Hodges Harbrace Handbook

by Glenn, Cheryl; Gray, Loretta; Webb, Suzanne Strobeck

Edition:

16th

ISBN13:

9781413010312

ISBN10:

1413010318

Format:

Hardcover

Pub. Date:

2/14/2006

Publisher(s):

Cengage Learning

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Continuously evolving to address the needs of students, the Hodges' Harbrace Handbook, Sixteenth Edition, guides student writers in developing their understanding of the rhetorical situation. Through this understanding, they learn how to write effectively-how to choose the most effective information, how to arrange it effectively, and how to decide on the most appropriate language to use when writing for any audience. This grammar-first handbook comprehensively covers grammar, style, punctuation, and mechanics as situated around rhetorical concerns-the writer, reader, message, context, and exigence (the reason for writing).

Preface

xvii

PART I GRAMMAR

Sentence Sense

(47)

Parts of speech

(10)

Subjects and predicates

(2)

Subjects and complements

(5)

Basic sentence patterns

(4)

Phrases

(12)

Clauses

(4)

Conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs

(4)

Sentence forms

(3)

Sentence functions

(2)

Sentence Fragments

(11)

Recognizing sentence fragments

(4)

Phrases as sentence fragments

(2)

Dependent clauses as sentence fragments

(5)

Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

(14)

Punctuating independent clauses

(1)

Identifying comma splices and fused sentences

(4)

Revising comma splices and fused sentences

(6)

Divided quotations

(2)

Adjectives and Adverbs

(11)

Recognizing adjectives and adverbs

(5)

Comparatives and superlatives

(4)

Double negatives

(2)

Pronouns and Case

(12)

Recognizing pronouns

(5)

Pronoun case

(7)

Agreement

(14)

Subject-verb agreement

(10)

Pronoun-antecedent agreement

109

(4)

Verbs

113

(34)

Verb forms

113

(11)

Verb tenses

124

(12)

Voice

136

(4)

Mood

140

(7)

PART II MECHANICS

E-documents

147

(24)

Document design and purpose

147

(1)

Design and function

148

(5)

Graphics and purpose

153

(5)

Composing Web documents

158

(9)

Visual elements and purpose

167

(4)

Capitals

171

(11)

Proper names

171

(5)

Titles and subtitles

176

(1)

Beginning a sentence

177

(3)

Computer terms

180

(1)

Unnecessary capitals

180

(2)

Italics

182

(6)

Works published separately

183

(1)

Foreign words

184

(1)

Legal cases

185

(1)

Names of ships, aircraft, and so on

185

(1)

Words, letters, or figures referred to as such

186

(1)

Words being emphasized

186

(2)

Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers

188

(15)

Proper names

188

(1)

Addresses in correspondence

189

(1)

Abbreviations in source documentation

190

(2)

Acceptable abbreviations

192

(2)

Acronyms

194

(2)

General uses of numbers

196

(1)

Special uses of numbers

196

(7)

PART III PUNCTUATION

The Comma

203

(14)

Before a coordinating conjunction linking independent clauses

204

(2)

After introductory words, phrases, or clauses

206

(2)

Separating elements in a series

208

(2)

With nonessential elements

210

(4)

With geographical names and items in dates and addresses

214

(2)

With direct quotations

216

(1)

Unnecessary or Misplaced Commas

217

(3)

Not between subject and verb or verb and object

217

(1)

Not after a coordinating conjunction

218

(1)

Not between elements in a compound predicate

218

(1)

Not setting off essential words, phrases, or clauses

218

(1)

Not before the first item of a series or after the last

219

(1)

The Semicolon

220

(4)

Connecting independent clauses

220

(1)

Separating elements that contain commas

221

(1)

Revising common semicolon errors

222

(2)

The Apostrophe

224

(9)

Indicating ownership

224

(6)

Marking omissions

230

(1)

Forming certain plurals

231

(2)

Quotation Marks

233

(8)

Direct quotations

233

(3)

Titles of short works

236

(1)

For ironic tone or unusual usage

237

(1)

With other punctuation marks

237

(4)

The Period and Other Marks

241

(18)

Period

242

(1)

Question mark

243

(1)

Exclamation point

244

(1)

Colon

245

(2)

Dash

247

(2)

Parentheses

249

(2)

Square brackets

251

(1)

Ellipsis points

252

(2)

Slash

254

(5)

PART IV SPELLING AND DICTION

Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation

259

(11)

Using a spell checker

259

(2)

Spelling and pronunciation

261

(1)

Words that sound alike

262

(1)

Prefixes and suffixes

263

(3)

Confusion of ei and ie

266

(1)

Hyphens

267

(3)

Good Usage

270

(15)

Usage and the rhetorical situation

270

(1)

Style

271

(1)

Word choice

272

(2)

Inclusive language

274

(6)

Dictionaries

280

(4)

Thesauruses

284

(1)

Exactness

285

(13)

Precise word choice

285

(5)

Evocative language

290

(1)

Idioms and word combinations

291

(3)

First and second person

294

(2)

Clear definitions

296

(2)

Conciseness

298

(7)

Eliminating wordiness

298

(4)

Unnecessary repetition

302

(1)

Elliptical constructions

303

(2)

Clarity and Completeness

305

(7)

Including necessary words

305

(1)

Completing comparisons

306

(1)

Completing intensifiers

307

(5)

PART V EFFECTIVE SENTENCES

Sentence Unity

312

(6)

Choosing and arranging details

312

(2)

Revising mixed metaphors

314

(1)

Relating sentence parts

314

(4)

Subordination and Coordination

318

(7)

Using subordination

318

(2)

Using coordination

320

(2)

Avoiding faulty or excessive subordination and coordination

322

(3)

Misplaced Parts and Dangling Modifiers

325

(6)

Placement of modifiers

325

(4)

Dangling modifiers

329

(2)

Parallelism

331

(6)

Recognizing parallel elements

331

(1)

Repeating words and forms

332

(1)

Linking two or more sentences

333

(1)

Correlative conjunctions

334

(1)

Emphasizing key ideas

335

(2)

Consistency

337

(4)

Verb tense

337

(3)

Person and number

340

(1)

Tone and style

340

(1)

Pronoun Reference

341

(154)

Ambiguous references

341

(1)

Awkward references

342

(1)

Implied references

342

(1)

The use of it

343

(133)

Using logic to argue effectively and ethically

476

(1)

Avoiding rhetorical fallacies

477

(5)

A sample written argument

482

(13)

PART VII RESEARCH

Finding Sources in Print, Online, and in the Field

495

(24)

Research and the rhetorical situation

495

(5)

Finding books

500

(5)

Finding articles

505

(5)

Finding online sources

510

(5)

Field research

515

(4)

Evaluating Print and Online Sources

519

(13)

Credibility of authors

519

(5)

Credibility of publishers

524

(2)

Online sources

526

(2)

Relevance and timeliness

528

(4)

Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly

532

(20)

The rhetorical situation and the research paper

532

(2)

Organizing notes

534

(4)

Working bibliography

538

(1)

Integrating sources

539

(7)

Avoiding plagiarism

546

(3)

Responding to sources

549

(3)

MLA Documentation

552

(65)

MLA in-text citations

552

(11)

MLA list of works cited

563

(39)

MLA sample paper

602

(15)

APA Documentation

617

(34)

APA in-text citations

617

(3)

APA reference list

620

(19)

APA sample paper

639

(12)

Writing about Literature

651

(22)

Literature and its genres

651

(1)

Vocabulary for discussing literature

652

(4)

Approaches to interpreting literature

656

(5)

Active reading and literary interpretation

661

(2)

Types of literary interpretation

663

(1)

Conventions for writing about literature

663

(3)

Sample literary interpretation

666

(7)

Writing in Business

673

(22)

Special conventions

673

(1)

Business letters

674

(4)

Business memos

678

(1)

Resumes

679

(3)

Application letters

682

(3)

Business plans

685

(10)

Glossary of Usage

695

(22)

Glossary of Terms

717

(14)

Credits

731

(4)

Index

735

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