Smarthinking Writer's HandbookTable of Contents
Chapter 1: Purpose
Introduction: Purpose? What's That?Lesson 1. Writing About MemoriesLesson 2. Writing About ObservationsLesson 3. Writing to Investigate and EvaluateLesson 4. Exposition: Explaining WhyLesson 5. Exposition: Explaining How ToLesson 6. Writing to Argue a PositionLesson 7. Writing to PersuadeLesson 8. Writing Short-Answer TestsLesson 9. Writing In-Class EssaysLesson 10. Writing About LiteratureLesson 11. Film and Television AnalysisLesson 12. Writing Scientific or Technical ReportsLesson 13: Resume WritingLesson 14. Writing a Cover and Thank-You LetterLesson 15. Writing Short Stories 1: Short Story as GenreLesson 16. Writing Short Stories 2: TechniquesLesson 17. Writing Poems 1: What is a Poem and How Do I Start One?Lesson 18. Writing Poems 2: Techniques and Revision
Chapter 2: Audience
Introduction: Who Cares About the Audience?Lesson 1. Analyzing the AudienceLesson 2. How the Audience Affects The Purpose for WritingLesson 3. How the Audience Affects the Written ProductLesson 4. Writing to the Academic AudienceLesson 5. Writing to Multiple AudiencesLesson 6. Addressing a Hostile Audience
Chapter 3: Process
Lesson 1. Section Overview: "There's a Process to Writing?"Lesson 2. Understanding the Writing AssignmentLesson 3. Invention Methods: Introduction
Chapter 4: Style
Introduction: What's Style Got to Do With It?Lesson 1. Point of ViewLesson 2. Consistency of Tone and VoiceLesson 3. Word ChoiceLesson 4. Wordy PhrasesLesson 5. Nominalization and Passive VoiceLesson 6. On MetaphorLesson 7. Sentence UnityLesson 8. Sentence VarietyLesson 9. Swanky Sentence TypesLesson 10: Sentence RhythmLesson 11: Assonance, Consonance, and Alliteration
Chapter 5: Grammar
Introduction: Why is Grammar Important?Lesson 1: Nouns/SubjectsLesson 2: Verbs/PredicatesLesson 3: Subject-Predicate AgreementLesson 4: SentencesLesson 5: Sentence TypesLesson 6: Incomplete Sentences: FragmentsLesson 7: Run-ons and Comma SplicesLesson 8: PunctuationLesson 9: Comma UsageLesson 10: Quotation MarksLesson 11: Using a Computer’s “Checker” ToolsLesson 12: Writer's Error Log
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