The college writer: a guide to thinking, writing, and researching
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
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Boston, Mass. ; New York
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
GENERAL NOTES
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Includes index
NOTES PERTAINING TO TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
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Randall VanderMey ... ]et al.[
CONTENTS NOTE
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Critical thinking through reading, viewing, and writing -- Beginning the writing process -- Planning -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Submitting writing and creating portfolios -- One writer's process -- Forms of college writing -- Narration and description -- Description and reflection -- Cause and effect -- Comparison and contrast -- Classification -- Process writing -- Definition -- Strategies for argumentation and persuasion -- Taking a position -- Persuading readers to act -- Proposing a solution -- Interview report -- Lab, experiment, and field reports -- Writing about literature and the arts -- Taking essay tests -- Writing for the workplace -- Writing and designing for the web -- Preparing oral presentations -- Getting started: from planning research to evaluating sources -- Conducting primary and library research -- Conducting research on the internet -- Drafting a paper with documented research -- MLA documentation format -- APA documentation format -- Marking punctuation -- Checking mechanics -- Using the right word -- Understanding grammar -- Constructing sentences -- Avoiding sentence errors -- Multilingual/ESL issues