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010 _a2009934770
020 _a9781439083956
020 _a1439083959
040 _cLC
050 _aPE1408.W99
100 _aWyrick, Jean
245 _aSteps to writing well. /
_cJean Wyrick
250 _a11th ed.
260 _aBoston:
_bWadsworth, Cengage Learning,
_c2011.
300 _axxvi, 622 p.:
_bill. (col.)
500 _aIncludes index
505 _aContents: The basics of the short essay: Prewriting -- The thesis statement -- The body paragraphs -- Beginnings and endings -- Drafting and revising: creative thinking, critical thinking -- Effective sentences -- Word logic -- The reading-writing connection -- Purposes, modes and strategies: Exposition -- Argumentation -- Description -- Narration -- Writing essays using multiple strategies -- Special assignments: Writing a paper using research -- Writing in class: exams and "response" essays-- Writing about literature -- Writing about visual arts -- Writing about film -- Writing in the world of work -- A concise handbook: Major errors in grammar -- A concise guide to punctuation -- A concise to mechanics --
650 _bWriting skills.
650 _aEnglish language.
650 _aGrammar.
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