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Keys for Writers (w/ MLA9E & APA7E Updates)
About this book
Offering a wealth of examples, tips, and tools, KEYS FOR WRITERS, 8e, is an easy-to-use resource for improving your writing for all of your coursework -- as well as your career. Color-coded tabs allow you to quickly find answers to your grammar and writing questions. The visual Critical Thinking Framework enables you to read, write, and research with better results, and Key Examples help you compare strong versus weak ways of applying critical thinking. Sample student papers provide excellent models of writing in different disciplines, while the new Assignment Guide provides steps for writing in 15 common genres you might encounter in your academic and professional career. Completely up to date with the latest MLA guidelines, the eighth edition also highlights the importance of writing in such careers as nursing, accounting, law, IT, and more.
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Table of contents
- 1 Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing
- 2 Drafting in Stages
- 3 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
- 4 Writing and Analyzing Arguments
- 5 Writing in Academic Disciplines
- 6 Research: A Conversation with Sources
- 7 How to Search for Sources
- 8 How to Evaluate Sources
- 9 How to Avoid Plagiarizing
- 10 How to Use, Integrate, and Document Sources
- 11 Citing Sources in Your Paper, MLA Style
- 12 The MLA List of Works Cited
- 13 Sample Paper 4: A Studentâs Research Paper, MLA Style
- 14 Citing Sources in Your Paper, APA Style
- 15 APA List of References
- 16 Sample Paper 5: A Studentâs Research Paper, APA Style
- 17 CSE Style of Documentation
- 18 Sample Paper 6: Excerpt from a Studentâs Research Paper, CSE Style
- 19 Chicago Manual of Style: Endnotes, Footnotes, and Bibliography
- 20 Sample Paper 7: A Studentâs Research Paper, Chicago Style
- 21 Document Design
- 22 Visuals
- 23 Online Communication Forums
- 24 Oral and Multimedia Presentations
- 25 Portfolios
- 26 Résumés and Letters of Application
- 27 Business Letters and Memos
- 28 The First C: Cut
- 29 The Second C: Check for Action
- 30 The Third C: Connect
- 31 The Fourth C: Commit
- 32 The Fifth C: Choose the Best Words
- 33 Revising for Style: A Studentâs Drafts
- 34 Style Tips
- 35 Trouble Spots and Terms
- 36 Fixing a Sentence Fragment
- 37 Run-ons and Comma Splices
- 38 Sentence Snarls
- 39 Verbs
- 40 Passive Voice
- 41 Subject-Verb Agreement
- 42 Pronouns
- 43 Adjectives and Adverbs
- 44 Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns (who, whom, whose, which, that, etc.)
- 45 Commas
- 46 Apostrophes
- 47 Quotation Marks
- 48 Semicolons and Colons
- 49 Other Punctuation Marks
- 50 Italics/Underlining
- 51 Capitalization
- 52 Abbreviations
- 53 Numbers
- 54 Hyphens
- 55 Online Guidelines
- 56 Spelling
- 57 Language Diversity and Edited American English: Challenges for Multilingual Writers
- 58 Nouns and Articles
- 59 Verbs and Verb Forms
- 60 Sentence Structure and Word Order
- 61 Prepositions and Idioms
- 62 Language Learnersâ FAQs
- 63 Words to Watch For: Glossary of Usage
- 64 Glossary of Grammatical Terms
- Index