The Broadview Guide to Writing - Revised Canadian Sixth Edition

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Contents
How to Use This Book and Its Companion Website
Preface to the Revised Sixth Canadian Edition
Introduction
The Writing Process
	Voice Work
		Attitude
		Audience
		Purpose: From Topic to Thesis Statement
	Before the Writing Starts: Essential Activities
		Reading and Note-Taking
		Mapping
		Writer’s Block
		Dialogue
	Logical Fluency: The Nature of Argument
		Argument Structure, Paragraphing, and Topic Sentences
			Organizing Paragraphs in Longer Essays
		Your Arguments, Others’ Arguments
	Logical Fluency: Modes of Writing, Modes of Thought
		Elaboration and Repetition
		Modes of Thought / Modes of Writing
			Narration
			Classification
			Generalization and Abstraction
			Causes, Reasons, Explanations
			Combining Modes of Thought
		Reasoning
		Subordination
		Connectives
	Stylistic Fluency
		Diction
		Figures of Speech
		Syntax
		Rhythm
		Voice
		Tone
	Revision and Proofreading
	Collaboration and Research
		Approaches to Research
		Citation
		Criticism
		Examinations and In-class Essays
Basic Grammar: An Outline
	Parts of Speech
		Nouns
		Pronouns
		Articles
		Adjectives
		Verbs
		Adverbs
		Prepositions
		Conjunctions and Conjunctive Adverbs
	Parts of Sentences
		Subject
		Object
		Predicate
		Clause
		Phrase
		Types of Clauses
		Types of Subordinate Clauses
		Types of Phrases
		Distinguishing Phrases and Clauses
		Parts of Speech and Parts of the Sentence
Writing Grammatically
	Right and Wrong in Writing
	Verb Problems
		Verbs and Verb Tense Difficulties
			The Infinitive
			The Simple Present Tense
			The Present Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
			The Simple Past Tense
			The Past Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
			The Simple Future Tense
			The Future Progressive (or Continuous) Tense
			The Perfect Tenses
			The Present Perfect Tense
			The Past Perfect Tense
			The Future Perfect Tense
			Other Tenses
		Mood: Indicative, Imperative, and Subjunctive
			The Conditional
			The Past Conditional
		Active and Passive Voice
		Dangling Constructions
			Dangling Participles and Infinitives
		Sequence of Tenses
		Irregular or Difficult Verbs
			Infinitives, Gerunds, Objects: “To Be or Not to Be?”
	Preposition Problems: “Up With Which I Will Not Put”
	Nouns and Pronouns: Singular Difficulties
	Pronouns: Who Cares about Whom?
	Part-of-speech Conversions: A Question of Principle?
Words
	Word Order Problems
	One Word or Two?
	Word Meanings: Are Cars Ever Stationery?
	Usage: Word Conventions
Putting Ideas Together
	Paragraphing
		In Narration
		In Description
		In Persuasion or Argument
	Argument
		Fallacies and Faulty Arguments
	Joining Words
		Words to Connect Ideas Opposed to Each Other
		Words to Join Linked or Supporting Ideas
		Words Used to Introduce Causes or Reasons
		Words Used to Introduce Results or Conclusions
		Words Used to Express Purpose
		Words Used to Introduce Examples
		Words Used to Indicate Alternatives
		Words Used to Show Degree or Extent
		That and Which
		Words Used to Make Comparisons
		Other Joining Words and Expressions
	Sentence Combining
		Combining
			Joining Kernels
			Embedding Kernels
			Abbreviated Kernels Joined as Absolute Phrases
			Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Verb and Noun Phrases
			Abbreviated Kernels Embedded as Modifiers
		Combining and Recombining
			Combining Several Kernels into a Single Sentence
			“De-Combining” and Recombining
		Help with Some Grammatical Errors: Two More Examples
			Dangling Modifiers
			Syntactic Ambiguity
		Help with Reading Challenging Texts
		Gaining Awareness of Writing Style
Style
	Slang and Informal English
	Wordiness
	Writing by Computer
		Spell-check and Grammar-check
		Observing Online Etiquette
		Point-form Online Etiquette
		Copyright and the Web
	Business Writing
	How to Be Good with Words: Styles of Writing When Considering Gender, Race and Ethnicity, Class, Religion, Sexual Orientation, and Disability
		Bias-free Vocabulary: A Short List
Academic Writing
	Writing about Literature / Writing about Texts
		The Meanings of Texts
		Meaning and Form in Literature
		Writing about Texts: Particular Problems
	Writing about Science
		Structure of the Research Paper
		Scientific Tone and Stylistic Choices
		The First Person and the Active Voice
	Across the Disciplines: Different Subjects, Different Styles of Academic Writing
		Anthropology
		Art History
		Biology
		Business and Commerce
		Chemistry
		Economics
		Engineering
		English Studies
		History
		Medicine and Health Sciences
		Philosophy
		Physics
		Politics
		Psychology
		Sociology
Seeing and Meaning
EAL: For Those Whose Native Language Is Not English
	Frequently Used Non-count Nouns
Punctuation, Format, and Spelling
	Punctuation
		The Period
		The Ellipsis
		The Comma
		The Question Mark
		The Exclamation Mark
		The Semicolon
		The Colon
		The Hyphen
		The Dash
		Parentheses
		Square Brackets
		The Apostrophe
		Quotation Marks
		Single Quotation Marks
	Direct and Indirect Speech
		Direct Speech
		Indirect Speech
	Format and Spelling
		Capitalization
		Abbreviations
	Spelling
		Spelling and Sound
Documentation and Research
	Avoiding Plagiarism—and Choosing When and What to Quote
	Citation and Documentation
		Incorporating Sources
		Summarizing
		Paraphrasing
		Quoting Directly
		Formatting Quotations
			Short Prose Quotations
			Long Prose Quotations
			Verse Quotations
			Quotations within Quotations
		Adding to or Deleting from a Quotation
			Using square brackets to add to a quotation
			Using an ellipsis to delete from a quotation
			Integrating Quotations
			Avoiding “Dumped” Quotations
		Signal Phrases
MLA Style
	About In-Text Citations
	About Works Cited: MLA Core Elements
	Examples
	MLA Style Sample Essay
APA Style
	Incorporating Sources in APA Style
		Summarizing
		Paraphrasing
		Quoting Directly
		Signal Phrases
		About In-text Citations
		About References
		APA Style Sample Essay
Chicago Style
	About Chicago Style
		Chicago Style Sample
CSE Style
	CSE Style Sample
Appendix 1: Correction Key
Appendix 2: Some National Variations
Appendix 3: Essay Checklist
Permissions Acknowledgements