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| Genre/Form: | Handbook Nonfiction Handbooks and manuals Guides et manuels Handbooks, manuals, etc Guides, manuels, etc handböcker, manualer, etc |
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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Harvey, Michael, 1960- Nuts & bolts of college writing. Indianapolis, IN : Hackett Pub. Co., ©2003 (OCoLC)1240181809 |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael Harvey |
| ISBN: | 0872205746 9780872205741 0872205738 9780872205734 |
| OCLC Number: | 52214863 |
| Description: | xv, 103 pages ; 22 cm |
| Contents: | 1. Concision : The pompous style at school -- 2. Clarity : Choose verbs over nominalizations ; Choose active verbs over linking verbs ; Choose the active voice over the passive voice ; Clarity and honesty -- 3. Flow : Use consistent characters ; Use pronouns and other pointers ; Use punch lines ; Use conjunctions and other linking words -- 4. Punctuation : Commas and comma splices ; Semicolons ; Colons ; Dashes ; Parentheses ; Questions -- 5. Gracefulness : The historical present ; Appositives ; Parallelism ; Tricolon ; Concession ; Qualification -- 6. Using sources : Winning your audience's trust ; Weaving sources into your prose ; Quoting effectively -- 7. Paragraphs : The function of paragraphs ; Opening sentences ; Designing paragraphs ; Sections -- 8. Beginnings and endings : Beginnings ; Endings ; Last thought -- Appendix: Documentation and citation formats : Generic formats ; CMS, MLA, and APA style guide ; Citation and reference examples. |
| Other Titles: | Nuts and bolts of college writing |
| Responsibility: | Michael Harvey. |
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