Writing: A Concise Handbook

by James A. W. Heffernan

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Succinct, user-friendly, and positive in its approach, Writing: A Concise Handbook is the perfect companion for any writer, in college and beyond. Chapters including "Ten Ways to Invigorate Your Style" and "Correcting Common Errors" provide essential tools for making one's writing engaging, persuasive, and clear.

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Those sections I have studied have been very good. This book gives what it promises, i.e. it is a college handbook on writing. Very useful reference book to have.

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James A. W. Heffernan is Emeritus Professor of English at Dartmouth College.

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Fiction and Literature
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808.042Literature & rhetoricLiterature, rhetoric & criticismRhetoric and collections of literary texts from more than two literaturesRhetoric and anthologiesHandbooks for writersEnglish
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PE1408 .H439Language and LiteratureEnglish languageEnglishModern English
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