新牛津写作辞典OXFORD'S ESSENTIAL WRITER'S

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作者: 本社 编
出 版 社: 上海蓝泉外文图书有限公司
出版时间: 2005-12-1字数:版次:页数: 356印刷时间:开本:印次:纸张: 胶版纸I S B N : 071831006998包装: 平装内容简介
Writing may be a solitary endeavor, but whether you're craft-ing the great American novel, drafting a term paper, orpenning a memoir, organizing your thoughts from a mass ofscattered ideas to a cohesive--and readable--book requiresmore than a computer spellcheck. You need a companion atyour side to offer advice both practical and inspirational--andThe Oxford Essential Writer's Reference is it, whether you're astudent working on a thesis, a manager preparing a presenta-tion, a beginning writer struggling to make that first sale, ora professional author seeking new resources in the infor-mation age.
目录
Pro/ogue
CHAPTER 1Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling,and Usage Guides
CHAPTER 2 A List of the Most Commonly UsedForeign Words and Phrases
CHAPTER 3 100 Tricky Usage Problems andPitfalls Explained
CHAPTER 4 100 Rare Fifty-Cent Words andTheir Meanings
CHAPTER 5 125 Synonym Studies
CHAPTER 6 Proofreader's Marks and WhatThey Mean
CHAPTER 7 Common Citation Styles
CHAPTER 8 A List of Cllches to Avoid
CHAPTER 9 A List of Common Rhetorical Devices, Poetic Meters, and Forms
CHAPTER 10A Quick Guide to all the Plays of Shakespeare
CHAPTER 11A Timeline of Great Works of Literature in English
CHAPTER 12 Biblical Quotes, Characters, and Books of the Bible
CHAPTER 13 Major Mythological Characters
CHAPTER 14 A List of Great Print ResourcesThat Can Be Found in (Most) Every Library
CHAPTER 15 A List of Wrlters' Advocacy Organizations
CHAPTER 16 How to Copyright Your Work
CHAPTER 17 A Common-Sense Guide to Manuscript Formats
CHAPTER 18 Great Websites for Writers
CHAPTER 19 Forms of Address for Letter Writing