Record details

• ISBN: 0764561251
• ISBN: 9780764561252
• Physical Description: x, 588 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
• Edition: Fourth edition.
• Publisher: Foster City, Calif. : IDG Books Worldwide, [2000]
• Copyright: ©2000

Content descriptions

General Note:

"A Webster's New World book"--title page verso.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part I Basics of Good Writing 5 -- Prewriting 6 -- Writing 12 -- Revising 35 -- Proofreading 49 -- Part II Methods of Development 51 -- Analogy 52 -- Cause and Effect 65 -- Classification 79 -- Comparison and Contrast 94 -- Description 118 -- Narration 131 -- Opinion 135 -- Persuasion 143 -- Process Analysis 159 -- Part III Types of Writing 173 -- Advertising 174 -- Analysis 178 -- Announcement 179 -- Argument 182 -- Autobiography 182 -- Biography 189 -- Book Report 203 -- Character Sketch 219 -- Classified Ad 226 -- Dialogue 230 -- Directions 235 -- Editorial 236 -- E-Mail 236 -- Essay 239 -- Essay-Question Responses 240 -- Fax 257 -- Feature Article 258 -- Journal 264 -- Lab Report 266 -- Letters 266 -- Social Letters 291 -- Literary Analyses 294 -- Memorandum 331 -- Minutes of a Meeting 336 -- News Article 342 -- Outlines 356 -- Paraphrase 369 -- Poetry 373 -- Precis 378 -- Research Paper 387 -- Resume 431 -- Review 437 -- Scripts 444 -- Short Answers 467 -- Short Story 475 -- Synopsis 487 -- Technical Report 490 -- Part IV Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics 519 -- Section A Classification of Words 520 -- Section B Usage 528 -- Section C Phrases and Clauses 534 -- Section D Punctuation 539.

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English language > Rhetoric > Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Genre:

Handbooks and manuals.