The Wadsworth Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition

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

• ISBN13: 9781439081822
• ISBN10: 1439081824
• Edition: 8th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-06-17
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and designing Web pages, THE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK is the essential tool for any college student! 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. THE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, EIGHTH EDITION, helps you produce sound academic writing, introducing you to the principles of college writing in the twenty-first century. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2009 MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS, SEVENTH EDITION.

Table of Contents

Note to Students

Writing Essays

Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone

Reading Texts

Reading Visuals

Planning an Essay

Using a Thesis to Shape Your Material

Drafting and Revising

Writing Paragraphs

Thinking Critically And Writing Arguments

Thinking Critically

Using Logic

Writing Argumentative Essays

Using Visuals to Support Your Arguments

Writing Electronic Arguments

Doing Research

Writing a Research Paper

Using and Evaluating Library Sources

Using and Evaluating Internet Sources

Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Synthesizing Sources

Avoiding Plagiarism

Documenting Sources: MLA Style

MLA Documentation Style

Documenting Sources: APA And Other Styles

APA Documentation Style

Chicago Documentation Style

CSE and Other Documentation Styles

Writing In The Disciplines

Writing in the Humanities

Writing a Literary Analysis

Writing a Literary Argument

Writing in the Social Sciences

Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences

Developing Strategies For Academic Success

Ten Habits of Successful Students

Writing Essay Exams

Writing for the Workplace

Designing Effective Documents

Designing a Web Site

Making Oral Presentations

Sentence Style

Building Simple Sentences

Building Compound and Complex Sentences

Writing Varied Sentences

Writing Emphatic Sentences

Writing Concise Sentences

Solving Common Sentence Problems

Revising Sentence Fragments

Revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Using Parallelism

Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences

Using Words Effectively

Choosing Words

Using a Dictionary

Improving Spelling

Understanding Grammar

Parts of Speech

Using Nouns and Pronouns

Using Verbs

Revising Agreement Errors

Using Adjectives and Adverbs

Understanding Punctuation And Mechanics

Using End Punctuation

Using Commas

Using Semicolons

Using Apostrophes

Using Quotation Marks

Using Other Punctuation Marks

Knowing When to Capitalize

Using Italics

Using Hyphens

Using Abbreviations

Using Numbers

Bilingual And ESL Writers

Adjusting to the US Classroom

Grammar and Style for ESL Writers

Glossary of Usage

Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms

Credits

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