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9780321067296

Brief Penguin Handbook, The (book alone)

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    9780321067296

  • ISBN10:

    0321067290

  • Edition: 2nd
  • Format: Spiral Bound
  • Copyright: 2006-01-01
  • Publisher: Longman
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Summary

In The Penguin Handbook, Brief Edition , Faigley rethinks the way handbooks present information and ideas with a reference that's tailored for today's visually and technologically oriented students. Drawing on student feedback and a wealth of classroom experience to design a handbook that gives students the information they need in a format they will actually use, The Penguin Handbook, Brief Edition, addresses the changing nature of today's students as well as today's writing assignments. This text uses unique, at-a-glance documentation pages to help students visually understand how to cite sources, while Common Errors boxes for grammar and style help students identify the building blocks necessary for academic writing so that they can successfully employ them in their work. Additional visuals throughout the text help students with everything from how to construct a descriptive paragraph to understanding how visual information can be used in a paper, presentation, or Website. The Penguin Handbook, Brief Edition, makes major advances over existing handbooks by broadening the context of communication, including concise, practical discussions of verbal and visual texts as well as detailed coverage of writing in its many forms. While an emphasis on the process of academic writing and research is maintained throughout, the book and its Website also include coverage of non-fiction genresbrochures, magazine articles, and letters of applicationthat are used more typically outside the classroom. In addition, The Penguin Handbook is the first handbook to combine this coverage with three purposes of writing: reflective, informative, and persuasive writing. Throughout, Lester Faigley's expertise in matters relating to technology is consistently evident, including integrated references to the text's comprehensive and meticulously constructed Web site. This site extends the interactive nature of the text by providing self-scoring exercises linked to the Common Error boxes, ESL Worksheets for non-native speakers, Writing in the World projects linked to the writing process chapters, and more. On everything from Internet research and documenting online sources to cutting-edge chapters on writing for the Web and creating visuals for papers and oral presentations, The Brief Penguin Handbook, Brief Edition, ensures that student writers are adequately prepared for anything they are likely to encounter in today's academic environment and beyond.

Table of Contents

PART 1 Composing in the Digital Era
Introduction
1(4)
The Rhetorical Situation
5(8)
Words and Images
13(12)
Planning and Drafting
25(12)
Composing Paragraphs
37(18)
Rewriting, Editing, and Proofreading
55(10)
PART 2 Writing in College and Beyond
Critical Reading and Viewing
65(10)
Writing to Reflect
75(12)
Sample reflective essay
80(4)
A reflective magazine article
84(3)
Writing to Inform
87(15)
Sample informative essay
91(7)
An informative brochure
98(4)
Writing to Persuade
102(19)
Sample proposal argument
110(5)
A persuasive letter of application and resume
115(6)
PART 3 Visual Rhetoric
Design Basics
121(10)
Illustrations, Tables, and Charts
131(11)
Verbal and Visual Presentations
142(9)
PART 4 Writing for the Web
Web Basics
151(11)
Steps in Creating a Web Site
162(12)
Building a Multipage Site
174(5)
PART 5 Researching
Planning Your Research
179(8)
Finding Sources
187(20)
Evaluating Sources
207(8)
Avoiding Plagiarism When Using Sources
215(8)
Writing the Research Project
223(10)
PART 6 Documenting
MLA
MLA Documentation
233(38)
In-text citations
238(4)
Books in the works-cited list
242(2)
Parts of a book, volumes, editions, translations
244(2)
Journals and magazines
246(2)
Newspapers
248(2)
Other nonperiodical sources
250(2)
Online publication sources
252(4)
CD-ROM, software, and unedited online sources
256(2)
Visual sources
258(2)
Multimedia sources
260(2)
Sample research paper with MLA documentation
262(9)
Writing about Literature
271(10)
APA
APA Documentation
281(26)
In-text citations
282(2)
Books in the references list
284(2)
Other book and nonperiodical sources
286(2)
Periodical sources
288(2)
Online sources
290(2)
Other visual, computer, and multimedia sources
292(1)
Sample paper with APA documentation
293(14)
CMS and CSE
CMS Documentation
307(13)
CSE Documentation
320(7)
PART 7 Effective Style and Language
Write with Power
327(5)
Write Concisely
332(5)
Write with Emphasis
337(8)
Find the Right Word
345(9)
Write to Be Inclusive
354(7)
Write with Accurate Spelling
361(8)
PART 8 Understanding Grammar
Grammar Basics
369(12)
Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices
381(7)
Subject-Verb Agreement
388(6)
Verbs
394(10)
Pronouns
404(10)
Modifiers
414(13)
PART 9 Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics
Commas
427(13)
Semicolons and Colons
440(5)
Hyphens
445(4)
Dashes and Parentheses
449(6)
Apostrophes
455(4)
Quotation Marks
459(5)
Other Punctuation Marks
464(10)
Capitalization and Italics
474(5)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers
479(6)
PART 10 If English Is Not Your First Language
Nouns and Articles
485(5)
Verbs
490(5)
English Sentence Structure
495(6)
Writing Essay Examinations 501(4)
Glossary of Grammar and Usage 505(12)
Index 517

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