Goodson, Patricia
Summary: A practical workbook of 50 exercises, helping you build your writing skills and master the specifics of academic writing.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SAGE 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 GOOLynette, Rachel.
Summary: "After school, two friends Ben and Bailey, learn about writing book reports"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Norwood House Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 808 LYNSummary: "The ninth edition of the MLA Handbook is a textbook and reference guide that offers student writers and writing instructors guidance on creating works-cited-list entries in MLA style using the template of core elements. It features advice on punctuation, grammar, inclusive language, formatting research papers, and in-text citations. Includes an appendix of sample works-cited-list entries,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Language Association of America 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.02 MLA1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808.02 MLA
Graff, Gerald
Summary: The authors identify the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. Because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and writing about literature.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2014
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 GRACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word GraffRoyal, Brandon
Summary: This deluxe edition contains the complete contents of "The Little Red Writing Book" and "The Little Gold Grammar Book." Whereas writing is based on principles - in which writing is deemed better or worse, more effective or less effective - grammar is based on rules, in which writing is deemed right or wrong, correct or incorrect. With coverage of the most useful writing principles and the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maven Publishing 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 ROYFry, Ronald W.
Summary: A comprehensive course for students of all ages which shares the keys to academic success, explaining how to write papers, improve one's memory, manage time, ace tests, enhance reading skills, develop good study habits, and take effective notes.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HighBridge 1996
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1 available in Playaway, Call number: PA 371.3 FRYSummary: "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,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Modern Language Association of America 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 MLA1 available in Reference, Call number: R 808 MLA
Contents: Using your writer's handbook -- Steps in the writing process: Prewriting -- Drafting -- Revising -- Editing and proofreading -- Publishing -- Section 1: Prewriting: Getting started -- Be a list keeper -- Choose a topic -- Start thinking -- Organize your ideas -- Section 2: Drafting: What is a first draft? -- Sample first draft -- Time to write fiction: What is fiction? -- Story pieces -- Time...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Time for Kids Books 2006
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J Words TimeQuaratiello, Arlene Rodda
Summary: "The newest edition of this valuable tool offers students easy-to-understand guidance on going beyond Google to find, evaluate, and use quality informational sources that will enable them to write better research papers"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: ALA Neal-Schuman 2024
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 025.5 QUARustad, Martha E. H. (Martha Elizabeth Hillman)
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press 2014
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Publisher / Publication Date: R.D. Earnest Associates 1992
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2 available in Genealogy, Call number: R GEN 929.1 EarnestRainer, Tristine.
Summary: Provides practical coaching on writing long or short autobiographical narratives, including a history of autobiography and examples from such writers as Maya Angelou, Maxine Hong Kingston, and Russell Baker.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jeremy P. Tarcher/Putnam 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 RAIGouldrup, Lawrence P.
Contents: What is family history? -- Using genealogical and local history records to write the historical exposition -- Writing the narrative -- Point of view -- Some finishing touches.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ancestry Pub. 1987
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1 available in Genealogy, Call number: R-GEN 929.1 GOUHauser, Susan
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Publisher / Publication Date: Writer's Digest Books 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 HAUHeiligman, Deborah.
Summary: Provides guidance on how to do research, including how to use libraries and their resources, the Internet, and other sources such as interviews and surveys.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Reference 1998
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J 025.5 HEIZinsser, William Knowlton.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 1998
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Publisher / Publication Date: Longman 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 HallSpence, Linda.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Swallow Press/Ohio University Press 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.066 SPEStrunk, William
Summary: An enhanced edition of the classic writing manual features humorous art by a popular children's book illustrator and New Yorker cover artist, in a volume that provides visual and whimsical embellishments to the original instructive text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2005
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 808.02 STRStrunk, William
Summary: This book is a prescriptive American English writing style guide comprising eight "elementary rules of usage", ten "elementary principles of composition", "a few matters of form", a list of forty-nine "words and expressions commonly misused", and a list of fifty-seven "words often misspelled".
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Publisher / Publication Date: Allyn and Bacon 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word StrunkThomas, Francis-Noël
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Publisher / Publication Date: Princeton University Press 2010
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 808 THOBrown, Laura Marie.
Summary: Provides a common-sense approach on how to write anything, from college applications to baby announcements, and includes information on how to appropriately craft a message, choose the right words, and the select the most appropriate medium.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808.042 BROClark, Roy Peter
Summary: A collection of over a hundred writing tips gleaned from fifty popular writing books. Chapters are devoted to each key strategy. Author expands and contextualizes original authors' suggestions and shares how each tip helped other authors improve their skills.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown Spark 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 808 CLAClark, Roy Peter.
Summary: Short forms of writing have always existed--from ship logs and telegrams to prayers and haikus. But in this ever-changing digital age, short form writing has become an essential skill. Whether the writing is formal or informal, Clark covers how to write effective and powerful titles, headlines, essays, sales pitches, Tweets, letters, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013