Prentice Hall Reference Guide + 1 Key Student Access Kit

CONTENTS A Personal Message . . . vi To the Instructor vii Hints for Using This Book xvi Question and Correct & Compare and Correct Question and Correct: Some of the Most Commonly Asked Questions About Writing qc1 Compare and Correct cc1 The Writing Process 1 Purposes and Audiences 1 a Purpose 1 b Topic 1 c Thesis 2 d Audience 2 2 Writing Processes and Strategies 4 a Planning 4 b Drafting 10 c Organizing 11 d Collaborating 12 e Revising 16 f Editing and Proofreading 18 3 Paragraphs 20 a Unity 20 b Coherence 20 c Development 21 d Introductions and Conclusions 21 e Patterns of Organization 21 4 Argument 28 a Writing and Reading Arguments 28 b Considering the Audience 29 c Finding a Topic 32 d Developing Your Arguments 33 e Organizing Your Arguments 36 5 Visual Argument 39 a Similarities and Differences Between Verbal and Visual Argument 41 b Reading Visual Arguments 45 c Writing Visual Arguments 47 Revising Sentences for Accuracy, Clarity, and Variety 6 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 49 a Comma Splices 50 b Fused or Run-On Sentences 50 7 Subject-Verb Agreement 52 a Singular and Plural Subjects 53 b Buried Subjects 53 c Compound Subjects 54 d Orand Either/OrSubjects 54 e Clauses and Phrases as Subjects 55 fHarris, Muriel is the author of 'Prentice Hall Reference Guide + 1 Key Student Access Kit ', published 2005 under ISBN 9780131856400 and ISBN 0131856405.