A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage 6e
A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage 6e

Author: Larry Beason

Publisher: Macmillan Higher Education

Published: 2011-11-24

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 1457624117

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A Commonsense Guide to Grammar and Usage is just what its name suggests: a straightforward, student-friendly grammar guide. The text’s modular lessons break down complex grammatical concepts with plain-language explanations, handy tips, and visual examples that show — rather than just tell — students how to recognize, correct, and learn to avoid errors in grammar. With hundreds of exercises in the book and thousands more available online for free at Exercise Central, students get ample practice finding and fixing errors in their writing. The text also includes writing coverage and brief documentation guides for MLA and APA, making it a useful reference for a variety of college courses. Read the preface.

On Writing Well
On Writing Well

Author: William Knowlton Zinsser

Publisher: Harper Perennial

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9780062733030

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Warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the fundamentals of conducting interviews and writing travel, scientific, sports, critical, and humorous articles.

On Writing Well
On Writing Well

Author: William Knowlton Zinsser

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers

Published: 1985

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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On Writing Well, which grew out of a course that William Zinsser taught at Yale, has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and for the warmth of its style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you both fundamental principles as well as the insights of a distinguished practitioner. How to Write a Memoir tells you how to write the story of your life. Everyone has a story - whether you're a professional writer or just want to validate your personal and family reminiscences, William Zinsser explains how to do it, and do it well.

Look Both Ways
Look Both Ways

Author: Jason Reynolds

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2020-10-27

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 1481438298

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"A collection of ten short stories that all take place in the same day about kids walking home from school"--

Reconnecting Reading and Writing
Reconnecting Reading and Writing

Author: Alice S. Horning

Publisher: Parlor Press LLC

Published: 2013-09-06

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 1602354626

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Reconnecting Reading and Writing explores the ways in which reading can and should have a strong role in the teaching of writing in college. Reconnecting Reading and Writing draws on broad perspectives from history and international work to show how and why reading should be reunited with writing in college and high school classrooms. It presents an overview of relevant research on reading and how it can best be used to support and enhance writing instruction.

On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition
On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition

Author: William Zinsser

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-09-11

Total Pages: 337

ISBN-13: 0062250507

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On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity and the warmth of its style. It is a book for everybody who wants to learn how to write or who needs to do some writing to get through the day, as almost everybody does in the age of e-mail and the Internet. Whether you want to write about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts or about yourself in the increasingly popular memoir genre, On Writing Well offers you fundamental priciples as well as the insights of a distinguished writer and teacher. With more than a million copies sole, this volume has stood the test of time and remains a valuable resource for writers and would-be writers.

Writing Literature Reviews
Writing Literature Reviews

Author: Jose L. Galvan

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2017-04-05

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 1351858920

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Guideline 12: If the Results of Previous Studies Are Inconsistent or Widely Varying, Cite Them Separately

If He Had Been with Me
If He Had Been with Me

Author: Laura Nowlin

Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.

Published: 2013-04-02

Total Pages: 338

ISBN-13: 1402277849

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If he had been with me everything would have been different... I wasn't with Finn on that August night. But I should've been. It was raining, of course. And he and Sylvie were arguing as he drove down the slick road. No one ever says what they were arguing about. Other people think it's not important. They do not know there is another story. The story that lurks between the facts. What they do not know—the cause of the argument—is crucial. So let me tell you...