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This concise composition handbook offers innovative design features that make it the most accessible tabbed handbook available: moveable KeyTabs that allow students to personalize the book, a menu-driven Key to the Book, and color-coded divider tabs to help students find information quickly. Complete coverage of grammar and the writing, research, and documentation processes are complemented by helpful multilingual/ESL material, Writing Across the Curriculum elements, and The 5Cs of Style. In recent years, technology has touched every aspect of writing and research and the Third Edition of Keys for Writers keeps pace with students' changing needs. This thorough revision now offers a full-color design; substantial new material on evaluating sources and the use of technology for research and writing; expanded coverage of writing online and document design; the most up-to-date MLA, APA, CMS, CBE, and CGOS guidelines; integrated ESL resources; and an expanded section on argument. New! A new Part 5, Technology: For Communication, Document Design, and Work, presents the latest information on writing for online readers, e-mail discussion lists, and chatrooms. Ample illustrations--including a sample student web site and an online scannable resume--and easy-to-understand explanations address web site and document design as well as work-related documents. New! The new full-color design highlights important information and clearly depicts web graphics, charts, and other visuals. New! Completely up-to-date documentation coverage features the latest MLA and APA styles, as updated on their respective web sites, the Columbia Guide to Online Style, many new student examples, and a new student paper. Two rows of color-coded divider tabs aid students in finding information quickly. Red tabs (Parts 1-5) cover whole paper issues: the writing process, research and documentation, online and business writing, and document design. Gold tabs (Parts 6-10) cover sentence-level issues such as usage, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics. Color-coded Key to the Book, an initial menu page, aligns the table of contents with the divider tabs to help students flip directly to the part they need. Its colors correspond to those of the divider tabs. Unique moveable KeyTabs serve as bookmarks, extended margins, or note cards, and enable students to customize the book for quick access to the information they decide they need most. Key Points boxes present concise summaries and checklists to highlight vital information and encourage the development of editing and critical-thinking skills. New! Updated and expanded information includes a new section on evaluating sources, a new source list for 24 disciplines, compiled in consultation with 19 college librarians, and a thoroughly revised section on the process of writing a research paper. New! The expanded Writing an Argument section includes a sample student argument paper on telemarketing. Students learn to formulate an argument, support it with evidence, and address opposing views. New! Content changes and additions include integrated ESL coverage throughout, and increased emphasis on style, critical thinking, and writing across the curriculum.

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• I The Writing Process
• 1 Getting Started and Finding a Focus
• 2 Organizing Ideas
• 3 Revising and Editing
• 4 Writing an Argument
• 5 Exams, Literature, Oral Reports, Service Writing, Lab Reports
• II Doing Research/Evaluating Sources
• 6 Research Basics
• a What is research?
• b Writing a research paper
• c Research papers in the disciplines
• 7 Searching for Sources
• a Merger of library/Web
• b Basic reference works
• c Research resources in 24 subject areas
• d Searching for sources in print
• e Searching for sources online
• f Search engines
• g Keyword searches
• h A sample search
• 8 Evaluating Sources
• a Read critically
• b Recognize a scholarly article
• c Evaluate works originating in print
• d Evaluate sources originating on the Internet
• 9 Recording and Acknowledging Sources
• a Keep track of sources
• b Avoid plagiarism
• c Notetaking
• d Summary, paraphrase, and quotation
• e Know what to cite
• f Engage and synthesize
• 10 Integrating Sources
• a Get mileage from sources
• b Introduce source material
• c What, when, how to quote
• d Fit a quotation in your sentence
• e Checklist: Using quotation
• f Boundaries of a citation
• III MLA Documentation
• 11 Citing Sources
• 12 List of Works Cited
• 13 Sample Paper
• IV APA, CBE, Chicago, and CGOS Documentation
• 14 APA: Citing Sources
• 15 APA: List of References
• 16 APA Sample Paper
• 17 CBE Style
• 18 Chicago Style
• 19 CGOS
• V Technology: For Communication, Document Design, and Work
• 20 E-mail
• a Writing for online readers
• b E-mail style
• c Netiquette
• d Online addresses
• e Attachments
• 21 Online Discussions
• a E-mail discussion lists
• b Usenet groups, Web forums, bulletin boards
• c Chat rooms, MOOs, MUDs
• d Distance learning
• 22 Web Site Design
• a The nature of hypertext
• b Web site design tools
• c Planning a web site
• d For Web site design: tips
• e Useful resources
• f Sample Web sites
• 23 Design Features
• a Word processing tools
• b Typefaces
• c Color
• d Headings
• e Lists
• 24 Visuals
• a Tables
• b Charts and graphs
• c Illustrations, graphics
• 25 Essay Formats
• a Page or screen
• b Guidelines: college essays
• c Title and identification
• d Portfolio presentation
• 26 Resumes, Letters
• 27 Business Letters
• 28 PowerPoint
• VI Style/Five C''s of Style
• 29 First C: Cut
• 30 Second C: Check for Action
• 31 Third C: Connect
• 32 Fourth C: Commit
• 33 Fifth C: Choose Your Words
• 34 Sentence Variety
• 35 Writers'' Voices
• 36 Style Tips
• VII Common Sentence Problems
• 37 Top 10 Sentence Problems/Grammar Review
• a Top 10 problems
• b Parts of speech
• c Common sentence patterns
• d Phrases
• e Clauses
• 38 Sentence Fragments
• a Phrases
• b Dependent clauses
• c Missing verb
• d Missing subject
• e Part of compound predicate
• f Intentional use
• 39 Run-ons and Comma Splices
• a Identifying
• b Correcting
• 40 Sentence Snarls
• a Fuzzy syntax
• b Misplaced modifiers
• c Dangling modifiers
• d Shifts
• e Faulty predication
• f Definitions and reasons
• g Adverb clause as subject
• h Omitted words
• i Restated subjects
• j Faulty parallelism
• 41 Verbs
• a Verb forms
• b Verbs commonly confused
• c Forms of be
• d Tenses
• e Present tenses
• f Past tenses
• g -ed endings
• h Tense shifts
• i Indirect quotations
• j Conditional sentences
• 42 Passive Voice
• a When to use
• b How to form
• c Who''s doing what?
• d As connector
• e Overuse
• 43 Subject-Verb Agreement
• a Basic principles
• b Intervening words
• c Linking verb, subject, and complement
• d Subject after verb
• e Tricky singular subjects
• f Collective nouns
• g Compound subjects
• h Indefinite pronouns and quantity words
• i Demonstrative pronouns and adjectives
• j Possessive pronouns
• k Clauses with what
• 44 Pronouns
• a Personal pronouns
• b Possessive forms
• c Clear reference
• d Agreement with antecedent
• e Gender bias
• f Consistent point of view
• g Appropriate use of you
• h Intensive and reflexive
• i Who/whom
• 45 Adjectives/dverbs
• a Correct forms
• b Proper use
• c After linking verbs
• d Compound adjectives
• e Position of adverbs
• f Order of adjectives
• g Double negatives
• h Comparative and superlative forms
• i Faulty comparisons
• 46 Relative Clauses and Relative Pronouns
• a Appropriate use
• b Agreement of verb
• c Agreement after one of
• d Restrictive and nonrestrictive clauses
• e Wth quantity words
• f Clauses with prepositions
• g Tat as relative pronoun
• h Position of relative clause
• i Unnecessary pronoun
• j Were and when
• VIII Punctuation, Mechanics, Spelling
• 47 Commas
• a Commas: yes and no
• b With coordinating conjunction/idependent clauses
• c With introductory phrase or clause
• d With nonrestrictive elements
• e With transitions
• f With items in a series
• g With coordinate evaluative adjectives
• h With direct quotations
• i When not to use
• j Special uses
• 48 Apostrophes
• a Apostrophes: yes/no
• b Tosignal possession
• c With plural nouns
• d In contractions
• e In plurals
• f It''s versus its
• 49 Quotation Marks
• a Guidelines
• b Punctuation introducing and ending a quotation
• c Dialogue
• d Double and single quotation marks
• e With titles of short works
• f When not to use
• 50 Semicolons
• a Between two independent clauses
• b With items in a list containing internal commas
• c When not to use
• 51 Other Punctuation Marks
• a Periods, question marks, exclamation points
• b Colons
• c Dashes
• d Parentheses
• e Brackets
• f Slashes
• g Ellipsis dots
• 52 Italics/Underlining
• a Titles of long works
• b Transportation
• c Letters, numerals, words
• d Non-English words
• e When not to use
• 53 Capitalization
• a Proper nouns/adjectives
• b Titles before names
• c Major words in titles
• d After a colon or at beginning of a quotation
• 54 Abbreviations
• a Titles with people''s names
• b Familiar names
• c Terms used with numbers
• d Common Latin terms
• e When not to abbreviate
• f Plurals of abbreviations
• 55 Numbers
• a Conventions
• b When to spell out
• c When to use numerals
• d Plurals of numerals
• 56 Hyphenation
• a With prefixes
• b In compound nouns and compound adjectives
• d In spelled-out numbers
• e At end of a line
• 57 Online Guidelines
• a Punctuation in URLs
• b Underlining/italics online
• c Capital letters online
• d Hyphens online
• e Asterisks online
• 58 Spelling
• a Plurals of nouns
• b Doubling consonants
• c Spelling with -y or -i
• d Internal ie or ei
• e Adding a suffix
• f Accents, umlauts, ets
• IX For Multilingual/ESL Writers
• 59 Culture, Language, and Writing
• a Differences/not deficits
• b Language learning
• c Guide to transfer errors
• 60 Nouns and Articles
• a Categories of nouns
• b Uncountable nouns
• c Basic rules for articles
• d The for a specific reference
• e Which article? 4 questions
• f Proper nouns/articles
• 61 Verbs and Verbals