
A Pocket Style Manual
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Release Year
- 2020
- Book Title
- A Pocket Style Manual
- ISBN
- 9781319169541
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bedford/Saint Martin's
ISBN-10
1319169546
ISBN-13
9781319169541
eBay Product ID (ePID)
26050387999
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Pocket Style Manual
Publication Year
2020
Subject
Composition & Creative Writing
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Language Arts & Disciplines
Format
Spiral
Dimensions
Item Height
0.5 in
Item Weight
10.7 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
4.8 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number
9
Intended Audience
College Audience
Dewey Edition
23
TitleLeading
A
Dewey Decimal
808.042
Table Of Content
Clarity 1 Tighten wordy sentences. 2 Prefer active verbs. 3 Balance parallel ideas. 4 Add needed words. 5 Eliminate distracting shifts. 6 Untangle mixed constructions. 7 Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers. 8 Provide sentence variety. 9 Find an appropriate voice. Grammar 10 Make subjects and verbs agree. 11 Be alert to other problems with verbs. 12 Use pronouns with care. 13 Use adjectives and adverbs appropriately. 14 Repair sentence fragments. 15 Revise run-on sentences. 16 Consider grammar topics for multilingual writers. Punctuation 17 The comma 18 The semicolon and the colon 19 The apostrophe 20 Quotation marks 21 Other punctuation marks Mechanics 22 Capitalization 23 Abbreviations, numbers, and italics 24 Hyphenation Research 25 Posing a research question 26 Finding appropriate sources 27 Managing information; avoiding plagiarism 28 Evaluating sources MLA Papers 29 Supporting a thesis 30 Avoiding plagiarism 31 Integrating sources 32 Integrating literary quotations 33 MLA documentation style 34 MLA format; sample research paper APA Papers 35 Supporting a thesis 36 Avoiding plagiarism 37 Integrating sources 38 APA documentation style 39 APA format; sample research paper Chicago Papers 40 Supporting a thesis 41 Avoiding plagiarism 42 Integrating sources 43 Chicago documentation style 44 Chicago format; sample pages CSE Papers 45 CSE documentation style 46 CSE format
Synopsis
Available for the first time with Macmillans new online learning tool, Achieve, A Pocket Style Manual provides practical advice for any level of college writing. Straightforward instruction on grammar, style, and punctuation gives students quick answers to their writing questions. Step-by-step guides and a how-to approach to research writing help students form research questions, integrate sources, and more. Coverage of and numerous citation models for four different styles teach students how to cite by example. No matter where they are in the writing process--or their college careers--students will find exactly what they need in this easy-to-read, easy-to-navigate handbook.
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