Writer’s Harbrace Handbook, Brief College Workbook

by MAPP

• ISBN13: 9780155067776
• ISBN10: 015506777X
• Edition: Workbook
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-08-21
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Table of Contents

Part I---Grammar
Parts of Sentences	1	(44)
Parts of speech	1	(1)
Verbs and predicates	2	(2)
Subjects, objects, and complements	4	(6)
Phrases	10	(5)
Clauses (dependent, independent; restrictive, nonrestrictive)	15	(2)
Punctuating phrases and clauses	17	(1)
Sentence forms and function	18	(3)
Exercises	21	(24)
Sentence Boundary Problems	45	(14)
Sentence fragments	45	(2)
Comma splices and fused sentences (run-ons)	47	(4)
Exercises	51	(8)
Verbs	59	(18)
Principal parts of verbs	59	(2)
Subject-verb agreement	61	(3)
Tense forms	64	(1)
Mood	65	(1)
Incorrect shifts in tense or mood	65	(2)
Exercises	67	(10)
Pronouns	77	(12)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement	78	(1)
Pronoun reference	79	(2)
Pronoun case (subjective, objective, and possessive)	81	(1)
Pronouns in compound constructions	81	(1)
Who vs. whom	82	(1)
Exercises	83	(6)
Modifiers	89	(14)
Adverbs	89	(1)
Adjectives	90	(2)
Placement of modifiers	92	(2)
Dangling modifiers	94	(1)
Exercises	95	(8)
Part II---Punctuation and Other Mechanics of Writing
Comma	103	(26)
After introductory elements in a sentence (words, phrases, dependent clauses)	103	(2)
Before a coordinating conjunction	105	(1)
Between items in a series	105	(2)
With nonrestrictive or parenthetical elements	107	(3)
Unnecessary commas	110	(3)
Exercises	113	(16)
Semicolon	129	(6)
Connecting independent clauses	129	(1)
Separating elements that contain commas	130	(1)
Exercises	131	(4)
Apostrophe	135	(8)
Showing possession	135	(2)
With contractions and numbers	137	(1)
Forming certain plurals	137	(1)
Unnecessary apostrophes	137	(2)
Exercises	139	(4)
Quotation Marks	143	(8)
Direct quotations and dialogue	143	(3)
Titles of short works	146	(1)
Words used in a special sense	146	(1)
Placement of other punctuation with quotation marks	147	(2)
Exercises	149	(2)
Other Marks of Punctuation	151	(10)
Period	151	(1)
Question mark	151	(1)
Exclamation point	152	(1)
Colon	153	(1)
Dash	153	(1)
Parentheses	154	(1)
Brackets	155	(1)
Slash	155	(1)
Ellipses	155	(2)
Exercises	157	(4)
Spelling	161	(18)
Exercises	163	(16)
Capitalization	179	(4)
Proper names and acronyms	179	(1)
Titles of rank or address	179	(1)
Titles and subtitles	180	(1)
First words of sentences and of directly quoted speech	180	(1)
Unnecessary capitals	180	(1)
Exercises	181	(2)
Italics	183	(4)
Titles of plays, books, and other long works	183	(1)
Foreign words	184	(1)
Names of legal cases, ships, satellites, and spacecraft	184	(1)
Words, letters, or numbers spoken of as such in a sentence	184	(1)
Emphasized words	184	(1)
Exercises	185	(2)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers	187	(6)
Titles of address or position	187	(1)
Names of countries, continents, states, months, etc.	187	(1)
Abbreviations in addresses	187	(1)
Abbreviations for parts of books and reference materials	188	(1)
Acronyms	188	(1)
Numbers	188	(3)
Exercises	191	(2)
Part III---Word Selection and Word Use
Usage	193	(6)
Appropriate to audience	193	(1)
Easily confused words	193	(2)
Exercises	195	(4)
Exactness	199	(8)
Precise word choice	199	(1)
Idioms	200	(1)
Avoiding cliches	201	(2)
Exercises	203	(4)
Conciseness	207	(6)
Eliminating wordiness	207	(1)
Eliminating needless repetition	208	(1)
Necessary repetition	209	(2)
Exercises	211	(2)
Clarity and Completeness	213	(4)
Confusion caused by omitted articles, verbs or their auxiliaries, or prepositions	213	(1)
Complete comparisons	214	(1)
Complete intensifiers	214	(1)
Exercises	215	(2)
Part IV---Style
Sentence Unity and Consistency	217	(10)
Related ideas	217	(1)
Arranging details	217	(1)
Mixed constructions	218	(1)
Faulty predication	218	(1)
Unnecessary shifts	219	(4)
Exercises	223	(4)
Subordination and Coordination	227	(10)
Subordination and coordination	227	(2)
Punctuating dependent clauses and coordinated independent clauses	229	(2)
Exercises	231	(6)
Parallelism	237	(8)
Balancing similar grammatical elements	237	(1)
Correlatives and parallel structure	238	(3)
Exercises	241	(4)
Emphasis	245	(8)
Arrangement of words in a sentence	245	(1)
Arranging ideas in ascending order	246	(1)
Active vs. passive voice	246	(1)
Repeating important words	246	(1)
Inverting standard word order	246	(1)
Balanced sentence construction	247	(2)
Exercises	249	(4)
Variety	253	(8)
Varying sentence length	253	(1)
Varying sentence structure	254	(1)
Varying kinds of sentences	255	(2)
Exercises	257	(4)
Part V---Writing
Critical Thinking	261	(10)
Fact vs. opinion	261	(1)
Inductive vs. deductive reasoning	262	(1)
Fallacies	263	(4)
Exercises	267	(4)
Paragraphs	271	(14)
Unity	271	(3)
Coherence, transitions	274	(5)
Details and examples	279	(4)
Exercises	283	(2)
The Essay	285	(24)
Purpose, audience, and occasion	285	(2)
Finding an appropriate topic	287	(1)
Focusing on a topic	287	(2)
Establishing a thesis	289	(1)
Arranging ideas	290	(1)
Writing the first draft	291	(3)
Revising subsequent drafts	294	(5)
Exercises	299	(10)
Research and Documentation	309
Conducting research	309
MLA documentation	311
Exercises	315