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The nuts & bolts of college writing, Michael Harvey

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (page 103)

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no index present

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non fiction

Main title

The nuts & bolts of college writing

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bibliographyhandbooks

Oclc number

52214863

Responsibility statement

Michael Harvey

Table Of Contents

1. Concision : The pompous style at school -- 2. Clarity : Choose verbs over nominalizations ; Choose active verbs over linking verbs ; Choose the active voice over the passive voice ; Clarity and honesty -- 3. Flow : Use consistent characters ; Use pronouns and other pointers ; Use punch lines ; Use conjunctions and other linking words -- 4. Punctuation : Commas and comma splices ; Semicolons ; Colons ; Dashes ; Parentheses ; Questions -- 5. Gracefulness : The historical present ; Appositives ; Parallelism ; Tricolon ; Concession ; Qualification -- 6. Using sources : Winning your audience's trust ; Weaving sources into your prose ; Quoting effectively -- 7. Paragraphs : The function of paragraphs ; Opening sentences ; Designing paragraphs ; Sections -- 8. Beginnings and endings : Beginnings ; Endings ; Last thought -- Appendix: Documentation and citation formats : Generic formats ; CMS, MLA, and APA style guide ; Citation and reference examples

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Nuts and bolts of college writing

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