The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson
The Best Punctuation Book, Period: A Comprehensive Guide for Every Writer, Editor, Student, and Businessperson
This all-in-one reference is a quick and easy way for book, magazine, online, academic, and business writers to look up sticky punctuation questions for all styles including AP (Associated Press), MLA (Modern Language Association), APA (American Psychological Association), and Chicago Manual of Style.Punctuate with Confidence—No Matter the Style Confused about punctuation? There’s a reason. Everywhere you turn, publications seem to follow different rules on everything from possessive apostrophes to hyphens to serial commas. Then there are all the gray areas of punctuation—situations the rule books gloss over or never mention at all. At last, help has arrived. This complete reference guide from grammar columnist June Casagrande covers the basic rules of punctuation plus the finer points not addressed anywhere else, offering clear answers to perplexing questions about semicolons, quotation marks, periods, apostrophes, and more. Better yet, this is the only guide that uses handy icons to show how punctuation rules differ for book, news, academic, and science styles—so you can boldly switch between essays, online newsletters, reports, fiction, and magazine and news articles.This handbook also features rulings from an expert “Punctuation Panel” so you can see how working pros approach sticky situations. And the second half of the book features an alphabetical master list of commonly punctuated terms worth its weight in gold, combining rulings from the major style guides and showing exactly where they differ. With The Best Punctuation Book, Period, you’ll be able to handle any punctuation predicament in a flash—and with aplomb.
- ASIN: B00G1J1QFM
- Manufacturer: Ten Speed Press
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
The Best American Travel Writing 2018 (The Best American Series ®)
Everyone travels for different reasons, but whatever those reasons are, one thing is certain: they come back with stories. Each year, the best of those stories are collected in The Best American Travel Writing, curated by one of the top writers in the field, and each year they “open a window onto the strange, seedy, and beautiful world, offering readers glimpses into places that many will never see or experience except through the eyes and words of these writers” (Kirkus). This far-ranging collection of top notch travel writing is, quite simply, the genre’s gold standard.
- ASIN: B078951D54
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers
The Writing Strategies Book: Your Everything Guide to Developing Skilled Writers
The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals. "You can think of the goals as the what, "writes Jen, "and the strategies as the how." From composing with pictures all the way to conventions and beyond, you'll have just-right teaching, just in time. With Jen's help you'll: develop individual goals for every writer give students step-by-step strategies for writing with skill and craft coach writers using prompts aligned to a strategy present mentor texts that support a genre and strategy adjust instruction to meet individual needs with Jen's Teaching Tips demonstrate and explain a writing move with her Lesson Language learn more with Hat Tips to the work of influential teacher-authors. She even offers suggestions for stocking your writing center, planning units of study, celebrating student writing, and keeping records. Whether you use Writing Workshop, 6+1 Traits, Daily 5's "Work on Writing," a scripted writing program, the writing exercises in your basal, or any other approach, you'll discover a treasure chest of ways to work with whole classes, small groups, or individual writers. "I am convinced that helping kids to articulate clear goals for their work," writes Jen Serravallo, "and supporting them with strategies and feedback to accomplish those goals, makes a huge difference." With The Writing Strategies Book you can make that kind of difference with your writers every day.
- ASIN: 032507822X
- ISBN: 032507822X
- Manufacturer: Heinemann
Letter Tracing Book for Preschoolers: Letter Tracing Book, Practice For Kids, Ages 3-5, Alphabet Writing Practice
Letter Tracing Book for Preschoolers: Letter Tracing Book, Practice For Kids, Ages 3-5, Alphabet Writing Practice
Great letter tracing practice for kids! This fun book is a great way for children ages 3 and up to learn the letters of the alphabet and practice fine motor skills. DETAILS: 78 Writing Pages, Dimensions: 8" x 10"
- ASIN: 154258387X
- ISBN: 154258387X
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (The Best American Series ®)
The Best American Travel Writing 2008 (The Best American Series ®)
In his introduction to The Best American Travel Writing 2008, editor Anthony Bourdain writes that the pieces that “spoke the loudest and most powerfully to me were usually evocative of the darker side, those moments fearful, sublime, and absurd; the small epiphanies familiar to the full-time traveler, interspersed by a sense of dislocation—and the strange, unholy need to record the experience.” With this in mind, Bourdain and series editor Jason Wilson have assembled a wide-ranging and wonderfully eclectic collection that delves headlong into those darker moments and subtle realizations, looking to absorb, provoke, and offer a moving record of what it means to travel in the twenty-first century.Here you will find Seth Stevenson’s extraordinary experience of “Looking for Mammon in the Muslim World” as he makes his way through sweltering and paradoxical Dubai. Exotic tastes and larger-than-life personalities abound as Bill Buford accompanies the chocolate maker Frederick Schilling to the rain forests of Brazil. And on the other side of the world, Calvin Trillin trolls Singapore for the ultimate street food, while Kristin Ohlson delves into the harrowing challenges faced by proprietors of restaurants in Kabul, Afghanistan.The twenty-five pieces in this collection have their fair share of the absurd as well. David Sedaris explains the hilarious highs (sundaes) and woeful lows (sobbing with your seatmate) of flying Business Elite. Gary Shteyngart goes “To Russia for Love” during St. Petersburg’s vodka-soaked wedding season. And Emily Maloney gets up close and personal with her fellow travelers — and their massage devices — in a South American hostel.Culled from an amazing variety of publications, “the writing in this volume is so vibrantly good, you’ll feel like you’ve armchair-traveled around the world” (Chicago Sun Times).
- UPC: 046442858649
- ASIN: 0618858644
- ISBN: 0618858644
- Manufacturer: Mariner Books
A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
A Moveable Feast: The Restored Edition
- ASIN: B002F08230
- Manufacturer: Scribner
Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids: Beginning Cursive
Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids: Beginning Cursive
Cursive Handwriting Workbook for Kids: Beginning Cursive helps children learn the basics of cursive writing in the most enjoyable and fun way! What makes this amazing workbook different from most other workbooks on beginning cursive, is that it provides “dot to dot”- illustrated exercises to help children understand how exactly to form each cursive letter and how to connect cursive letters. In part 1, students learn and practice the cursive alphabet. They have to draw the snail’s trail inside the letter with a marker, following numbered dots, a fun way to learn how exactly to form each letter. Afterward, they practice writing the letter by tracing inside it and copying it multiple times. In part 2, students learn how to connect lowercase and uppercase cursive letters, and, in part 3, they practice writing their first words in cursive. An ideal STARTING POINT for BEGINNERS! Easily learn to write the cursive alphabet! Learn how to connect letters and form words! Unique Play & Learn system with “dot-to-dot”-illustrated exercises! Appropriate for Grades 2-5! Reproducible: Parents and teachers may reproduce worksheets for use at home or in class! Note: This workbook is for beginners (Level 1). It is the first book of our Cursive Handwriting Workbook Series and it is meant to be used in the context of adult-guided lessons. Its purpose is to help children learn the cursive alphabet as well as to understand how to connect cursive letters and form short words in cursive. Upon finishing this workbook, students will be ready to move on to more advanced workbooks that will help them practice writing words (Level 2) and sentences (Level 3) with a goal to build fluency. TAGS: Cursive writing practice for kids, cursive handwriting practice for kids, cursive workbooks, cursive writing workbooks for kids, cursive handwriting workbook, cursive handwriting workbooks, cursive handwriting books,workbook cursive, practice cursive writing, beginning cursive, cursive writin... [Read More]
- ASIN: 1540695174
- ISBN: 1540695174
- Manufacturer: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need: A One-Stop Source for Every Writing Assignment
The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear, concise, and grammatically excellent. Whether you're creating perfect professional documents, spectacular school papers, or effective personal letters, you'll find this handbook indispensable. From word choice to punctuation to organization, English teacher Susan Thurman guides you through getting your thoughts on paper with polish.Using dozens of examples, The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need provides guidelines for:Understanding the parts of speech and elements of a sentenceAvoiding the most common grammar and punctuation mistakesUsing correct punctuating in every sentenceWriting clearly and directlyApproaching writing projects, whether big or smallEasy to follow and authoritative, The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need provides all the necessary tools to make you successful with every type of written expression.
- ASIN: B0047T748Q
- Manufacturer: Adams Media
Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write: How to Get a Contract and Advance Before Writing Your Book, Revised and Updated
Nonfiction Book Proposals Anybody Can Write: How to Get a Contract and Advance Before Writing Your Book, Revised and Updated
Sign the contract…then write the book. The good news is that almost every nonfiction book published is sold by a proposal. In this comprehensive yet accessible guide, you will learn exactly what a proposal is, what it must contain, and how to pull yours together into an informative, persuasive selling package. Already a favorite for thousands of aspiring writers, this book has been revised and updated by Elizabeth Lyon to feature nearly two dozen actual proposals, plus: · Choosing a topic based on current trends and competing titles· Drafting the perfect concept statement—daring agents and editors to reject you· Defining and targeting your readership—then connecting with them· Preparing a table of contents and chapter summaries· Submitting exciting and well-written sample chapters· Writing query letters· Devising a marketing plan that will excite agents and publishers
- ASIN: 039952827X
- ISBN: 039952827X
- Brand: Lyon, Elizabeth
- Manufacturer: TarcherPerigee
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use Guide with Clear Rules, Real-World Examples, and Reproducible Quizzes
A revised and updated new edition of the bestselling workbook and grammar guide The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is a concise, entertaining workbook and guide to English grammar, punctuation, and usage. This user-friendly resource includes simple explanations of grammar, punctuation, and usage; scores of helpful examples; dozens of reproducible worksheets; and pre- and post-tests to help teach grammar to students of all ages. Appropriate for virtually any age range, this authoritative guide makes learning English grammar and usage simple and fun. This updated Eleventh Edition reflects the latest updates to English usage and grammar and features a fully revised two-color design and lay-flat binding for easy photocopying. Clear and concise, easy-to-follow, offering "just the facts" Fully updated to reflect the latest rules in grammar and usage along with new quizzes Ideal for students from seventh grade through adulthood in the US and abroad For anyone who wants to understand the major rules and subtle guidelines of English grammar and usage, The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation offers comprehensive, straightforward instruction.
- UPC: 001118785568
- ASIN: 1118785568
- ISBN: 1118785568
- Brand: imusti
- Manufacturer: Wiley