Pocket Reference for Writers with APA Updates - Softcover

Fulwiler, Toby; Hayakawa, Alan R.; Hayakawa, Alan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130452971 ISBN 13: 9780130452979

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2002

Synopsis

This compact, portable, no-nonsense, non-threatening reference for writers offers concise—yet thorough—coverage of all writing issues, with material organized around the stages of the writing process. It devotes as much time to the whys of writing (the emphasis on rhetoric) as the hows (grammar, spelling, punctuation handbook), since writers who know why they are doing something are more likely to slow down and master it. Examines the different but overlapping stages of writing—planning, drafting, researching, revising, and editing. Addresses rhetorical issues of audience, purpose and voice as well as the more technical issues of style, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics, emphasizing the actual choices that writers make rather than arbitrary rules. For anyone who wants to improve their writing skills.

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How to Use the Pocket Handbook

The Pocket Reference for Writers, Second Edition, has been carefully crafted to save you time when you need answers. Keep this handbook near you when you are writing. When you have a question, use the following tools to help you find what you need.

The detailed Contents (beginning on the inside front cover) lists the specific topics covered in each chapter.

The colored sections on the outer edge of the pages provide a quick reference to the various documentation styles: MLA (first), APA (second), CM (third).

The complete index in the back of the handbook lists, in alphabetical order, all the subjects covered in the book. The index is most useful when you know the name of the term for which you are searching.

The Pocket Reference for Writers, Second Edition, contains two glossaries placed before the index. They reference the following material:

• The Glossary of Usage explains the differences between commonly confused words.
• The Glossary of Grammatical Terms provides clear explanations of technical grammatical terms, from pronouns to present tense and past participle.

Want interactive practice exercises? Visit the Web site www.prenhall.com/ipractice for interactive, self-graded exercises on grammar, style, and punctuation as well as useful Web links and additional online resources.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0130452971
• ISBN 13: 9780130452979
• Binding: Spiral-bound
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256