Writers Helper for Windows V4.0, 3/E
William Wresch, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point

ISBN-10: 0136152546
ISBN-13: 9780136152545

Publisher: Prentice Hall
Copyright: 1998
Format: Software; 139 pp
Status: Out of Print

Suggested retail price: $39.40
This item is out of print and is no longer available for purchase.



  • Appropriate for Freshman Composition or any undergraduate writing course.

  • Based on the notion that software tools can contribute to sound, imaginative, and well-organized writing, Writer's Helper offers a collection of unique prewriting activities and revising tools to help students work easily and creatively through the various stages of the writing process. Available in Windows and MAC versions, it includes 19 different Prewriting Activities and 18 different Revising Tools. Highly imaginative, thought-provoking, easy — and even “fun” —Writer's Helper is the perfect escort through the writing process.
  • NOTE: Each package contains the program disk and user's manual. Separate Instructor's Manuals are available for each version.

  • Offers activities and tools to help students with the prewriting and revising stages of their writing:

    • Students use the Prewriting Activities to find an idea, explore a topic, and organize information for a paper. They can save the ideas and export them to a word processor.

    • Students then use the ideas generated in the Prewriting Activities as a framework to write a draft.

    • Students then return to Writer's Helper, import the draft from their word processor, and use the Revising Tools to check for usage errors and possible structural defects.

  • Features 19 Prewriting Activities:

    • Find activities (Starters, Idea Wheel, Associations, Questioner, Lists, Brainstorms)—help students choose a subject and view it in different ways.

    • Explore activities (Crazy Contrasts, Three Ways of Seeing, Audience, Random Revelations, Connections) — lead students to think about their writing topics in new and interesting ways.

    • Organize activities (Trees, Debating an Issue) — help students prepare a structure before they begin to write.

    • Allows instructors to modify the questions and prompts in many of the activities, create entirely new activities, or remove any activity.

  • Offers 18 Revising tools that guide students in finding structural problems and grammatical errors in their writing.

    • Structure tools (Outline Document, Paragraph Coherence, Paragraph Development, List by Sentence, Sentence Lengths) —help students assess the need for structural changes.

    • Audience tools (Diction Level, Transitions, Prepositions, Readability Index, References, “To Be” Verbs, Sweet or Stuffy?)—guide students to match their writing to the needs of their readers.

    • Checks tools (Usage, Homonyms, Gender) — detect errors in word choice, locating such common problems as homonym confusion and sexist language.

  • NEW - New exploration activities to inspire ideas for writing.
  • NEW - A new section on business writing (memos, reports, etc.).
  • NEW - Two new word check lists; 100 most commonly used words and common clichés.
  • NEW - New “editor” to help customize activities such as word checks and writing prompts.
  • NEW - Support for the newest version of WordPerfect for Windows 6.1 and Microsoft Word for Windows 95.

  • New exploration activities to inspire ideas for writing.
  • A new section on business writing (memos, reports, etc.).
  • Two new word check lists; 100 most commonly used words and common clichés.
  • New “editor” to help customize activities such as word checks and writing prompts.
  • Support for the newest version of WordPerfect for Windows 6.1 and Microsoft Word for Windows 95.



What's New About Writer's Helper v4.0 ?


How This Manual is Organized.


Overview.


Using Writer's Helper — A Tutorial.

Starting Writer's Helper. Entering a Notebook Subject. Using a Prewriting Activity. The Activity Screen. Getting on-screen Help Information. Finishing the Activity. Exporting your Work to Your Word Processor. Closing a Prewriting Activity. Reopening a Prewriting Activity. Opening a Notebook entry. Restarting Prewriting Activity. Using a Revising Tool. Importing a Document. Using the Tool References. Closing a Revising Tool. Saving a Notebook.



1. Getting Started With Writer's Helper.

Starting Writer's Helper. Getting Around in Writer's Helper. Using the Help Menu. Setting Preferences. Quitting Writer's Helper.



2. Managing Notebooks and Notebook Entries.

Managing Notebooks. Managing Notebook Entries. Quitting Writer's Helper.



3. Using The Activities.

Using a Prewriting Activity. Restarting a Prewriting Activity. Preparing Your Document for Analysis. Importing (Linking) a Document. Using a Structure or an Audience Tool. Using the Document Editor.



4. The Find Activities.

Story Leads. Quotations. Fact File. Idea Wheel. Associations. Questioner. Lists. Brainstorms.



5. The Explore Activities.

5W's. Crazy Contrasts. Three Ways of Seeing. Audience. Random Revelations. Connections. Group Exploration. Reader Response. Literary Criticism.



6. The Organize Activities.

Trees. Debating an Issue. Structure Guide. Business Structures. Goals. Compare/Contrast. Develop a Paragraph. Five-Paragraph Theme.



7. The Structure Tools.

Outline Document. Paragraph Coherence. Paragraph Development. List by Sentence. Sentence Lengths. Category Match. Subordinate Clauses. Word Frequency.



8. The Audience Tools.

Readability. Diction Level. Transitions. Prepositions. References. To Be Verbs. Common Words. Clichés. Sweet or Stuffy? Peer Review.



9. The Word Checks.


Appendix: Revising Checklists.


Index.


What's New About Writer's Helper v4.0 for Macintosh?


How This Manual is Organized.


Overview.


Using Writer's Helper Tutorial.

Using a Prewriting Activity. Printing Your Work. Restarting an Activity. Saving Your Notebook. Transferring Work to Your Word Processor. Linking a Word Processor Document to Writer's Helper. Using Tools from the Structure and Audience Menus. Using Word Checks.



1. Getting Started With Writer's Helper.

Starting Writer's Helper. Getting Around in Writer's Helper. Using the Help Menu. Setting Preferences. Quitting Writer's Helper.



2. Managing Notebooks and Notebook Entries.

Opening and Closing Notebooks. Entering a Notebook Subject. Opening and Closing a Notebook Page. Printing a Notebook Page. Exporting a Notebook Page. Deleting a Notebook Page. Saving and Deleting Notebooks.



3. Using The Activities.

Using a Prewriting Activity. Restarting a Prewriting Activity. Preparing Your Document for Analysis. Linking a Document to a Notebook. Using a Structure or an Audience Tool. Editing a Linked Document.



4. The Find Activities.

Story Leads. Quotations. Fact File. Idea Wheel. Associations. Questioner. Lists. Brainstorms.



5. The Explore Activities.

5W's. Crazy Contrasts. Three Ways of Seeing. Audience. Random Revelations. Connections. Group Exploration. Reader Response. Literary Criticism.



6. The Organize Activities.

Trees. Debating an Issue. Structure Guide. Business Structures. Goals. Compare/Contrast. Develop a Paragraph. Five-Paragraph Theme.



7. The Structure Tools.

Outline Document. Paragraph Coherence. Paragraph Development. List by Sentence. Sentence Lengths. Category Match. Subordinate Clauses. Word Frequency.



8. The Audience Tools.

Readability. Diction Level. Transitions. Prepositions. References. To Be Verbs. Common Words. Clichés. Sweet or Stuffy? Peer Review.



9. The Word Checks.


Appendix: Revising Checklists.


Index.

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