The Little, Brown Compact Handbook

by Aaron, Jane E.

• ISBN13: 9780321075093
• ISBN10: 0321075099
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-07-01
• Publisher: Pearson College Div

Summary

KEY BENEFIT:The Little, Brown Compact Handbook packages the authority and currency of its parent, The Little, Brown Handbook, in a briefer book with a comb binding and tabbed dividers. Concise and accessible, the handbook helps writers find what they need and then use what they find. Among innumerable improvements, the fourth edition features new material on writing and researching with computers and on critical thinking and reading.KEY TOPICS:A reference for writing with computers: NEW! Part II, "Computers in Writing," includes new chapters on essential computer skills, document design, and Web composition. Dozens of new computer tips and links to Web resources appear throughout the book. A reference for research writing: Practical advice focuses on working with sources and documenting them in MLA, APA, Chicago, or CBE styles. Key concerns receive expanded coverage: formulating a research question, developing a research strategy, integrating quotations, documenting sources. A reference for critical thinking and argument: NEW! Chapter links critical thinking and argument and now appears early in the book. NEW! Discussion of critical thinking and reading includes a sample annotated reading and an extended example of analyzing a Web site. Fallacies and organization of arguments receive expanded coverage. A reference for the writing process: NEW! Opening material on the writing situation includes a checklist. NEW! Writer work-in-progress on Internet communication provides examples at every stage, including first, revised, and final drafts. Well-focused chapters provide tips on invention, the thesis, revision, and more. MARKET: Writer's Handbook and Guide

Table of Contents

Writing Process

The Writing Situation

Assessmen?

Subjec?

Audienc?

Purpose

Invention

Journal keepin?

Observin?

Freewritin?

Brainstormin?

Clusterin?

Asking questions

Thesis and Organization

Thesis statemen?

Organization

Drafting

Starting to draf?

Maintaining momentu?

Sample first draft

Revising and Editing

Revising the whole essa?

Sample revisio?

Editing the revised draf?

Formatting and proofreadin?

Sample final draft

Collaboratin?

Preparing a writing portfolio

Paragraphs

Unit?

Coherence

Developmen?

Introductions and conclusions

Document Design

Academic paper?

Principles of desig?

Elements of desig?

Illustration?

Readers with disabilities

Writing in and Out of College

Academic Writing

Becoming an academic write?

Audienc?

Purpos?

Structure and forma?

Language

Study Skills

Time managemen?

Listening and note taking in clas?

Readin?

Exams

Critical Thinking and Reading

Reading text?

Viewing images

Argument

Elements of argumen?

Reasonablenes?

Organizatio?

Visual argument?

Sample argument

Online Writing

Electronic mai?

Online collaboratio?

Web compositions

Oral Presentations

Organizatio?

Delivery

Public Writing

Business letters and resume?

Sample letter and resume?

gMemos, reports, and proposal?

Sample memo, report, and proposal?

Community work: flyers, newsletters, brochure?

Sample flyer, newsletter, and brochure

Clarity and Style

Emphasis

Effective subjects and verb?

Sentence beginnings and ending?

Coordinatio?

Subordination

Parallelism

With and, but, or, nor, ye?

With both...and, not...but, etc

In comparison?

With lists, headings, and outlines

Variety and Details

Sentence lengt?

Sentence structur?

Details

Appropriate and Exact Language

Appropriate languag?

Exact language

Completeness

Compound?

Needed words

Conciseness

Focusing on subject and ver?

Cutting empty word?

Cutting repetitio?

Reducing clauses and phrase?

Cutting there is or it i?

Combining sentence?

Rewriting jargon

Sentence Parts and Patterns

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