Write with Excellence 201 : A lighthearted guide to the serious matter of writing well-for Christian authors, editors, and students / Joyce K. Ellis

By:

Ellis, Joyce K [Author]

Contributor(s):

Jenkins, Jerry B []

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781625860699

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Writing Resource -- Dissertation.

LOC classification:

.W758 2017

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Contents:

Defibrillate your verbs -- Resuscitate your nouns -- The match game: Subjects and verbs -- Getting tense? Avoiding verb tense errors -- Moody verbs: Using verb mood correctly -- Get your adverbs here! -- Are your adjectives on steroids -- or just obnoxious? -- Wrangling pronouns: Matching subjects with pronouns -- The case of the questionable pronoun: Pronoun case -- The reflexology of pronouns: Reflexive pronouns -- Where'd I misplace the modifier -- That which is whom -- Quell those qualifiers -- Let's split (and other last words): How to handle infinitives and final prepositions -- Are you appositive? (What in the world is an appositive?) -- What could be worst? Comparatives and superlatives -- Wanna go out for a spell? Spelling and usage.

That's what he said: Punctuating dialogue -- Hyphen hyperactivity: When to use hyphens -- Compound infractions: Compound word? Hyphenated word? Two words? -- The inside scope: Colons and semicolons -- Stamp out apostrophe abuse -- Capital crimes and misdemeanors: Capitalization -- Commatose: All about commas -- In this corner ... Italics versus quotation marks -- Gimme a break! Em dashes? Commas? Parentheses? -- Diagnosis terminal: Sentence-ending punctuation -- Watch out for slash-ers: Using the slash properly -- Paint-by-number writing: Proper expression of numbers -- Getting possessive: Showing possession -- Quotable quotes for 2000, Alex: Handling quotations correctly -- Citation citings: Footnotes, endnotes, and other source citations -- Handling scripture carefully and correctly.

Stylin': What is style? -- Don't use that tone with me: Avoiding preachiness and other reader-offensive tones -- Tight writing -- Spit-polished writing -- Got rhythm? -- Flow gently, sweet manuscript -- Come to your senses: Captivating readers with sensory detail -- Putting the transit into transitions: The importance of smooth transitions -- Beware the jargonaut: Purging jargon from your writing -- Exclusive all-inclusions: Avoiding gender and other types of exclusivity -- Touche cliches -- Worth the sweat: We're entitled to a great title and engaging subheads -- Why did the editor do that to my manuscript?

Subject: Write with Excellence is a lighthearted handbook that gives new life to her columns. It both teaches and inspires, offering the following elements and more: three major sections, covering grammar, punctuation, and style; forty-six chapters on everything from defibrillating verbs to avoiding apostrophe abuse; quizzes at the end of each chapter to apply knowledge to one's own writing; lots of humor, actually making grammar fun. https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1625860692/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference (Library Use ONLY)	G. Allen Fleece Library REFERENCE	REF	PE1479.E455.W758 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001695606
Circulating Book (checkout times vary with patron status)	G. Allen Fleece Library CIRCULATING COLLECTION	Non-fiction	PE1479.E455.W758 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		31923001695481

Grammar and related matters -- Defibrillate your verbs -- Resuscitate your nouns -- The match game: Subjects and verbs -- Getting tense? Avoiding verb tense errors -- Moody verbs: Using verb mood correctly -- Get your adverbs here! -- Are your adjectives on steroids -- or just obnoxious? -- Wrangling pronouns: Matching subjects with pronouns -- The case of the questionable pronoun: Pronoun case -- The reflexology of pronouns: Reflexive pronouns -- Where'd I misplace the modifier -- That which is whom -- Quell those qualifiers -- Let's split (and other last words): How to handle infinitives and final prepositions -- Are you appositive? (What in the world is an appositive?) -- What could be worst? Comparatives and superlatives -- Wanna go out for a spell? Spelling and usage.

Punctuation and related matters -- That's what he said: Punctuating dialogue -- Hyphen hyperactivity: When to use hyphens -- Compound infractions: Compound word? Hyphenated word? Two words? -- The inside scope: Colons and semicolons -- Stamp out apostrophe abuse -- Capital crimes and misdemeanors: Capitalization -- Commatose: All about commas -- In this corner ... Italics versus quotation marks -- Gimme a break! Em dashes? Commas? Parentheses? -- Diagnosis terminal: Sentence-ending punctuation -- Watch out for slash-ers: Using the slash properly -- Paint-by-number writing: Proper expression of numbers -- Getting possessive: Showing possession -- Quotable quotes for 2000, Alex: Handling quotations correctly -- Citation citings: Footnotes, endnotes, and other source citations -- Handling scripture carefully and correctly.

Style, usage, and other considerations -- Stylin': What is style? -- Don't use that tone with me: Avoiding preachiness and other reader-offensive tones -- Tight writing -- Spit-polished writing -- Got rhythm? -- Flow gently, sweet manuscript -- Come to your senses: Captivating readers with sensory detail -- Putting the transit into transitions: The importance of smooth transitions -- Beware the jargonaut: Purging jargon from your writing -- Exclusive all-inclusions: Avoiding gender and other types of exclusivity -- Touche cliches -- Worth the sweat: We're entitled to a great title and engaging subheads -- Why did the editor do that to my manuscript?

Write with Excellence is a lighthearted handbook that gives new life to her columns. It both teaches and inspires, offering the following elements and more: three major sections, covering grammar, punctuation, and style; forty-six chapters on everything from defibrillating verbs to avoiding apostrophe abuse; quizzes at the end of each chapter to apply knowledge to one's own writing; lots of humor, actually making grammar fun.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1625860692/ref=ppx_od_dt_b_asin_title_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

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