Quick Access Reference for Writers

"Quick Access: Reference for Writers" provides down-to-earth writing advice, cutting edge research information, and trusted, class-tested, grammar instruction to help students succeed in their composition courses, in other classes, and beyond.

List of contents

Hands-On Advice for Writers
 
1       Ten Top Tips for College Writers 
 
2       Ten Troublesome Mistakes Writers Make 
                Sentence fragments 
                Comma splices and run-ons
               Subject-verb disagreement
                Pronoun-antecedent disagreement
                Unclear pronoun reference
                Sentence shifts
                Misplaced modifiers
                Comma errors
                Apostrophe errors
 
3       Thinking Critically 
a              Critical thinking             
b              Rhetoric and the appeals            
c               Inductive and deductive reasoning          
d              Logical fallacies 
 
4       Reading Texts and Visuals Critically  
a              Critical reading  
b              Steps for critical reading
c               Close reading techniques           
d              Reading-writing connection         
e              Critical reading of visuals     
      
Writing Processes
 
5       Planning Your Writing
a              Writing processes          
b              Thinking like a writer     
c               Planning a writing portfolio         
d              Purposes for writing       
e              Audience          
f               Developing ideas           
g              Thesis statement           
h              Outlining           
 
6       Drafting, Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
a              First draft         
b              Overcoming writer's block          
c               Revising           
d              Revising with thesis statements and titles
e              Revising for style and tone         
f               Editing              
g              Editing software
h              Proofreading     
 
7       Composing Paragraphs          
a              Understanding paragraphs         
b              Introductory paragraphs            
c              Topic sentences
d              Supporting details         
e              Coherent paragraphs     
f               Strategies for body paragraphs  
g              Concluding paragraphs  
 
8       Designing Documents 
a              Understanding document design 
b              Principles of design        
c              Text     
d             Headings          
e             Photographs     
f              Other visuals    
g             Page layout
 
Frames for College Writing
 
9       Personal Essays          
a              Understanding personal essays   
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c               Frame for a personal essay        
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example  
 
10     Informative Essays     
a              Understanding informative essays           
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c               Frame for an informative essay  
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example  
 
11     Essays Analyzing a Text         
a              Understanding rhetorical and content analysis  
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c              Frame for a textual analysis       
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example 
 
12     Argument       
a               Understanding argument
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c               Frames for argument 
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example  
 
13     Proposal or Solution Essays 
a              Understanding proposal/solution essays  
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c              Frame for a proposal/solution essay        
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example  
 
14     Evaluations 
a              Understanding evaluations         
b              Generating ideas and revising    
c               Frame for an evaluation 
d              Sentence and paragraph guides  
e              Student essay example 

 

Source-based Writing

 

15     Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing                  

a              Integrating sources       

b             Quoting sources

c             Paraphrasing sources    

d             Summarizing sources    

e             Verbs for integrating sources  

    

16     Avoiding Plagiarism               

a              Understanding plagiarism           

b             Avoiding plagiarism       

c             Avoiding plagiarism of Internet sources   

d             What not to document                

e             Documenting ideas      

  

17     Writing about Readings          

a              Typical assignments      

b              Summary essays          

c              Response essays           

d             Synthesis essays    

       

Research Writing

 

18     Starting a Research Project    

a              Understanding research 

b              Choosing a topic

c              Developing a research question  

d              Types of research papers       

    

19     Developing a Search Strategy             

a              Understanding search strategies 

b              Understanding sources   

c               Doing field research      

d              Choosing a documentation style  

e              Using a research log

f               Creating a working bibliography  

g              Using documentation software    

h              Creating an annotated bibliography         

I               Taking content notes     

j               Planning a research project 

       

20     Finding Published Sources     

a              Understanding published sources

b              Using libraries   

c               Search engines v. databases      

d              Using search engines and databases       

e              Using subject directories

f               Finding books    

g              Finding periodicals         

h              Using reference works   

i               Finding images  

j               Finding government documents  

 

21     Evaluating Sources 

a              Location of a source      

b              Credibility of the publisher          

c               Credibility of the author 

d              Sufficiency/accuracy of evidence

e              Other critical thinking tests         

f               Combining evaluation strategies 

 

22     Synthesizing Sources in Research Papers      

a              Understanding the synthesis of sources

b              Relationships between sources   

c               Sources about different subtopics?          

d              Sources that agree        

e              Sources that partly agree           

f               Sources that disagree

g              One source more specific than the other  

 

23     Drafting and Revising a Research Paper         

a              Writing process for research papers        

b              Drafting a research paper?         

c               Frames for research papers 

d              Argumentative research paper frame      

e              Revising a research paper          

f               Editing and formating a research paper

   

MLA Documentation

 

24     MLA In-Text Citations 

a              MLA documentation style

b              MLA in-text parenthetical documentation  

c              Additional MLA guidelines for parenthetical citations  

        

25     MLA Works-Cited List 

a              MLA guidelines for a Works Cited list       

b              MLA guidelines for sources in a Works Cited list    

c               MLA guidelines for content or bibliographic notes  

 

26     A Student's MLA Research Paper           

a              MLA format guidelines for research papers          

b              A student's MLA  research paper   

   

APA, CM, and CSE Documentation

 

27     APA In-Text Citations 

a               APA documentation style

b              APA in-text parenthetical citations           

c              APA guidelines for in-text citations          

d              APA guidelines for writing an abstract 

e              APA guidelines for content notes 

 

28     APA References List   

a              APA guidelines for a references list         

b              APA guidelines for sources in a references list     

 

29     A Student's APA Research Paper        

a              APA format guidelines for research papers          

b              A student's APA research paper      

 

30     CMS Documentation    

a              CMS documentation           

b              CMS guidelines for bibliographic notes  

   

31     CSE Documentation    

a              CSE documentation           

b              CSE guidelines for sources in a list of references  

 

Grammar Basics

 

32     Parts of Speech and Parts of Sentences         

PARTS OF SPEECH          

a              Nouns  
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About the author

Lynn Quitman Troyka, Adjunct Professor of English in the MA Program in Language and Literature at the City College (CCNY) of the City University of New York (CUNY), taught freshman English and basic writing for many years at Queensborough Community College. Dr. Troyka is a past chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC); the College Section of the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE); and the Writing Division of the Modern Language Association (MLA). She has won many awards for teaching, scholarship, and service, and has conducted hundreds of faculty workshops about teaching writing and its relation to college-level reading.
“This information,” says Dr. Troyka, “tells what I’ve done, not who I am. I am a teacher. Teaching is my life’s work, and I love it.”
 
Doug Hesse is Professor of English and Executive Director of Writing at the University of Denver, one of only thirty writing programs to receive the CCCC Certificate of Excellence. Dr. Hesse is a past chair of the CCCC, the nation’s largest association of college writing instructors. A past president, as well, of the Council of Writing Program Administrators (WPA), Dr. Hesse edited WPA: Writing Program Administration. He has served on the NCTE executive committee, chaired the MLA Division on Teaching as a Profession, and served on the MLA Committee on Contingent Labor.  Author of nearly sixty articles and book chapters, he has been named University Distinguished Scholar at the University of Denver.
 “Of various awards I’ve received,” says Dr. Hesse, “the one that matters most is Distinguished Humanities Teacher. That one came from my students and suggests that, in however small a way, I’ve mattered in their education and lives.”
 

Summary

Quick Access: Reference for Writers provides down-to-earth writing advice, cutting-edge research information, and trusted, class-tested, grammar instruction to help students succeed in their composition courses, in other classes, and beyond.
 
Quick Access has long been known for clear and helpful writing advice, and the new edition reinforces that strength with new and useful chapters on writing commonly assigned papers. Ever current and forward-thinking research coverage, supported with the most MLA, APA, and CMS example citations of any comparable handbook, now includes more support for writing from sources and composing synthesis papers.   Lastly, hallmark authoritative grammar instruction is  expanded not only with additional coverage of the most serious errors but also with exercises to help students practice in all grammar areas. 
 

Product details

• Authors: Doug Hesse, Doug Q. Hesse, Lynn Q. Troyka, Lynn Quitman Troyka
• Publisher: Pearson Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Spiral bound
• Released: 01.01.2012
• EAN: 9780205903610
• ISBN: 978-0-205-90361-0
• No. of pages: 624
• Weight: 680 g
• Series: Longman; Longman
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