WRITING MATTERS A Handbook for Writing and Research 4th Edition Rebecca Moore Howard

Part One: Writing Matters Planning, Drafting, Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting

1 Writing Responsibly, Writing Successfully

2 Planning Your Project

3 Organizing and Drafting Your Project

4 Crafting and Connecting Paragraphs

5 Drafting and Revising Visuals

6 Revising, Editing, Proofreading, and Formatting

Part Two: Reasoning Matters Reading, Thinking, and Arguing

7 Thinking and Reading Critically

8 Applying Analysis and Crafting Arguments

Part Three: Media Matters Part Three Designing, Writing, and Presenting

9 Designing Accessible Print and Digital Documents

10 Writing for Multiple Media

11 Presenting with Multiple Media

Part Four: Research Matters Part Four Finding, Evaluating, and Citing Sources

12 Planning a Research Project

13 Finding Information

14 Evaluating Information

15 Overcoming Fear of Plagiarizing: Paraphrase, Summary, and Rhetorical Note-Taking

16 Writing the Research Project

17 Citing Rhetorically

Part Five: Documentation Matters

18 Documenting Sources: MLA Style

19 Documenting Sources: APA Style

20 Documenting Sources: Chicago Style

21 Documenting Sources: CSE Style

Part Six: Genre Matters Writing in and beyond College

22 Writing in Literature and the Other Humanities

23 Writing in the Sciences and Social Sciences

24 Preparing for and Taking an Essay Exam

25 Professional and Civic Writing

Part Seven: Style Matters Writing Engagingly

26 Writing Concisely

27 Using Coordination and Subordination

28 Using Parallelism

29 Engaging Readers with Variety and Emphasis

30 Choosing Appropriate Language

31 Choosing Effective Words

32 Using the Dictionary and Spelling Correctly

Part Eight Grammar Matters Writing with Clarity

33 Understanding Grammar

34 Avoiding Sentence Fragments

35 Avoiding Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

36 Maintaining Agreement

37 Using Verbs

38 Understanding Pronoun Case and Reference

39 Using Adjectives and Adverbs

40 Avoiding Confusing Shifts

41 Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

42 Avoiding Mixed and Incomplete Constructions

Part Nine: Language Matters Guidance for Multilingual Writers

43 Understanding English Word Order and Sentence Structure

44 Using Nouns and Noun Determiners

45 Managing English Verbs

46 Managing Adjectives and Adverbs

47 Using Prepositions

Part Ten: Detail Matters Punctuation and Mechanics

48 Using Commas

49 Using Semicolons

50 Using Apostrophes

51 Using Quotation Marks

52 Using End Punctuation: Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points

53 Using Other Punctuation: Dashes, Parentheses, Brackets, Colons, Ellipses, and Slashes

54 Capitalizing

55 Italics and Underlining

56 Using Abbreviations

57 Using Numbers

58 Using Hyphens

Glossary of Key Terms

Glossary of Usage