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List of contents
Preface Part ONE Writing and Thinking
1. Critical Reading
2. The Writing Situation
3. Planning
4. Drafting and Revising
5. Making Arguments
6. Design
7. Writing for the Web
Part TWO Research
8. Finding Information
9. Evaluating Sources
10. Using Sources
Part THREE Documentation
11. MLA Style
12. APA Style
13. Chicago Style
14. CSE Style
Part FOUR Sentence Revision
15. Clarity
16. Economy
17. Variety
18. Consistency and Sentence Logic
Part FIVE Sentence Grammar
19. Repair Sentence Fragments
20. Repair Run-on Sentences
21. Make Subjects and Verbs Agree
22. Check Verbs
23. Check Pronouns
24. Check Adjectives and Adverbs
Part SIX Grammar for ESL Writers
25. Nouns, Articles, and Quantifiers
26. Verbs and Verb Phrases
27. Proofreading in English
Part SEVEN Punctuation and Mechanics
28. Commas
29. Semicolons and Colons
30. Quotation Marks
31. Apostrophes
32. Other Punctuation Marks
33. Capital Letters, Abbreviations, and Numbers
34. Spelling, Dictionary, Thesaurus
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Credits and Works Cited
Index
Summary
For Freshman-level writing courses, such as Freshman Composition, English Composition, First-Year Writing, Expository Writing or any course where students need help with grammar, research and documentation.
The material in SF Express is drawn from the Scott, Foresman Handbook for Writers, which is now in its seventh edition and has been a leader in the market for more than fifteen years. The Scott Foresman Handbooks have long been recognized as exceptional for their coverage of research, documentation, and technological topics and for their student-friendly approach to grammar and mechanics. SF Express shares these strengths.
SF Express is unique in providing coverage of a full range of writing issues in a pocket handbook format. It begins with six chapters on critical writing and thinking issues, including a separate chapter on writing logical arguments. And its treatment of style, design, and visual/online literacy is fuller than that provided in competing handbooks. The book offers all these features in an attractive, affordable, student-friendly format.
