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9780495797531

The Writer’s Harbrace Handbook, 2009 MLA Update Edition

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  • ISBN13:

    9780495797531

  • ISBN10:

    0495797537

  • Edition: 4th
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2009-06-16
  • Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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Summary

THE WRITER'S HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 4th Edition, is grounded in the belief that an understanding of the rhetorical situation—the writer, reader, message, context, and exigence (reason for writing)—provides the best starting point for effective writing and reading. This comprehensive handbook guides student writers in employing that rhetorical understanding as they choose the most effective information to include, the best arrangement of that information, and the most appropriate language to use. The text moves students through the steps that constitute successful writing—from finding appropriate topics and writing clear thesis statements to arranging ideas and developing initial drafts. THE WRITER'S HARBRACE HANDBOOK also provides several sample student papers and excerpts of papers in various disciplines, along with instruction for successfully completing similar assignments.

Table of Contents

Writing And The Rhetorical Situation
The Rhetorical Situation
Reading Rhetorically
Planning and Drafting Essays
Revising and Editing Essays
Planning for Academic Success
Online Writing
Composing with Visuals
Writing Arguments
Research
Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field
Evaluating Sources Online and in Print
Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly
Disciplines And Documentation Styles
Writing about Literature
MLA Documentation
Writing in the Social Sciences
APA Documentation
Writing in the Humanities [New chapter]
CMS Documentation
Writing in the Natural Sciences
CSE Documentation
Writing in Business
Grammar
Sentence Essentials
Phrases and Clauses in Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Modifiers
Pronouns
Verbs
Effective Sentences
Sentence Unity
Consistency [New chapter]
Subordination and Coordination
Parallelism
Emphasis
Variety
Usage.
Good Usage
Exactness
Conciseness
Punctuation
The Comma
The Semicolon
The Apostrophe
Quotation Marks
The Period and Other Marks
Mechanics
Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation
Capitals
Italics
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers
Glossary of Usage
Glossary of Terms
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