A Writer's Handbook

Developing Writing Skills for University Students
Fourth Auflage With MLA 2021 Update
ISBN: 978-1-55481-603-3
Verlag: Broadview Press

Buch, Englisch, 168 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 114 mm x 178 mm

Written collaboratively by writing instructors at the Queen's University Writing Centre, A Writer's Handbook is a compact yet thorough guide to academic writing for a North American audience. This clear and concise handbook outlines strategies both for thinking assignments through and for writing them well.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Fremdsprachenerwerb und -didaktik
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schreiben und Publizieren, Kreatives Schreiben

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Chapter one: Understanding the Assignment - Looking for Action
- Different Verbs, Different Essays

- Chapter two: Planning and Outlining - Gathering Material
- What/How/Why
- Organizing Material—Developing Your Thesis and Outline

- Chapter three: Paragraphs - The Long and the Short of It
- What/How/Why … Again
- Focus and Coherence
- Transitions
- Beginnings and Endings
- Know Your Project

- Chapter four: Stylistic Decisions - Editing with Your Ears
- Content vs. Grammar
- To Be or Not …
- Prepositional Phrases
- Tone
- Beware Your Thesaurus
- Figurative Language
- Be Precise and Be Realistic

- Chapter five: Essential Grammar - Clauses
- Voice: Passive or Active?
- Making Contact: Working with Connectors
- She or Her, Who or Whom? It All Depends on the Case
- He, She, or They?: Pronoun Agreement and Gender Neutrality

- Chapter six: Punctuation - That's All I Have to Say. Period.
- Connecting Ideas: Commas and Dashes
- Connecting More Ideas: Colons and Semicolons
- Exclamation Points!
- Ellipses and Brackets: Clarifying Quoted Material
- Contraction and Possession: The Apostrophe
- Apostrophes and Plurals
- When Not to Use an Apostrophe: Possessive Pronouns

- Chapter seven: Documentation - The P Word: Plagiarism
- When to Cite a Source
- When Not to Cite a Source
- Documentation Systems - Modern Language Association (MLA) Format
- American Psychological Association (APA) Format
- Chicago Manual of Style (Chicago Style) Format


- Chapter eight: Business Writing - Reader-Centred Writing: It's All about You
- Always Look on the Bright Side: Making Negatives Positive
- Creating Information Snapshots: Parallel Structure
- Creating More Information Snapshots: Bullets and Headings
- Memos, Letters, and Reports: Conventional Formats
- Some Notes on Email

- Chapter nine: Writing in the Sciences - IMRAD: Formatting Your Lab Report
- Abstracts: Making the Essentials Concrete
- Passive Voice: It's Not All about You
- Giving Credit: Documentation Formats
- Tone: Be Direct and Be Objective

- Appendix: Confusable Words: Usage and Misusage

Über Autor(innen)

Leslie E. Casson is Associate Dean, Justice Studies and Applied Arts at St. Lawrence College.