TY  - BOOK
AU  - Arlov,Pamela
TI  - Wordsmith: a guide to college writing.
SN  - 9780136050568
AV  - PE1408.A69  
U1  - 808/.042 22
PY  - 2010///
CY  - Upper Saddle River, N.J.
PB  - Prentice Hall
KW  - English language
KW  - Rhetoric
KW  - Grammar
KW  - College readers
KW  - Report writing
N1  - Includes indexes; The writing process -- Preparing to write -- Building a framework: thesis and organization -- Introducing the essay -- Developing body paragraphs -- Concluding the essay -- Revising, proofreading, and formatting -- Showing and telling: description, narration, and example -- Limiting and ordering: definition, classification, and process -- Examining logical connections: comparison-contrast, cause-effect, and argument -- Writing a summary -- Writing a research paper -- Verbs and subjects -- Subject-verb agreement -- Coordination and subordination -- Run-on sentences -- Sentence fragments -- Pronoun case -- Pronoun agreement, reference, and point of view -- Misplaced and dangling modifiers -- Parallel structure -- Verb shifts -- Sentences with style -- Commas -- Other punctuation -- Word choice -- Words commonly confused -- Capital letters -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks, underlining, and italics
ER  -