THE SCOTT, FORESMAN HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS :: 1996 HB

• Hardback book by Maxine Hairston and John J. Ruszkiewicz
• Over 835 pages
• Fourth Edition
• Copyright © 1996 by HarperCollins College Publishers

Summary of Contents includes:

" Part I The Writing Process

1. What Does Writing Involve ?
2. How Do You Prepare and Plan to Write ?
3. How Do You Write a Draft ?
4. How Do You Revise, Edit, and Proofread ?
Document Design
5. How Do You Write Critically in College ?
6. How Do You Write Arguments and Detect Fallacies ?

Part II Style

7. What Makes Paragraphs Work ?
8. How Should You Manage Opening and Closing Paragraphs ?
9. How Do You Manage Transitions ?
10. What Kinds of Language Can You Use ?
11. Can You Make Your Writing Clearer ?
12. Can You Be Less Wordy ?
13. Can You Revise for Clearer Sentences ?
14. Can You Revise for More Effective Sentences ?
15. Can You Revise for More Polished Sentences ?

Part III Grammar and Usage

16. Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement ?
17. Problems with Verb Tense, Voice, and Mood ?
18. Problems with Verbals ?
19. Problems with Plurals, Possessives, and Articles ?
20. Problems with Pronoun Reference ?
21. Problems with Pronoun Agreement ?
22. Problems with Pronoun Case ?
23. Other Pronoun Problems ?
24. Problems with Sentence Boundaries: Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-ons ?
25. Problems with Modifiers ?
26. Problems with Commas ?
27. Problems with Semicolons and Colons ?
28. Problems with Sentence Markers ?
29. How Do You Punctuate Sentence Endings ?
30. Problems with Capitalization, Apostrophes. Abbreviations, and Numbers ?
31. Are You an ESL Writer ?

Part IV Research and Writing

32. How Do You Begin a Research Paper ?
33. How Do You Write a Research Paper ?
34. How Do You Write in the Humanities ?
35. How Do You Write in the Sciences ?
36. How Do You Write for the Professional World ?

Part V Tools for Writers

37. How Good Are Your Spelling and Vocabulary ?
38. How Do You Use a Dictionary ?

Glossary of Terms and Usage
Credits
Index "

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