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ED  - Infobase.
TI  - Writer's Reference Center: The Fundamentals of Quality Writing 
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PY  - 2025///
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KW  - Authorship
KW  - Databases
KW  - English language
KW  - Grammar
KW  - Report writing
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KW  - Creative writing
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N1  - WRITING FUNDAMENTALS; The Writing Process: --; Introduction: Writing Any Document --; Preparing to Write --; Thinking and Researching --; Paraphrasing and Summarizing --; Quotations --; Thinking and Researching: An Overview --; Planning; Writing Your Document: --; Getting Started --; Your Authorial Voice --; Composition: Paragraphs; Revising Your Document: --; How to Revise --; Revision Checklist --; An Example of Revising a Text --; Checking for Consistency --; Proofreading --; References; Writing About... --; Writing about Themes --; Writing about Character --; Writing about Form and Genre --; Writing about Language, Symbols, and Imagery --; Writing about History and Context --; Writing about Philosophy and Ideas --; Writing Compare and Contrast Essays; A Good Essay Step by Step (with Examples): --; Introduction to Writing an Essay --; Before You Write --; Writing a Thesis Statement w/ Sample Thesis Statements --; Writing an Outline w/ Sample Outlines --; Writing Body Paragraphs w/ Sample Body Paragraphs --; Writing an Introduction w/ Sample Introductions --; Writing a Conclusion w/ Sample Conclusions --; Citations and Formatting --; GRAMMAR & PUNCTUATION --; WRITING WITH STYLE --; GUIDE TO DOCUMENTS --; GUIDE TO RESEARCH --; REFERENCE SHELF; Dictionary; A comprehensive English dictionary, providing the correct meaning, pronunciation, spelling, and etymology of more than 90,000 words; Thesaurus; A concise guide to the synonyms and antonyms of thousands of common English words; Allusions; A guide to thousands of well-known events, places, people, and phenomena whose names convey a particular message to readers; American Regionalisms; Definitions and origins of more than 20,000 terms and expressions unique to a particular American region; British English; More than 5,500 common British terms and their corresponding definitions in American English; Clichés; A list of thousands of clichés and common expressions, with meanings, sources, and usage history; Foreign Words and Phrases; A guide to thousands of foreign expressions often used in English, with definition, usage examples, pronunciation, and more; Literary and Thematic Terms; A dictionary of more than 1,000 terms important to the study of literature; Proverbs; Definitions and additional information for thousands of proverbs, which are short sayings that express general truths; Rhyming Dictionary; An easily searchable rhyming dictionary. Enter any word and find all the words that rhyme with it; Word and Phrase Origins; Definitions and origins of more than 15,000 words and expressions; Words Often Confused; A list of word pairs or groups that are often misused or misspelled, such as affect/effect
N2  - Provides the tools on how to write and research effectively, including a step-by-step guide to writing a good essay
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