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Clouse, Barbara Fine.(ed.)

The student writer : editor and critic / Barbara Fine Clouse. - 6th ed. - Boston : McGraw-Hill, 2004. - xxxii, 576 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

I. STRATEGIES FOR READING AND WRITING --
1. The Connection between Reading and Writing --
2. Getting Started --
3. Organizing and Drafting --
4. Revising for Content and Organization --
5. Revising for Effective Expression --
II. PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT --
6. Description --
7. Narration --
8. Exemplification --
9. Process Analysis --
10. Comparison-Contrast --
11. Cause-and-Effect Analysis --
12. Definition --
13. Classification and Division --
III. USING THE PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT --
14. Argumentation --
15. Writing with Sources --
16. Assembling a Writing Portfolio --
17. Writing about Literature --
IV. A GUIDE TO FREQUENTLY OCCURRING ERRORS --
18. Word Choice --
19. Sentence Fragments --
20. Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices --
21. Verbs --
22. Pronouns --
23. Modifiers --
24. Punctuation --
25. Mechanics.

ISBN: 0072559403

ISSN: 9780072559408

Subjects--Topical Terms:
English language--Rhetoric.
Report writing.
Criticism.
Editing.

LC Class. No.: PE1408 / .C537