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Author
Series
Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Lexile measure
640L
Language
English
Formats
Description
What exactly is a primary source? How does it compare to other types of sources? Emerging readers need to know the difference. Readers will also be introduced to the concept of plagiarism, how to choose sources for their writing and reports, checking source dates and accuracy, and more. Straightforward, neutral text and vivid photographs provide readers with the tools they need to learn about types of sources, including primary sources, how sources...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
When Kate Turabian first put her famous guidelines to paper, she could hardly have imagined the world in which today's students would be conducting research. Yet while the ways in which we research and compose papers may have changed, fundamentals remain the same: writers need to have a strong research question, construct an evidence-based argument, cite their sources, and structure their work in a logical way. A Manual for Writers of Research Papers,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Cherry Lake Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Lexile measure
750L
Physical Desc
1 online resource (24 pages) : color illustrations.
Language
English
Description
Learn how to review other people's work and provide constructive advice with these fun activities. Students will practice giving tactful critiques, a foundational skill that will benefit them both academically and personally. Additional text features and search tools, including a glossary and an index, help students locate information and learn new words.
28) MLA handbook
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Eighth edition.
Physical Desc
xiv, 146 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"The Modern Language Association, the authority on research and writing, takes a fresh look at documenting sources in the eighth edition of the MLA Handbook. Works are published today in a dizzying range of formats. A book, for example, may be read in print, online, or as an e-book--or perhaps listened to in an audio version. On the Web, modes of publication are regularly invented, combined, and modified. Previous editions of the MLA Handbook provided...
Author
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
1 book club bag ; in bookbag
Language
English
Description
On Writing Well has been praised for its sound advice, its clarity, and its warmth of style. It is a book for anybody who wants to learn how to write, whether about people or places, science and technology, business, sports, the arts, or about yourself. Its principles and insights have made it a cherished resource for several generations of writers and students. The text warns against common errors in structure, style, and diction, and explains the...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Lexile measure
960L
Physical Desc
224 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Online sensation Grammar Girl makes grammar fun and easy in this New York Times bestseller
Are you stumped by split infinitives? Terrified of using "who" when a "whom" is called for? Do you avoid the words "affect" and "effect" altogether? Grammar Girl is here to help!
Mignon Fogarty, a.k.a. Grammar Girl, is determined to wipe out bad grammar-but she's also determined to make the process as painless as possible. A couple of years ago, she created...
Author
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Since the first edition came out in 1997, this book has been praised as "the best book on memoir out there." It is thought-provoking, explanatory, and practical: each chapter ends with writing exercises. It covers everything from questions of truth and ethics to questions of craft and the crucial retrospective voice. An appendix provides information on legal issues. Judith Barrington, an award-winning memoir writer and acclaimed writing teacher, is...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
vii, 259 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
For more than a decade, Clear and Simple as the Truth has guided readers to consider style not as an elegant accessory of effective prose but as its very heart. Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner present writing as an intellectual activity, not a passive application of verbal skills. In classic style, the motive is truth, the purpose is presentation, the reader and writer are intellectual equals, and the occasion is informal. This general style...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
xxiii, 221 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
More than merely a writing text, The Imaginative Argument offers writers instruction on how to use their imaginations to improve their prose. Cioffi shows writers how they can enliven argument--the organizing rubric of all persuasive writing--by drawing on emotion, soul, and creativity, the wellsprings of imagination. While Cioffi suggests that argument should become a natural habit of mind for writers, he goes still further, inspiring writers to...