Cengage Advantage Books: The Concise Wadsworth Handbook

by Kirszner, Laurie G.; Mandell, Stephen R.

• ISBN13: 9781413030617
• ISBN10: 1413030610
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Spiral Bound
• Copyright: 2007-06-19
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

Tailored to the way students like you study and learn, this handbook is THE go-to-guide for every kind of writing-in and out of the classroom. With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and designing Web pages, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK is the essential tool for any college student. The handbook's numerous features-including checklists, "Close-up" boxes, computer tips, "Grammar Checker" boxes, and marginal cross-references-are valuable navigational tools that will help you understand and apply important concepts to your work. And, numerous exercises throughout the text allow you to practice at each stage of the writing, revising, and editing processes.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book

Introduction: Ten Habits of Successful Students

Writing Essays

Understanding Purpose and Audience

Planning an Essay

Using a Thesis to Shape Your Material

Drafting and Revising

Writing Paragraphs

Thinking Critically

Writing Argumentative Essays

Writing Essays about Literature

Developing Strategies for Academic Success

Reading to Write

Writing Essay Exams

Writing for the Workplace

Designing Effective Documents

Designing a Web Site

Sentence Style

Building Sentences

Writing Varied Sentences

Writing Emphatic Sentences

Writing Concise Sentences

Using Parallelism

Choosing Words

Understanding Grammar

Using the Parts of Speech

Using Nouns and Pronouns

Using Verbs

Using Adjectives and Adverbs

Revising Sentence Fragments

Revising Run-ons

Revising Agreement Errors

Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences

Understanding Punctuation

Using End Punctuation

Using Commas

Using Semicolons

Using Apostrophes

Using Quotation Marks

Using Other Punctuation Marks

Understanding Spelling and Mechanics

Improving Spelling

Knowing When to Capitalize

Using Italics

Using Hyphens

Using Abbreviations

Using Numbers

Doing Research and Documenting Sources

Writing a Research Paper

Doing Library and Field Research

Using and Evaluating Internet Sources

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Synthesizing Sources

Avoiding Plagiarism

MLA Documentation Style

APA Documentation Style

Bilingual and Esl Writers

Grammar and Style for ESL Writers

Glossary of Usage

Answers to Selected Exercises

Credits

Index

Correction Symbols

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