TY - BOOK AU - TI - Houghton Mifflin English. SN - 0395584221 AV - PE1408.H83 U1 - 808/.042 21 PY - 1992/// CY - Boston PB - Houghton Mifflin KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Grammar KW - Report writing N1 - Contents: Exploring the writing process: Investing in your writing process -- Applying the writing process: Writing with a descriptive process -- Writing a personal narrative -- Writing with an expository focus -- Writing with a persuasive focus -- Writing stories, plays and poems -- Writing about literature -- Writing a research report -- Related skills: Critical thinking -- Taking tests -- Listening and speaking -- Building vocabulary -- Spelling skills -- Study skills - Using the library -- Letters and forms -- Using a word processor -- Grammar, usage and mechanics: Parts of speech -- Sentence structure -- Phrases and clauses -- Usage -- Mechanics -- ER -