Buckley, Joanne  1953- <br/><br/>
Fit to Print :  the Canadian Student's Guide to Essay Writing / 
 The Canadian student's guide to essay writing. 
Joanne Buckley. 
 - 8th ed. 
 - Toronto :  Nelson Education Ltd,  2013. 
 - viii, 304 p. :  ill. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes index. 
<br/><br/>"Fit to Print is designed to be a brief, engaging text that covers all the basics of writing an essay in a scholarly environment. Going into its eighth edition, this text continues its tradition of teaching students how to organize and write an essay with attention to overcoming specific difficulties of grammar and style. Joanne Buckley believes there is not just a single framework for writing an essay; by taking a narrative approach, she recognizes the complexity of writing a paper, but does so in a way that is easy for students to understand and apply to their own writing." (Publisher's Website) TABLE OF CONTENTS: Preface Introduction: Defining the Essay Part One: Developing the Essay Chapter 1: Devising a Thesis<br/>  Discovering a Topic<br/>  Starting to Write<br/>  Timed Writing<br/>  Start with a Stimulus<br/>  Dialogue<br/>  Reading Journals<br/>  Mapping Ideas<br/>  Writing as an Activity<br/>  Shopping for a Thesis Statement Chapter 2: Setting Tone: Audience Analysis Chapter 3: Choosing Words: Avoiding Jargon, Slang, and Stereotypes Part Two: Designing the Essay Chapter 4: Designing an Outline<br/>  Make a Table of Contents<br/>  Tailor the Outline Chapter 5: Shaping the Essay<br/>  The Conventional Shape of the Essay<br/>  The First Draft<br/>  Taking Notes and Assembling Evidence<br/>  Maintaining Unity in the Essay Chapter 6: Choosing a Pattern of Development<br/>  Definition/Description<br/>  Example<br/>  Classification<br/>  Process<br/>  Comparison/Contrast<br/>  Cause and Effect<br/>  Narration<br/>  Tips on Choosing the Right Pattern Part Three: Putting the Essay Together Chapter 7: Finding Research Materials for the Essay<br/>  Finding and Using Library Resources<br/>  Keeping Track of Sources<br/>  Evaluating Web Resources Chapter 8: Paraphrasing Sources and Integrating Quotations<br/>  Borrow Only What You Need<br/>  Begging, Borrowing, and Stealing<br/>  The Fit, Function, and Form of Quotations Chapter 9: The Research Essay<br/>  The Role of the Research Paper<br/>  Sample Research Paper - APA Style Part Four: Drafting the Essay Chapter 10: Making an Introduction<br/>  Ice-Breaking: Tactics for Opening the Essay<br/>  Strike Up a Conversation<br/>  Write with Control<br/>  Write with Conviction<br/>  Be Conversant with Your Subject<br/>  Communicate with your Reader Chapter 11: Drawing a Conclusion<br/>  Retrace Your Line of Thought<br/>  Refocus Your Argument<br/>  Encourage Response<br/>  Make Your Words Resound<br/>  Drawing to a Close: Tactics for Ending the Essay Chapter 12: Writing Paragraphs<br/>  The Topic Sentence<br/>  The Support<br/>  Developing Support for Your Paragraphs<br/>  Unity<br/>  Pinning the Pieces Together - Transitions<br/>  Checking the Overall Pattern of Your Paragraphs Chapter 13: Perfecting the Essay<br/>  Tips on Revising<br/>  Sample Student Revision Process Chapter 14: Mending the Essay<br/>  Deciphering Comments<br/>  Learning from Experience Part Five: Keeping Your Head: Kinds of Essay Writing Chapter 15: Finding Your Voice: Modes of Essay Writing<br/>  The Expository Essay<br/>  The Argumentative Essay Chapter 16: Collaborative Writing<br/>  Group Work Chapter 17: The Essay Examination<br/>  The Role of the Essay Examination Chapter 18: The Précis and Summary<br/>  The Role of the Précis Chapter 19: The Informal Essay<br/>  The Role of the Informal Essay Chapter 20: The Literary Essay<br/>  Sample Literary Essay - MLA Style Chapter 21: The Book Review<br/>  The Role of the Book Review Part Six: Documenting and Delivering Your Paper Chapter 22: Planning Your Paper’s Layout<br/>  The Layout of a Paper in MLA Style<br/>  The Layout of a Paper in APA Style<br/>  The Layout of a Paper in University of Chicago Style Chapter 23: Documenting—MLA, APA, and University of Chicago Guidelines<br/>  Gathering Publication Information from a Book<br/>  Sample Bibliographical Entries in MLA Style<br/>  Citing Sources in MLA Style<br/>  Sample Bibliographic Entries in APA Style<br/>  Citing Sources in APA Style<br/>  Sample Bibliographic Entries in University of Chicago Style<br/>  Citing Sources in University of Chicago Style Part Seven: Fit, Form, and Function Chapter 24: The Sentence Simplified<br/>  The Sentence Simplified<br/>  Parts of Speech<br/>  Parts of the Sentence Chapter 25: Common Sentence Problems<br/>  Sentence Structure: Fragments, Run-Ons, Comma Splices<br/>  Modifiers<br/>  Pronoun Reference and Agreement<br/>  Pronoun Problems in Essay Writing<br/>  Subject and Verb Agreement<br/>  End Punctuation<br/>  The Colon<br/>  The Semicolon<br/>  The Comma<br/>  The Dash<br/>  Parentheses<br/>  The Apostrophe Chapter 26: Elements of Style: Structuring the Sentences<br/>  Sentence Variation<br/>  Parallelism<br/>  Active and Passive Voice Chapter 27: Reducing Wordiness<br/>  A Perfect Fit<br/>  Wordiness Analysed Chapter 28: Some Writing and Grammar Advice for ELL Writers<br/>  Review of Tenses Appendix A Glossary of Usage Appendix B Answer Key Appendix C Glossary of Grammatical Terms Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780176503871 (pbk) 9780176795061 (Leaflet) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Report writing.<br/>Exposition (Rhetoric).<br/>English language--Rhetoric.