TY - BOOK AU - Collins TI - Collins Easy Learning Writing SN - 9788172236755 U1 - 808.042 PY - 2015/// CY - Glasgow PB - HarperCollins Publishers KW - English Language - Rhetoric KW - English language - Writing N1 - Part I 1. Preparing to Write Thinking about your writing Organizing your ideas Research Making notes and summaries Outlines Writing a draft 2. Presentation General layout Fonts and typefaces Bullet points Numbered points Headers, footers and page numbers Using images Tables and boxes Charts and diagrams 3. Structure Logical ordering Introductions Conclusions Headings Paragraphs 4. Style What is good style? Writing in sentences Using plain English Active or passive verbs? Avoiding cliches Avoiding redundancy (unnecessary words) Avoiding ambiguity Register Tone Emphasis Avoiding offence Increasing your vocabulary Using a dictionary Terms used in writing English 5. Special information Speech Questions Quotations Proper nouns Abbreviations Numbers Dates Foreign words and phrases 6. Checking your work General checks Contents note continued: Checking spelling Checking grammar and punctuation Other things to check Checking work written on a computer Marking your corrections Part II 7. Writing Formal or work emails Informal or social emails Texts Formal or work letters Informal letters Blogs Essays Essay phrases and words Dissertations Reports The structure of a report Report phrases and words Writing presentations Presentation phrases CVs Instructions Leaflets and flyers Part III 8. Grammar Main verbs Auxiliary verbs Modal verbs Phrasal verbs Nouns Countable and uncountable nouns Pronouns Adjectives Adverbs Determiners Prepositions Conjunctions Tenses Subject, object and indirect object Agreement 9. Punctuation The apostrophe The comma Quotation marks Capital letters The full stop The question mark The exclamation mark The colon The semicolon Brackets Square brackets The hyphen The dash The slash 10. Spelling Why is spelling important? Ways to improve your spelling Suffixes and prefixes Forming plurals -ise or -ize? I before e except after c Silent letters Contractions 11. Common mistakes and controversial issues Words that are often confused Words that are often spelled wrongly Common mistakes and controversial issues ER -