The Little, Brown Handbook

by Fowler, H Ramsey; Aaron, Jane

• ISBN13: 9780321103505
• ISBN10: 0321103505
• Edition: 9th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, "The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises" is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. It also includes exercises so you can practice skills. This edition offers the latest information on writing with computers, writing online, analyzing visuals, and researching effectively on the Internet. With clear explanations, a wealth of examples, and quick reference checklists and boxes, "The Little, Brown Compact Handbook" will makes it easy to find what you need and use the information you find. Will answer any question a writer has about grammar, the writing process, or research. The writing process, critical thinking, argumentative writing, style, grammar, mechanics, usage, the research process, how to document sources. Anyone who wants a reliable writing reference book.

Table of Contents

The Writing Process

Assessing Your Writing Situation

Developing and Shaping Your Ideas

Drafting and Revising

Writing and Revising Paragraphs

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing

Taking a Critical Perspective

Reading Arguments Critically

Writing an Argument

Using Computers Critically

Using Key Computer Skills

Designing Documents

Composing for the Web

Collaborating Online

Grammatical Sentences

Understanding Sentence Grammar

Case of Nouns and Pronouns

Verbs

Agreement

Adjectives and Adverbs

Clear Sentences

Sentence Fragments

Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Pronoun Reference

Shifts

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Mixed and Incomplete Sentences

Effective Sentences

Emphasizing Ideas

Using Coordination and Subordination

Using Parallelism

Achieving Variety

Punctuation

End Punctuation

The Comma

The Semicolon

The Apostrophe

Quotation Marks

Other Punctuation Marks

Mechanics

Capitals

Underlining or Italics

Abbreviations

Numbers

Word Division

Effective Words

Using Appropriate Language

Using Exact Language

Writing Concisely

Using Dictionaries

Improving Your Vocabulary

Spelling and the Hyphen

Research Writing

Planning a Research Project

Finding Sources

Working with Sources

Avoiding Plagarism and Documenting Sources

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