Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

C h a p t e r 3 9 Synopsis A synopsis is a kind of summary. [See also Chapter 32, Paraphrase, and Chapter 33, Precis, for other ...

Synopsis / 373 STEP 2: Writing—Preparing the Synopsis Begin the synopsis by identifying in a single sentence the main idea. Weav ...

374 / Types of Writing Ayla faces a lonely struggle for survival after her death curse by the Clan. To solve basic sur- vival pr ...

C h a p t e r 4 0 Technical Report T echnical reports present facts, clearly and objectively. Their purpose may be to inform or ...

376 / Types of Writing -^ generally omits figurative language and other literary devices [see figure of speech in the Glossary], ...

Technical Report / 377 STEP 3: Prewriting—Gathering Materials Obviously, technical reports report something, and you must collec ...

378 / Types of Writing The conclusion summarizes and clarifies the report’s contents. A lab report’s conclu- sion includes three ...

Technical Report / 379 STEP 7: Writing—Developing the Appendix Sometimes statistics, narrative, or descriptive information is in ...

380 / Types of Writing [For guidelines on improving writing techniques (structure, consistency, sentence vari- ety, emphasis, tr ...

Technical Report / 381 Place^ all^ subheadings,^ typed^ with^ initial^ capital^ letters^ and^ underlined,^ flush^ with the left ...

382 / Types of Writing -^ Assemble the pages in the following order: Title page Table of contents List of tables and figures Abs ...

Technical Report / 383 THE EFFECTS OF ACID RAIN ON THE GROWTH OF BULBOUS PLANTS Jerome Welte Senior Science Seminar March 21, 20 ...

384 / Types of Writing TABLE OF CONTENTS LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES ............................................................ ...

Technical Report / 385 LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES Table 1 Early Distribution of Water by Frequency and Volume .................. ...

386 / Types of Writing Welte, page 1 INTRODUCTION Statement of Problem For many years, acid rain has raised major concerns among ...

Technical Report / 387 Welte, page 2 According to these statistics, then, since a pH below 5.6 is considered harmfully acidic, a ...

388 / Types of Writing Welte, page 3 They were divided into three groups of four of each type of bulb, covered with layers of ne ...

Technical Report / 389 Welte, page 4 by Frequency and Volume.) The plants were misted with water with a relative pH value to sim ...

390 / Types of Writing Welte, page 5 Height in Centimeters pH 7 pH 5 pH 4 16 Figure 1: Height of Keizerkroon Tulips 14 12 10 8 6 ...

Technical Report / 391 Welte, page 6 Height in Centimeters pH 7 pH 5 pH 4 Figure 2: Height of Appeldoorn Elite Tulips 12 10 8 6 ...