Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

details, 92–93

determining purpose, 92

dialogue, 177

improving content, 94

overview, 90–91

prewriting, 91–93

proofreading, 94

revising, 94

sample, 95–96

selecting topic, 91

thesis sentence, 93

topic sentence, 93

writing, 93

writing-across-curriculum models, 94–95

details

adding to analogy, 60

adding to classified ads, 174

adding to news article, 267

of analogy, 54

of analysis of literary elements, 238

of analysis of literary works, 250

of autobiographical sketch, 146

of biographical sketch, 152

of book report, 159, 162

of cause and effect, 60–62

of character sketch, 170

checking minutes of meeting for, 263

of classification, 72

of college admission application essays,

132, 133–134

for comparison and contrast, 77, 82

defined, 436

of definition, 86–87

of description, 92–94

of editorial letters, 219

explanatory, 86

of feature article, 197

on job applications, 142

listing for classification, 69

of narration, 98–99

of opinion, 104–105, 107

of outlines for paper, 279

of persuasion, 115

of process analysis, 120–122

of research paper, 317

of synopsis, 373

of television scripts, 361

conjunctive adverb, 423, 435
connotation, defined, 435
consistency
checking, 37
defined, 435
maintaining, 20
consonant, defined, 435
continuity, maintaining, 12
contraction, defined, 435
contrast, 435. See also comparison-and-
contrast development method
conversation, 7, 179
coordinate, defined, 435
coordinate adjective, 424
coordinating conjunction, 426
copy notations, business letter, 203
copy reading, 197
correlative, defined, 435
correspondence, 200
counterargument, 113
credibility, opinion papers, 103
crisis, defined, 436
critical writing, defined, 436
CU (close-up), defined, 357
cut (cut to), defined, 357

daily journals, 5–6
dangling modifier, defined, 436
dash, defined, 436
declarative sentence, defined, 436
definition development method
characteristics of, 84
defined, 436
explanatory details, 86
organizing details, 86
overview, 84–85
prewriting, 85–86, 368
proofreading, 87
revising, 87
sample, 88
short-answer, 367–369
writing, 86–87
writing-across-curriculum models, 87–89
demonstrative pronoun, defined, 436
denotation, defined, 436
dependent clause, 14, 16, 421, 433, 450
description development method
characteristics of, 90
defined, 436

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