Guide to Good Writing

Contents:

Part I: THE WRITING PROCESS

Introduction • The Four Stages of the Writing Process

Preparing to Write • Thinking and Researching • Paraphrasing and Summarizing • Quotations • Thinking and Researching: An Overview • Planning • Planning: An Overview

Writing Your Document • Getting Started • Your Authorial Voice • Composition: Paragraphs • Writing: An Overview

Revising Your Document • How to Revise • Revision • Checklist • An Example of Revising a Text • Checking for Consistency • Proofreading • References • Revision: An Overview

PART II: WRITING FUNDAMENTALS

Introduction

Grammar • Introduction • Nouns • Adjectives • Determiners • Verbs • Adverbs • Pronouns • Prepositions • Conjunctions • Phrases, Clauses, and Sentences • Reporting Speech

Words in Use •  Introduction • Vocabulary • Spelling • Prefixes and Suffixes • Foreign Words and Phrases • Abbreviations and Symbols •  Numbers • Sensitive Terms • Slang

Words Often Confused

Punctuation • Introduction • Punctuation Marks • Apostrophe • Capital Letters • Colon • Comma • Dash • Ellipsis • Exclamation Point • Hyphen • Italics • Paragraph • Parentheses and Brackets • Period • Question Mark • Quotation Marks • Semicolon • Slash

Reference Resources •  Dictionaries • Thesaurus • Other Reference Books • Electronic reference source
Glossary of grammatical terms • Index

 

About the Author:

Martin H. Manser is a reference book writer and editor based in England. He is the author of The Facts On File Dictionary of Foreign Words and Phrases, The Facts On File Dictionary of Classical and Biblical Allusions, The Facts On File Dictionary of Proverbs, and The Facts On File Guide to Style. His other books include the Zondervan Dictionary of Bible Themes, Macmillan Dictionary of the Bible, and Learner's Dictionary of English idioms.