Language

Glencoe Literature Course 4: The Reader's Choice

Margaret D. Shertzer

The Elements of Grammar

The essential guide to refining and improving grammar - from the basics of sentence structure to the art of composing written works. A concise, comprehensive handbook of the basic rules of grammar and usage that presents invaluable tips on how to implement these rules in everyday writing and speaking. Succinct and immensely practical with coverage of punctuation, capitalization, the parts of the sentence, words often confused, foreign words and phrases, numbers, signs and symbols, etc.

Webster, Wnw

Webster's New World Pocket Style Guide

Concise and definitive rules for grammar and punctuation Clear advice on writing style and word usage The key to effective writing * Covers grammar, punctuation, capitalization, numbers, compound words, abbreviations, and correct word usage * Easy to use and understand * Hundreds of clear examples

Laurie Rozakis

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well

If you have trouble putting your thoughts down on paper, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Well has everything you need to know to make writing of any kind as easy as thinking or speaking. This guide gives expert advice on making your writing as clear and persuasive as possible, whether it's a thank-you note, a school paper, or an executive briefing. It provides easy-to-follow guidelines on structure, spelling, punctuation, vocabulary, and style. You will find terrific tips on minimizing the time and energy taken up by tasks like research, note-taking, and proofreading.

Sheree Bykofsky, Jennifer Basye Sander, Lynne Rominger

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Publishing Magazine Articles

Take the mystery out of selling your ideas to magazine, newspapers, and web sites by reading this book. It explains who hires writers, what editors want from freelancers, how much you can expect to be paid, how you can write effective query and pitch letters, and how the Internet can help your writing career take off.

Nikki Moustaki

The Complete Idiot's Guide to Writing Poetry

Even dummies can learn the poetic process and tools of the poet's trade by painting with words, working with imagery, metaphor, repetition, tenor, tone and voice. This volume also discusses meter, rhyme and the different types of poems.

Arkansas Elements of Literature Standardized Test Prep Workbook, Introductory Course: Help for the Intermediate Benchmark Examination

Holt Rinehart & Winston

Vocabulary Workshop 2001 G 6

Holt Rinehart & Winston

Gum: Lang Skills Prac Eolang 2001 G 9

Holt Rinehart & Winston

Grammar, Usage, & Mechanics: Lang Skills Prac Eolang 2001 G 10

English Workshop: Third Course

English Workshop, Fourth Course

Holt Traditions Vocabulary Workshop, First Course

The Holt Reader Adapted Version, First Course

Robert McKee

Story: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting

Robert McKee's screenwriting workshops have earned him an international reputation for inspiring novices, refining works in progress, and putting major screenwriting careers back on track. In "Story", McKee expands on the concepts he teaches in his seminars, providing readers with the most comprehensive, integrated explanation of the craft of writing for the screen. Photos.

Charles Earle Funk

A Hog on Ice: & Other Curious Expressions

In this fun collection of over 400 curious expressions and sayings, Dr. Funk explains the meanings that people use in everyday speech without even thinking about it. He has traced the expressions back through the years in an effort to determine their sources, to find out what the original allusions were, and give his expert opinion when facts cannot be traced.

Charles Earle Funk

Heavens to Betsy!: & Other Curious Sayings

Whether it's like "a bump on a log" or "a bat out of hell, " these expressions have been around forever. Dr. Funk explains over 400 droll, colorful, and sometimes pungent expressions of everyday speech. Derived from classical sources, historic events, famous literature, frontier humor, and the frailties of humankind, each of these sayings have an interesting story behind their origin.

John McWhorter

The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language

There are approximately 6,000 languages on Earth today, each a descendant of the tongue first spoken by Homo sapiens some 150,000 years ago. While laying out how languages mix and mutate over time, a noted linguistics professor argues that language is a living, dynamic entity that adapts itself to an ever-changing human environment.

Elizabeth George

Write Away: One Novelist's Approach to Fiction and the Writing Life

Bestselling author Elizabeth George has spent years teaching writing, and in Write Away she shares her knowledge of the creative process. George combines clear, intelligent, and functional advice on fiction writing with anecdotes from her own life, the story of her journey to publication, and inside information on how she meticulously researches and writes her novels. George's solid understanding of craft is conveyed in the enticing manner of a true storyteller, making Write Away not only a marvelous, interesting, and informative book but also a glimpse inside the world of a beloved writer.

Michael Quinion

Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins

The cat's pajamas, the bee's knees, and the whole nine yards rolled into one, this true feast for wordlovers delightfully skewers commonly accepted word origin myths and etymological "folk tales." From the bawdy to the sublime, Quinion's explanations and delightful asides truly prove that the "proof is in the pudding."