Tables of Contents for Keys for Writers

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Tables of Contents for Keys for Writers

Chapter/Section Title

Page #

Page Count

Part 1. The Writing Process

3

45

1. Getting Started

3

12

2. Finding a Focus

15

8

3. Writing Drafts

23

14

4. Revising

37

11

Part 2. Consulting Sources/Research

48

27

5. Selecting a Topic and Approach

48

2

6. Using the Library

50

5

7. Gathering Information

55

6

8. Citing Sources and Quoting

61

7

9. Research in Different Disciplines

68

2

10. Checklist for the Research Process

70

5

Part 3. MLA Documentation

75

32

11. MLA Author/Page Citation

75

8

12. MLA List of Works Cited

83

13

13. Sample Paper: MLA Style

96

11

Part 4. APA, CBE, Chicago Documentation

107

42

14. APA Author/Date Citation

107

7

15. APA List of References

114

10

16. Sample Paper: APA Style

124

13

17. CBE Documentation Style

137

4

18. Chicago Style: Endnotes or Footnotes

141

8

Part 5. Special Writing Situations

149

24

19. Writing about Literature

149

3

20. Laboratory Reports

152

3

21. Essay Tests

155

1

22. Portfolios

156

1

23. Oral Reports

157

4

24. Response Journals

161

2

25-26. Business Letters/Memos, Resumes

163

10

Part 6. Style and Sentence Review

173

40

5 C's of Style

27. Cut

173

4

28. Check for Action

177

3

29. Connect

180

1

30. Commit

181

2

31. Choose Your Words

183

9

Sentence Review

32. Constructing Sentences

192

12

33. Variety

204

3

34. Parallelism

207

6

Part 7. Common Sentence Problems

213

78

35. Sentence Fragments

213

4

36. Run-ons and Comma Splices

217

2

37. Sentence Snarls

219

7

38. Verbs

226

19

39. Passive Voice

245

3

40. S/V Agreement

248

9

41. Pronouns

257

14

42. Relative Clauses/Relative Pronouns

271

7

43. Adjectives and Adverbs

278

13

Part 8. For ESL Writers

291

28

44. Nouns and Articles

291

7

45. Verbs and Verbals

298

7

46. Sentence Structure

305

3

47. Idiomatic Structures with Prepositions and Adverbs

308

4

48. Common ESL Editing Questions

312

7

Part 9. Punctuation

319

28

49. Commas

319

9

50. Apostrophes

328

4

51. Quotation Marks

332

5

52. Colons

337

1

53. Semicolons

338

1

54. End Punctuation XXX

339

2

55. Other Punctuation XXX

341

6

Part 10. Format and Mechanics

347

40

56-57. Essay Format

347

3

58-59. Underlining; Capitalization

350

4

60-62. Abbreviations; Numbers; Spelling

354

10

63. Hyphenation

364

3

64. Glossary of Usage

367

8

65. Glossary of Grammatical Terms

375

12

Index

387