01134nam a22001697a 4500 120903t xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 0618131132 PE 1408.K13 Kanar, Carlo The confident writer. / Carol Kanar 3rd ed. New York: Hougton Mifflin Company, 2001. xxv, 530 p.: ill.; 24cm. Includes index. Contents: The Writting process: Understanding the essay: An overview -- Using prewriting strategies -- Improving your paragraph skills -- Stating your thesis -- Revising your essays -- Editing your essays -- Using the library, doing research -- Patterns as options: Using narration -- Using description -- Explaining a process -- Choosing classification or division -- Comparing and contrasting -- Explaining causes and effects -- Using definition -- Arguing persuasively -- More choices: a collection of readings -- The selective writer: Appendix A: Basic choices: The parts of speech -- Appendix B: Sentence effectiveness choices -- Punctuation choices for special problems -- Word choice. lcc BK 2298 9798 0 0 lcc 0 0 WIUC-1 WIUC-1 GEN 2012-09-03 0 PE 1408.K13 4424/12 2012-09-03 00:00:00 1 2012-09-03 BK