The confident writer /
Kanar, Carol C.,
The confident writer / Carol C. Kanar - Fifth edition - xvii, 493 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Writing Process: Becoming the confident writer ; Using prewriting strategies ; Improving your paragraph skills ; Stating your thesis ; Supporting your thesis ; Revising and editing your essays ; Researching for writing -- Patterns as Options: Narrating and describing ; Explaining a process ; Choosing classification of division ; Comparing and contrasting ; Explaining causes and effects ; Using definition ; Arguing persuasively -- More Choices: A Collection of Readings -- The Selective Writer: A Brief Handbook: Basic choices: the parts of speech ; Sentence effectiveness choices ; Punctuation choices ; Choices for trouble spots ; Word choice ; ESL concerns and choices
9780618958467 (paperback) 0618958460 (paperback)
English language--Rhetoric
English language--Grammar
College readers
Report writing
PE1408 / .K36 2009
808.0427
The confident writer / Carol C. Kanar - Fifth edition - xvii, 493 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index
The Writing Process: Becoming the confident writer ; Using prewriting strategies ; Improving your paragraph skills ; Stating your thesis ; Supporting your thesis ; Revising and editing your essays ; Researching for writing -- Patterns as Options: Narrating and describing ; Explaining a process ; Choosing classification of division ; Comparing and contrasting ; Explaining causes and effects ; Using definition ; Arguing persuasively -- More Choices: A Collection of Readings -- The Selective Writer: A Brief Handbook: Basic choices: the parts of speech ; Sentence effectiveness choices ; Punctuation choices ; Choices for trouble spots ; Word choice ; ESL concerns and choices
9780618958467 (paperback) 0618958460 (paperback)
English language--Rhetoric
English language--Grammar
College readers
Report writing
PE1408 / .K36 2009
808.0427