The Broadview Guide to Writing

• Main Authors: Anderson, Victoria 1949- (Author), Babington, Doug (Author), LePan, Don (Author), Okun, Maureen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Peterborough, Ontario Broadview Press 2010
• Edition: 5/e
• Subjects: English language > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Grammar; English language > Handbooks, manuals, etc > Rhetoric; Report writing > Handbooks,manual,etc > Rhetoric
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• Item Description: 1-3 eds. by Doug Babington and Don Le Pan; 4th ed. by Doug Babington, Don LePan and Maureen Okun
• Physical Description: 607 pages 21 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index
• ISBN: 9781554810000

The Broadview Guide to Writing is a concise yet uncommonly thorough text with a fresh approach to the craft of essay writing. The first part of the book discusses the style and structure of essay writing and includes a useful discussion of the intangibles involved in the writing process, such as confidence, perseverance, and a willingness to deal with criticism constructively. The second part of the book provides thorough coverage of grammar and usage in a comprehensive reference guide, ranging from the simplest mechanical issues (such as subject-verb agreement) to subtle distinctions between words that have similar meanings. A wide range of examples is included throughout the book. The fifth edition incorporates the 2008 changes to MLA Style guidelines for documentation and includes a number of other changes that make it far better suited than previous editions to the needs of American writers in the twenty-first century