Writing From A To Z: The Easy-to-Use Reference Handbook

Sally Barr Reagan, Charles T. Brusaw, Gerald J. Alred, et al

ISBN 10: 1559340258 / ISBN 13: 9781559340250

Published by Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View, 1994

About this Item

A Good copy of a reference which ".provides answers to students' questions on writing by using dictionary-like alphabetical organization and a system of bold-face cross-references." Wear to covers with scratching and creasing. Spiral binding is missing the last bottom coil. Wear to bottom page edgings. Previous seller's price label remains on front endpapers. Small spot inside front cover. Text is clean with no markings. From Title page:"1995-96 Printing with the New MLA and APA Guidelines" 479 pages plus two Indexes of 38 pages together. Also includes "Revision Symbols" on rear endpapers. Contents:"To the Instructor; To the Student: How to Use This Book; Topical Key; Introduction: The Composing Process; Checklist of the Composing Process; Writing From A To Z: Alphabetical Entries; Appendix: The Research Paper; ESL Index; Index"From back cover:"A powerful, highly flexible reference system makes "Writing from A to Z" easier to use than other handbooks, enabling students to find quickly whatever help they need to get on with the job of writing.".

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing From A To Z: The Easy-to-Use Reference Handbook
• Publisher: Mayfield Publishing Company, Mountain View
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1559340258
• ISBN 13: 9781559340250
• Binding: Spiral
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Educational

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Synopsis

This reference handbook provides answers to students questions on writing using dictionary like alphabetical organization and a system of bold face cross references. The book has a Four-Way Access System (1) The alphabetically arranged entries allow students to tum directlv to needed information, as in a dictionary. Within entries, cross-references in bold type guide students to related entries. (2) The "fail-safe" Index provides an exhaustive listing of topics, using both conventional terminology and alternative terms students might think of instead. For instance, ellipsis points are listed under "dots, spaced," "periods, spaced," "omissions"quotations," "pauses, shown with punctuation" and "hesitation, shown with punctuation." The comprehensive introduction, "The Composing Process" explains prewriting, drafting, revising, editing, and proof-reading in a rhetorical context, with useful advice on collaboration and peer review. The appendix, "The Research Paper," shows students how to gather information both in the library and in the field and use it effectively in properly documented papers. Comb binding lets the book lie flat. Two colour interior format, with revisions handwritten in the second colour whenever possible, makes information easy to find and use.