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Reviewing Graduation Writing Test

This guide lists books in the Cal Poly Pomona Library that can help you review for the Graduation Writing Test. They are all circulating books, arranged by call number on the fourth floor. They may be checked out for four weeks at the Circulation Desk on the fourth floor.

GENERAL TEXTBOOKS THAT COVER ALL ASPECTS OF WRITING THE ESSAY

The Scribner Handbook for Writers

    Robert DiYanni & Pat C. Hoy II …………………………………… PE 1408 .D59 2004

The Penguin Handbook (contains ESL guidelines)

    Lester Faigley ……………………………………………………… PE 1408 .F25 2006

The New Century Handbook (contains ESL guidelines)

    Christine A. Hult & Thomas N. Huckin ……………………………. PE 1408 .H688 2005

The Facts on File Guide to Style

    Martin H. Manser & Stephen Curtis, eds …………………………... PE 1421 .M36 2006

BOOKS WITH ANALYZED STUDENT ESSAYS FOR EXAMPLES

Discovery and Commitment : A Guide for College Writers

    Leonard J. Rosen …………………………………………………... PE 1408 .R678 1995

Basic Composition Skills : For Engineering Technicians and Technologists

    David W. Rigby …………………………………………………….. PE 1475 .R55 2001

Writing, Reading, and Research

    Richard Velt & Christopher Gould ………………………………… PE 1408 .V45 2004

The Writing Process : A Concise Rhetoric, Reader and Handbook

    John M. Lannon ……………………………………………………. PE 1408 .L3188 2004

BOOKS THAT EXPLAIN THE FINE POINTS OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR

More Nitty-gritty Grammar : Another Not-so-serious Guide to Clear
Communication

    Edith H. Fine ……………………………………………………….. PE 1112 .F534 2001

Grammar Troublespots : An Editing Guide for Students

    Ann Raimes ………………………………………………………… PE 1128 .R23 1998

BOOKS TO HELP YOU SPELL

English Spelling

    Edward Carney ……………………………………………………… PE 1143 .C368 1997

Spell It Right

    Harry Shaw ………………………………………………………….. PE 1143 .S48 1993

The Terrible Speller : A Quick-and-easy Guide to Enhancing Your
Spelling Ability

    William Proctor …………………………………………………….. PE 1145.2 .P76 1993

BOOKS ON COMPOSITION ESPECIALLY FOR THE ESL STUDENT

Basic American Grammar and Usage : An ESL/EFL Handbook

    Marcel Danesi ……………………………………………………….. PE 1128 .D296 2006

Communicate What You Mean

    Carroll W. Pollock ………………………………………………….. PE1128 .P584 1997

How English Works : A Grammar Handbook With Readings

    Ann Raimes ………………………………………………………….. PE1128 .R233 1998

Basic Composition for ESL

    J. Huizenga, C. M. Snellings & G. B. Francis ……………………….. PE1413 .H85 1990

FOR PERSONAL ASSISTANCE TO PREPARE FOR TAKING THE GWT

The University Writing Center offers Graduate Writing Test (GWT) workshops. Call (909) 869-5343 for a current workshop schedule. Also, check out their website at: http://www.csupomona.edu/~uwc/. The Writing Center is located on the second floor in Building 1, Room 220.

Further information can be found in the University Writing Center's Preparing for The Graduation Writing Test student guide available from: http://www.csupomona.edu/~uwc/pdf/GWTstudentgiuide3.pdf.

FOR INFORMATION ABOUT REGISTERING FOR THE GRADUATION WRITING TEST

Contact the Testing Center in the CLA Building, 98-P2-004 (across from the Registrar’s Office on the second floor), for information about test dates, fees, and how to sign up to take the GWT test. The telephone number is (909) 869-3353.

A Study Guide to the Graduation Writing Test is available at the Testing Center as well as online at: http://www.csupomona.edu/~academic/testcenter/gwt_guide.htm.

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