Great Source Writer's Inc. : Student Edition Handbook Grades 9 - 12

The Process of Writing Understanding the Writing Process Why Write? 1(2) Writing as a Process 3(6) One Writer's Process 9(12) Traits of Effective Writing 21(6) Writing with a Computer 27(6) Publishing Your Writing 33(8) Using the Writing Process A Guide to Prewriting 41(12) A Guide to Drafting 53(6) A Guide to Revising 59(10) A Guide to Group Advising 69(6) A Guide to Editing and Proofreading 75(6) Basic Elements of Writing Writing Sentences 81(14) Writing Paragraphs 95(10) Writing Expository Essays 105(10) Writing Persuasive Essays 115(10) The Art of Writing Writing with Style 125(8) Writer's Resource 133(11) The Forms of Writing Personal Writing Journal Writing 144(3) Personal Narrative 147(5) Personal Essay 152(4) Subject Writing Descriptive Writing 156(2) Eyewitness Account 158(2) Interview Report 160(3) Profile of a Person 163(5) Creative Writing Story Writing 168(6) Playwriting 174(5) Poetry Writing 179(7) Persuasive Writing Pet Peeve Essay 186(2) Editorial 188(2) Personal Commentary 190(2) Essay of Opposing Ideas 192(3) Essay of Argumentation 195(5) Academic Writing Process Essay 200(2) Essay of Comparison 202(3) Cause/Effect Essay 205(3) Essay of Definition 208(2) Problem/Solution Essay 210(5) The Forms of Writing Writing About Literature Personal Responses to Literature 215(6) Writing a Book Review 221(6) Writing a Literary Analysis 227(6) Literary Terms 233(9) Poetry Terms 242(3) Research Writing Writing the Research Paper 245(10) Writing Responsibly 255(4) MLA Documentation Style 259(16) Sample MLA Research Paper 275(10) APA Documentation Style 285(12) Workplace Writing Writing Business Letters 297(12) Special Forms of Workplace Writing 309(14) The Tools of Learning Searching for Information Types of Information 323(8) Using the Internet 331(6) Using the Library 337(14) Reading Skills Reading Graphics 351(6) Study-Reading Skills 357(10) Improving Vocabulary Skills 367(16) Study Skills Improving Classroom Skills 383(6) Listening and Note-Taking Skills 389(8) Writing to Learn 397(8) Test-Taking Skills 405(16) Speaking, Thinking, and Viewing Skills Speech Skills 421(12) Multimedia Reports 433(4) Thinking Skills 437(10) Viewing Skills 447(8) Proofreader's Guide Marking Punctuation Period 455(1) Ellipsis 456(1) Comma 457(4) Semicolon 461(1) Colon 462(1) Hyphen 463(3) Dash 466(1) Question Mark 467(1) Exclamation Point 467(1) Quotation Marks 468(2) Italics (Underlining) 470(1) Parentheses 471(1) Apostrophe 472(2) Brackets 474(1) Checking Mechanics Capitalization 475(3) Plurals 478(2) Numbers 480(1) Abbreviations 481(2) Acronyms and Initialisms 483(2) Commonly Misspelled Words 485(6) Using the Right Word 491(97) Parts of Speech Noun 501(2) Pronoun 503(4) Verb 507(6) Adjective 513(1) Adverb 514(1) Preposition 515(1) Conjunction 516(1) Interjection 516(2) Using the Language Constructing Sentences 518(2) Using Phrases and Clauses 520(2) Using Sentence Variety 522(2) Diagramming Sentences 524(2) Getting Sentence Parts to Agree 526(3) Using Fair Language 529(4) Student Almanac Language Manual Alphabet 533(1) Language Families 534(2) Traffic Signs 536(1) Common Parliamentary Procedures 537(1) 6-Year Calendar 538(1) Science Weights and Measures 539(2) The Metric System 541(1) Handy Conversion Factors 542(1) Planet Profusion 543(1) Periodic Table of the Elements 544(1) Computer and Internet Terms 545(4) Mathematics Math Symbols and Tables 549(2) Math Terms 551(6) Geography Using the Maps 557(2) World Maps 559(10) Index to World Maps 569(2) Government Branches of the U.S. Federal Government 571(1) The U.S. Constitution 572(3) U.S. Presidents and Vice Presidents 575(1) Order of Presidential Succession 576(1) History Historical Time Line 577(11) Credits 588(1) Index 589