The basics: a rhetoric and handbook
Gespeichert in:
| Hauptverfasser: | , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Buch |
| Sprache: | English |
| Veröffentlicht: |
New York, NY [u.a.]
McGraw-Hill
1996
|
| Schlagworte: | |
| Online-Zugang: | Klappentext Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| Beschreibung: | XX, 400 S. |
| ISBN: | 0070094055 0070094306 |
Internformat
MARC
| LEADER | 00000nam a2200000 c 4500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | BV011144934 | ||
| 003 | DE-604 | ||
| 005 | 19970129 | ||
| 007 | t | ||
| 008 | 970114s1996 xxu |||| 00||| eng d | ||
| 020 | |a 0070094055 |9 0-07-009405-5 | ||
| 020 | |a 0070094306 |9 0-07-009430-6 | ||
| 035 | |a (OCoLC)222320663 | ||
| 035 | |a (DE-599)BVBBV011144934 | ||
| 040 | |a DE-604 |b ger |e rakddb | ||
| 041 | 0 | |a eng | |
| 044 | |a xxu |c US | ||
| 049 | |a DE-739 | ||
| 084 | |a HD 221 |0 (DE-625)48452: |2 rvk | ||
| 100 | 1 | |a Buscemi, Santi V. |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a The basics |b a rhetoric and handbook |c Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala |
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY [u.a.] |b McGraw-Hill |c 1996 | |
| 300 | |a XX, 400 S. | ||
| 336 | |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
| 337 | |b n |2 rdamedia | ||
| 338 | |b nc |2 rdacarrier | ||
| 650 | 4 | |a Englisch | |
| 650 | 4 | |a Grammatik | |
| 650 | 4 | |a English language |x Grammar | |
| 650 | 4 | |a English language |x Rhetoric | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Nicolai, Albert H. |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 700 | 1 | |a Strugala, Richard |e Verfasser |4 aut | |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Passau |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Klappentext |
| 856 | 4 | 2 | |m Digitalisierung UB Passau |q application/pdf |u http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |3 Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| 999 | |a oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007470153 | ||
Datensatz im Suchindex
| _version_ | 1804125638323339264 |
|---|---|
| adam_text | •
To the Instructor
xv
•
To the Student
xix
BOOK ONE
THE WRITING PROCESS I
PART ONE
GETTING
REĄ.DY
3
Chapter
1
Learning the Writing Process
5
1.1
Begin with Prewriting
6
1.2
Write a Rough Draft
6
1.3
Revise Your Rough Draft
6
1.4
Edit and Proofread Your Work
7
1.5
See Writing as a Process of Discovery
7
What You Have Learned
9
Chapter
2
Gathering Information
10
2.1
Write Down What You Know
10
2.2
Gather Additional Information if Needed
16
What You Have Learned
19
Chapter
3
Focusing on the Central Idea
20
3.1
Make the Central Idea the Focus of Your Writing
20
3.2
Write a Working Thesis Statement
21
3.3
Limit the Discussion to a Manageable Length
24
3.4
Revise the Central Idea
25
What You Have Learned
26
PART TWO
DRAFTING, REWRITING, AND EDITING
27
Chapter
4
Outlining and Drafting an Essay
29
4.1
Review Information and Check
the Working Thesis
29
4.2
Write a Scratch Outline
32
4.3
Write a Rough Draft
33
What You Have Learned
36
Chapter
5
Rewriting Drafts
37
5.1
Ask Questions for Revision
37
5.2
Make Important Changes
38
5.3
Rewrite Your Draft Several Times
41
What You Have Learned
42
Chapter
6
Preparing a Final Copy
43
6.1
Edit the Final Draft
43
6.2
Prepare the Manuscript
45
6.3
Proofread the Manuscript
46
What You Have Learned
48
PART THREE
WRITING EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPHS
49
Chapter
7
Writing Focused, Unified, and
Coherent Paragraphs
51
7.1
Learn Paragraph Uses
51
7.2
Decide When to Start a New Paragraph
52
7.3
Limit Your Paragraph s Focus
53
7.4
Always State Your Paragraph s Central Idea
in a Topic Sentence
54
CONTENTS
ІХ
7.5
Maintain Unity
55
7.6
Create Coherence
59
What You Have Learned
68
Chapter
8
Developing Ideas and Arranging Details
in a Paragraph
69
8.1
Learn to Narrate and Describe
69
8.2
Learn Several Ways to Explain, Convince,
and Persuade
73
8.3
Learn Four Patterns of Arrangement
78
What You Have Learned
85
Chapter
9
Writing Introductions and Conclusions
86
9.1
Make Introductions Interesting and Informative
86
9.2
Write Logical and Effective Conclusions
92
What You Have Learned
96
PART FOUR
SPECIAL ASSIGNMENTS
97
Chapter
10
Writing Paragraphs and Essays
That Persuade
99
10.1
Begin with an Argument
99
10.2
Develop Ideas in an Argument
103
10.3
Go Beyond Argument
106
10.4
Address Opposing Opinions
107
10.5
Analyze a Sample Persuasive Essay
109
What You Have Learned
112
Chapter
11
Learning about the Library
113
H.I Locate Sources for Research
114
11.2
Learn to Cross-Reference
117
11.3
Use Electronic Databases
118
11.4
Use Special Print and Nonprint Sources
121
What You Have Learned
123
Chapter
12
Writing the Library Paper
124
12.1
Avoid Plagiarism
124
12.2
Learn How to Take Notes
125
►
X
CONTENTS
12.3
Learn to Reference All Researched Material
128
12.4
Learn How to Place Researched Material
in a Paper
129
12.5
Learn to Prepare a Works Cited Page
132
12.6
Study a Student s Library Paper
136
Saving the Elephants by Jillian Polaski
137
What You Have Learned
153
BOOK
ÏW0
TOOLS
ИЖ
REVISION
¡Ш- ШШ». Ш
PAKT F í VĽ
SENTENCE
SIEHST; 157
Chapter
13
Sentence Building Blocks
159
13.1
Write Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases
159
13.2
Learn Parts of Speech
162
13.3
Master Sentence Types
173
A Guide for ESL Students: Master Articles
175
What You Have Learned
180
Chapter
14
Sentence Structure
181
14.1
Avoid Fragments
181
14.2
Avoid Fused Sentences
184
14.3
Avoid Comma Splices
185
14.4
Combine Sentences and Parts of Sentences
187
A Guide for ESL Students: Master Sentence Structure
193
What You Have Learned
197
Chapter
15
Sentence Logic and Effectiveness
198
15.1
Use Modifiers That Make Sense
198
15.2
Maintain Parallelism
203
15.3
Avoid Faulty Shifts
205
What You Have Learned
210
CORRECT I JSAGIi
Π
1
Chapter
16
Agreement
213
16.1
Make Subjects Agree with Verbs
213
16.2
Make Pronouns Agree with Their Antecedents
218
CONTENTS
ХІ
16.3
Avoid Sexist Pronouns
220
A Guide for ESL Students: Master Subject/Verb
Agreement
226
What You Have Learned
228
Chapter
17
Verb Forms and Tenses
229
17.1
Know What a Verb Does
229
17.2
Learn Verb Tenses
230
17.3
Keep Verb Tenses Consistent
237
17.4
Use Linking and Helping Verbs
238
17.5
Learn the Irregular Verbs
239
A Guide for ESL Students: Master Special Problems
with Verbs
244
What You Have Learned
249
Chapter
18
Pronouns
251
18.1
Learn Pronoun Types
251
18.2
Use Pronoun Cases Correctly
254
18.3
Check Pronoun Reference
261
What You Have Learned
265
Chapter
19
Adjectives and Adverbs
266
19.1
Identify Adjectives
267
19.2
Use Participles
267
19.3
Compare Adjectives Correctly
268
19.4
Identify Adverbs
271
19.5
Compare Adverbs Correctly
271
19.6
Use Adjectives and Adverbs with Sense Verbs
273
A Guide for ESL Students: Use Adjectives and Adverbs
276
A Guide for ESL Students.· Use Participles
279
What You Have Learned
281
Chapter
20
Word Choice
282
20.1
Use a Dictionary and a Thesaurus
283
20.2
Avoid Common Word-Choice Problems
284
20.3
Review the Glossary of Correct Usage
286
A Guide for ESL Students: Use Words Correctly
293
Џ-
XU
CONTENTS
A Guide for ESL Students: Use Plurals Correctly
296
What You Have Learned
301
Chapter
21
Wordiness
302
21.1
Remove Repeated Words
303
21.2
Remove Unnecessary Synonyms
303
21.3
Avoid Redundancies
304
21.4
Remove Labels and Fillers
306
21.5
Replace a Long Phrase with One Word
307
21.6
Be Direct
—
Remove Constructions Such as
It Is and There Was
309
What You Have Learned
312
PART SEVEN
PUNCTUATION, SPELLING, AND MECHANICS
313
Chapter
22
End Punctuation
315
22.1
Punctuate the Four Sentence Patterns
315
22.2
Use End Punctuation with Quotation Marks
317
What You Have Learned
319
Chapter
23
Commas
320
23.1
Learn Nine Uses for the Comma
320
What You Have Learned
331
Chapter
24
Semicolons and Colons
332
24.1
Learn Three Uses for the Semicolon
332
24.2
Learn Four Uses for the Colon
336
What You Have Learned
340
Chapter
25
Other Punctuation Marks
341
25.1
Learn Three Uses for Quotation Marks
341
25.2
Use Ellipses and Brackets
343
25.3
Use the Dash
344
25.4
Master the Apostrophe
345
What You Have Learned
349
CONTENTS
ХІІІ
Chapter
26
Spelling
350
26.1
Learn Six Rules of Spelling
351
26.2
Master the Hyphen
356
26.3
Spell Contractions Correctly
358
26.4
Learn to Spell Frequently Misspelled Words
359
What You Have Learned
363
Chapter
27
Mechanics
364
27.1
Learn Nine Rules of Capitalization
364
27.2
Learn Four Uses of Parentheses
367
27.3
Use the Correct Form of Numbers
368
27.4
Use Italics
370
What You Have Learned
372
Appendix Writing a Library Paper Using the American
Psychological Association
(APA)
Format
373
Credits
384
Index
385
1995
MLA Documentation Style Update For
Electronic Databases
400
THE BASICS offers beginning college writers an introduction to important writ¬
ing techniques and strategies as well as an accessible handbook of grammar
and usage. This text is designed both as a classroom tool and as a reference
guide that students find easy to use independently. THE BASICS includes the
following among its many features:
•
Comprehensive, step-by-step coverage of the writing process.
•
An accessible and inviting writing style that avoids technical jargon when
giving advice or explaining rales or techniques.
•
A complete student research paper, developed from the pre-research stage
through the drafting and documentation process to the creation of the
final draft of a fully documented paper.
•
Helpful Guides for
ESŁ
Students in many chapters.
•
Practical What You Have Learned boxes that summarize important
points at the end of each chapter and make excellent guides for editing as
well as for reviewing and studying.
|
| any_adam_object | 1 |
| author | Buscemi, Santi V. Nicolai, Albert H. Strugala, Richard |
| author_facet | Buscemi, Santi V. Nicolai, Albert H. Strugala, Richard |
| author_role | aut aut aut |
| author_sort | Buscemi, Santi V. |
| author_variant | s v b sv svb a h n ah ahn r s rs |
| building | Verbundindex |
| bvnumber | BV011144934 |
| classification_rvk | HD 221 |
| ctrlnum | (OCoLC)222320663 (DE-599)BVBBV011144934 |
| discipline | Anglistik / Amerikanistik |
| format | Book |
| fullrecord | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><collection xmlns="http://www.loc.gov/MARC21/slim"><record><leader>01591nam a2200385 c 4500</leader><controlfield tag="001">BV011144934</controlfield><controlfield tag="003">DE-604</controlfield><controlfield tag="005">19970129 </controlfield><controlfield tag="007">t</controlfield><controlfield tag="008">970114s1996 xxu |||| 00||| eng d</controlfield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0070094055</subfield><subfield code="9">0-07-009405-5</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="020" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">0070094306</subfield><subfield code="9">0-07-009430-6</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(OCoLC)222320663</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="035" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">(DE-599)BVBBV011144934</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="040" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-604</subfield><subfield code="b">ger</subfield><subfield code="e">rakddb</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="041" ind1="0" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">eng</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="044" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">xxu</subfield><subfield code="c">US</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="049" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">DE-739</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="084" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">HD 221</subfield><subfield code="0">(DE-625)48452:</subfield><subfield code="2">rvk</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="100" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Buscemi, Santi V.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="245" ind1="1" ind2="0"><subfield code="a">The basics</subfield><subfield code="b">a rhetoric and handbook</subfield><subfield code="c">Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="264" ind1=" " ind2="1"><subfield code="a">New York, NY [u.a.]</subfield><subfield code="b">McGraw-Hill</subfield><subfield code="c">1996</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="300" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">XX, 400 S.</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="336" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">txt</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacontent</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="337" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">n</subfield><subfield code="2">rdamedia</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="338" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="b">nc</subfield><subfield code="2">rdacarrier</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Englisch</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">Grammatik</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">English language</subfield><subfield code="x">Grammar</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="650" ind1=" " ind2="4"><subfield code="a">English language</subfield><subfield code="x">Rhetoric</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Nicolai, Albert H.</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="700" ind1="1" ind2=" "><subfield code="a">Strugala, Richard</subfield><subfield code="e">Verfasser</subfield><subfield code="4">aut</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Passau</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Klappentext</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="856" ind1="4" ind2="2"><subfield code="m">Digitalisierung UB Passau</subfield><subfield code="q">application/pdf</subfield><subfield code="u">http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA</subfield><subfield code="3">Inhaltsverzeichnis</subfield></datafield><datafield tag="999" ind1=" " ind2=" "><subfield code="a">oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007470153</subfield></datafield></record></collection> |
| id | DE-604.BV011144934 |
| illustrated | Not Illustrated |
| indexdate | 2024-07-09T18:04:44Z |
| institution | BVB |
| isbn | 0070094055 0070094306 |
| language | English |
| oai_aleph_id | oai:aleph.bib-bvb.de:BVB01-007470153 |
| oclc_num | 222320663 |
| open_access_boolean | |
| owner | DE-739 |
| owner_facet | DE-739 |
| physical | XX, 400 S. |
| publishDate | 1996 |
| publishDateSearch | 1996 |
| publishDateSort | 1996 |
| publisher | McGraw-Hill |
| record_format | marc |
| spelling | Buscemi, Santi V. Verfasser aut The basics a rhetoric and handbook Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala New York, NY [u.a.] McGraw-Hill 1996 XX, 400 S. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Englisch Grammatik English language Grammar English language Rhetoric Nicolai, Albert H. Verfasser aut Strugala, Richard Verfasser aut Digitalisierung UB Passau application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Klappentext Digitalisierung UB Passau application/pdf http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA Inhaltsverzeichnis |
| spellingShingle | Buscemi, Santi V. Nicolai, Albert H. Strugala, Richard The basics a rhetoric and handbook Englisch Grammatik English language Grammar English language Rhetoric |
| title | The basics a rhetoric and handbook |
| title_auth | The basics a rhetoric and handbook |
| title_exact_search | The basics a rhetoric and handbook |
| title_full | The basics a rhetoric and handbook Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala |
| title_fullStr | The basics a rhetoric and handbook Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala |
| title_full_unstemmed | The basics a rhetoric and handbook Santi V. Buscemi ; Albert H. Nicolai ; Richard Strugala |
| title_short | The basics |
| title_sort | the basics a rhetoric and handbook |
| title_sub | a rhetoric and handbook |
| topic | Englisch Grammatik English language Grammar English language Rhetoric |
| topic_facet | Englisch Grammatik English language Grammar English language Rhetoric |
| url | http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000003&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&local_base=BVB01&doc_number=007470153&sequence=000004&line_number=0002&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT buscemisantiv thebasicsarhetoricandhandbook AT nicolaialberth thebasicsarhetoricandhandbook AT strugalarichard thebasicsarhetoricandhandbook |