Writing matters : a handbook for writing and research / Rebecca Moore Howard.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Clarifies the responsibility writers have to one another - whether they are collaborating in an online peer review or drawing on digital and print sources in a research project. This title focuses on the importance of using conventions appropriate to the audience, and provides readers with the information and interpretation they need.

Pt. 1. Writing matters. Writing responsibly -- Planning -- Organizing and drafting -- Writing paragraphs -- Visuals : drafting and revising -- Revising, editing, proofreading, and formatting.

Pt. 2. Reasoning matters. Thinking and reading critically -- Analyzing and crafting arguments.

Pt. 3. Media matters. Designing documents -- Writing for multiple media -- Presenting in multiple media.

Pt. 4. Research matters. Planning a research project -- Finding information -- Evaluating information -- Using information and avoiding plagiarism -- Writing the research project.

Pt. 5. Documentation matters. Documenting sources : MLA style -- Documenting sources : APA style -- Documenting sources : Chicago style -- Documenting sources : CSE style.

Pt. 6. Genre matters. Writing in literature and other humanities -- Writing in the sciences and social science -- Essay exams -- Business and public writing.

Pt. 7. Style matters. Writing concisely -- Coordination and subordination -- Parallelism -- Variety and emphasis -- Appropriate language -- Effective word choice -- Dictionary and spelling.

Pt. 8. Grammar matters. Grammar -- Sentence fragments -- Comma splices and fused (run-on) sentences -- Agreement -- Verbs -- Pronoun case, reference -- Adjectives and adverbs -- Confusing shifts -- Misplaced, dangling modifiers -- Mixed, incomplete constructions.

Pt. 9. ESL matters. English sentence structure -- Nouns -- Verb specifics -- Modifiers -- Prepositions.

Pt. 10. Detail matters. Commas -- Semicolons -- Apostrophes -- Quotation marks -- End punctuation -- Dashes, parenthese, and other marks -- Capitalizing -- Italics and underlining -- Abbreviations -- Numbers -- Hyphens.