rhetoric

An alphabetically arranged reference for student writers that covers grammar and punctuation, the writing process and style, and writing for college entrance exams, plus step-by-step instructions and writing samples for fifty-five types of writing such as social science, mathematics, science, workplace, and technical writing.

Presents step-by-step guidance for writing several kinds of letters, including personal, career and employment, general business, customer service, sales and marketing, internal, vendor, and credit, collection, and billing correspondence as well as E-mails and faxes, and includes over three hundred sample letters.

Explains the phases of the essay-writing process.

Presents writing techniques useful for getting words on paper, for revising, for dealing with an audience, and for getting feedback.

Explains some of the more troublesome and confusing aspects of English grammar under the topics of nouns, pronouns, verbs, modifiers, sentences, conjunctions and prepositions, and punctuation. Includes practice quizzes.