Table of Contents
- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK AND ITS COMPANION WEBSITE
- PREFACE TO THE SIXTH CANADIAN EDITION
- INTRODUCTION
- THE WRITING PROCESS
Voice Work
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- Attitude
Audience
Purpose: From Topic to Thesis Statement
- Before the Writing Starts: Essential Activities
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- Reading and Note-Taking
Mapping
Writer's Block
Dialogue
- Logical Fluency: The Nature of Argument
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- Argument Structure, Paragraphing, and Topic Sentences
Organizing Paragraphs in Longer Essays
Your Arguments, Others’ Arguments
- Logical Fluency: Modes of Writing, Modes of Thought
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- Elaboration and Repetition
Modes of Thought/Modes of Writing
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- Narration
Classification
Generalization and Abstraction
Cause, Reasons, Explanations
Combining Modes of Thought
- Reasoning
Subordination
Connectives
- Stylistic Fluency
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- Diction
Figures Of Speech
Syntax
Rhythm
Voice
Tone
- Revision and Proofreading
Collaboration and Research
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- Approaches to Research
Citation
Criticism
Examinations and In-class Essays
- BASIC GRAMMAR: AN OUTLINE
Parts of Speech
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- Nouns
Pronouns
Articles
Adjectives
Verbs
Adverbs
Prepositions
Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
Parts of Sentences
- Subject
Object
Predicate
Clause
Phrase
Types of Clauses
Types of Subordinate Clauses
Types of Phrases
Distinguishing Phrases and Clauses
Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
- WRITING GRAMMATICALLY
Right and Wrong in Writing
Verbs Problems
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- Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties
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- The Infinitive
The Simple Present Tense
The Present Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Simple Past Tense
The Past Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Simple Future Tense
The Future Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
The Perfect Tenses
The Present Perfect Tense
The Past Perfect Tense
The Future Perfect Tense
Other Tenses
- Mood: Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive
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- The ConditionalThe Past Conditional
- Active and Passive Voice
Dangling Constructions
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- Dangling Participles and Infinitives
- Sequence of Tenses
Irregular or Difficult Verbs
- Infinitives, Gerunds, Objects: "To Be or Not to Be?"
Preposition Problems "Up With Which I will Not Put"
Nouns and Pronouns: Singular Difficulties
Pronouns: Who Cares About Whom?
Part of Speech Confusion: A Question of Principle?
- WORDS
Word Order Problems
One Word or Two?
Word Meanings: Are Cars Ever Stationery?
Usage: Word Conventions
- PUTTING IDEAS TOGETHER
Paragraphing
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- In Narration
In Description
In Persuasion or Argument
- Argument
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- Fallacies and Faulty Arguments
- Joining Words
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- Words to Connect Ideas That Are Opposed to Each Other
Words to Join Linked or Supporting Ideas
Words Used to Introduce Causes or Reasons
Words Used to Introduce Results or Conclusions
Words Used to Express Purpose
Words Used to Introduce Examples
Words Used to Introduce Alternatives
Words Used to Show Degree or Extent
That and Which
Words Used to Make Comparisons
Other Joining Words and Expressions
- Sentence Combining
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- Combining
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- Joining Kernels
Embedding Kernels
Abbreviated Kernels Joined as Absolute Phrases
Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Verb and Noun Phrases
Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Modifiers
- Combining and Recombining
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- Combining Several Kernels into a Single Sentence
“De-Combining” and Recombining
- Help with Some Grammatical Errors: Two More Examples
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- Dangling Modifiers
Syntactic Ambiguity
- Help with Reading Challenging Texts
Gaining Awareness of Writing Style
- STYLE
Slang and Informal English
Wordiness
Writing By Computer
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- Spell-check and Grammar-check
Observing Online Etiquette
Point-form Online Etiquette
Copyright and the Web
- Business Writing
How to Be Good with Words: Styles of Writing When Considering
Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation,
and Disability
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- Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
- ACADEMIC WRITING
Writing about Literature / Writing About Texts
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- The Meanings of Texts
Meaning and Form in Literature
Writing about Texts: Particular Problems
- Writing About Science
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- Structure of the Research Paper
Scientific Tone and Stylistic Choices
The First Person and the Active Voice
- Across the Disciplines: Different Subjects, Different Styles of
Academic Writing
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- Anthropology
Art History
Biology
Business and Commerce
Chemistry
Economics
Engineering
English Studies
History
Medicine and Health Studies
Philosophy
Physics
Politics
Psychology
Sociology
- EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English Frequently
Used Non-count Nouns
- PUNCTUATION, FORMAT, AND SPELLING
Punctuation
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- The Period
The Ellipsis
The Comma
The Question Mark
The Exclamation Mark
The Semicolon
The Colon
The Hyphen
The Dash
Parentheses
Square Brackets
The Apostrophe
Quotation Marks
Single Quotation Marks
- Direct and Indirect Speech
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- Direct Speech
Indirect Speech
- Format and Spelling
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- Capitalization
Abbreviations
- Spelling
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- DOCUMENTATION AND RESEARCH
Avoiding Plagiarism—and Choosing When and What to Quote
Citation and Documentation
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- Incorporating Sources
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- Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Formatting Quotations
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- Short Prose Quotations
Long Prose Quotations
Verse Quotations
Quotations within Quotations
- Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
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- Using square brackets to add to a quotation
Using an ellipsis to delete from a quotation
Integrating Quotations
Avoiding “dumped” quotations
- Signal Phrases
- MLA STYLE
About MLA Parenthetical Referencing
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- Literary Works
About Works Cited
MLA Style Sample Essay
- APA STYLE
Incorporating Sources in APA Style
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- Summarizing
Paraphrasing
Quoting Directly
Signal Phrases
About In-text Citations
About References
APA Style Sample Essay
- CHICAGO STYLE
About Chicago Style
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- Chicago Style Style Sample
- APPENDIX 1: CORRECTION KEY
- APPENDIX 2: SOME NATIONAL VARIATIONS
- APPENDIX 3: ESSAY CHECKLIST
- PERMISSIONS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- INDEX
About the Author
Doug Babington was until recently Director of the
Writing Centre at Queen’s University, Canada, and the author of
articles both on writing and on literature.
Don LePan’s other books include The Broadview
Pocket Glossary of Literary Terms (Broadview, 2013) and Animals: A
Novel (Soft Skull/Counterpoint, 2010)
Maureen Okun is a professor in both the English
and the Liberal Studies Departments at Vancouver Island University,
Canada; her most recent book is an edition of Sir Thomas Malory's
Le Morte Darthur: Selections (Broadview, 2014).
Reviews
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