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Section 1, "A Model for Writing, " takes students through a two-stage process of crafting the one-paragraph essay and concludes with techniques on how to write a sound five-paragraph essay.
Section 2, "Beyond the Model Essay, " provides students with the patterns of development and ends with methods for the 3,000- to 4,000-word research paper.
Section 3, "Improving Your Punctuation and Expression, " offers the student several sets of exercises on everything from comma splices, dashes, and semicolon usage to parallelism and subject-verb agreement.
The Practical Writer with Readings includes fifty-five student-written paragraphs and essays appear throughout the text, illustrating how some students approach the writing process.
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Part 5, "The Research Paper, " has been updated to include the use of the computer and the Internet, including finding and using online sources and citing electronic sources.
The majority of the exercises have been revised for both currency and interest.
Chapter 33 on the apostrophe has been completely rewritten to include new material on double vs. single quotation marks, as well as
Section 1, "A Model for Writing, " takes students through a two-stage process of crafting the one-paragraph essay and concludes with techniques on how to write a sound five-paragraph essay.
Section 2, "Beyond the Model Essay, " provides students with the patterns of development and ends with methods for the 3,000- to 4,000-word research paper.
Section 3, "Improving Your Punctuation and Expression, " offers the student several sets of exercises on everything from comma splices, dashes, and semicolon usage to parallelism and subject-verb agreement.
The Practical Writer with Readings includes fifty-five student-written paragraphs and essays appear throughout the text, illustrating how some students approach the writing process.
New To These Editions
A Free 4-month Access Card for infoTrac(R) College Edition now comes with every new copy of The Practical Writer. Indispensable when writing research papers, infoTrac(R) College Edition offers students 24-hour-a-day access to a database of thousands of full-length articles from a multitude of sources.
Part 5, "The Research Paper, " has been updated to include the use of the computer and the Internet, including finding and using online sources and citing electronic sources.
The majority of the exercises have been revised for both currency and interest.
Chapter 33 on the apostrophe has been completely rewritten to include new material on double vs. single quotation marks, as well as
| ISBN-13 | 9780155074354 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 0155074350 |
| Edition | 8th Edition |
| Format | Hardcover |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Heinle & Heinle Publishers |
| Published On | 2002-10-01 |
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