Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers (Strategies & Resources for Teaching Writing) Fifth Edition - Softcover

Lynn Quitman Troyka

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9780130816597: Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers (Strategies & Resources for Teaching Writing) Fifth Edition

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130816590 ISBN 13: 9780130816597

Publisher: Pearson Professional Education, 1999

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Best selling hardback reference handbook. Revision highlights Lynn Troyka's accessible style and clear explanations. Complete on-line coverage included. New design is color coded with an open layout for quicker, easier access to information. Comes with a dual-platform CD-ROM that includes Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary and Thesaurus. _

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Useful as a supplement to the handbook or as a primary text for basic writing courses, the S & S Workbook for Writers offers instruction and exercises on topics from punctuation to planning an essay. The Workbook's organization parallels that of the handbook, making it easy to use the books in concert.

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Key Benefit:This is a handy reference that covers the entire writing process and treats all aspects of grammar, punctuation, and style. Key Topics: Includes new material for students whom English is a second language; expands coverage on research writing; offers three new full-length student paper on fiction, drama and poetry; features an essay evolving from assignment through planning, shaping, and writing of three drafts; expands coverage of technologically advanced systems in college libraries. Market: Perfect for composition courses and all other writing courses across the curriculum.

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