Dewey Decimal808.042
Table Of ContentHow to Use This BookWRITEW-1 Writing contextsW-2 Academic contextsW-3 Writing processesW-4 Developing paragraphsW-5 Designing what you writeKinds of WritingW-6 ArgumentsW-7 Textual analysesW-8 ReportsW-9 Personal narrativesW-10 ReflectionsW-11 ProposalsW-12 Literary analysesW-13 Annotated bibliographiesW-14 AbstractsW-15 Reading strategiesRESEARCHR-1 Doing researchR-2 Evaluating sourcesR-3 Synthesizing ideasR-4 Integrating sources, avoiding plagiarismDocumentationMLA styleAPA styleChicago styleCSE styleEDITEditing the Errors That MatterE-1 Editing fragmentsE-2 Editing comma splicesE-3 Editing fused sentencesE-4 Editing mixed constructionsE-5 Editing for pronoun agreementE-6 Editing unclear pronoun referenceE-7 Editing pronoun caseE-8 Editing for subject-verb agreementE-9 Editing shifts in tensesE-10 Editing citationsE-11 Incorporating sourcesE-12 Editing commas with non-essential informationE-13 Editing commas after introductory wordsE-14 Editing wrong wordsSentencesS-1 Complete sentencesS-2 Sentence fragmentsS-3 Comma splices and fused sentencesS-4 VerbsS-5 Subject-verb agreementS-6 PronounsS-7 ParallelismS-8 Coordination, subordinationS-9 ShiftsLanguageL-1 Appropriate wordsL-2 Precise wordsL-3 Word often confusedL-4 IdiomsL-5 Unnecessary wordsL-6 Adjectives and adverbsL-7 ArticlesL-8 Words that build common groundL-9 EnglishesPunctuation / MechanicsP-1 CommasP-2 SemicolonsP-3 End punctuationP-4 Quotation marksP-5 ApostrophesP-6 Other punctuationP-7 HyphensP-8 CapitalizationP-9 ItalicsP-10 AbbreviationsP-11 NumbersEXERCISES**Answers to some exercises**Glossary/IndexDocumentation Directories
SynopsisMost handbooks include chapters on various general writing topics (e.g., the writing process or the elements of an argument), but few cover the specific kinds of writing students are assigned to do. The Little Seagull has chapters on reports, analyses, and all the other genres that college students are most often assigned. And because it's so small, so easy to use, and so affordable, it's proven to be a popular alternative to larger (and much more costly) handbooks., The pocket-sized handbook that does the work of a full-sized handbook, now with a new section on editing the errors that matter.
LC Classification NumberPE1408.B883823 2017