Letters.
28. Underlining or Italics.
29. Abbreviations.
30. Numbers.
V. RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION.
Checklist.
31. Research Strategy.
32. Finding Sources.
33. Evaluating and Synthesizing Sources.
34. Integrating Sources into Your Text.
35. Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources.
36. MLA Documentation and Format.
37. APA Documentation and Format.
38. Chicago Documentation and Format.
39. CSE Documentation.
VI. SPECIAL WRITING SITUATIONS.
40. Designing Documents.
41. Writing Online.
42. Making Oral Presentations.
43. Writing for Business.
Glossary of Usage.
Glossary of Terms.
Index.