LITTLE, BROWN HANDBOOK (WITH WHAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT USING A HANDBOOK), 10/e

by FOWLER & AARON

• ISBN13: 9780205585748
• ISBN10: 0205585744
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: LONGMAN

Summary

The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks,The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercisesis 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 Handbookwill 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

Preface for Students: Using This BookPreface for Instructors

The Writing Process

Assessing the Writing Situation

Understanding how writing happens

Analyzing the writing situation

Discovering and limiting a subject

Considering the audience

Defining a purpose

Developing and Shaping Ideas

Discovering ideas

Developing a thesis

Organizing ideasSample essay

Drafting and Revising

Writing the first draft

Revising the first draft

Examining a sample revision

Editing the revised draft

Preparing and proofreading the final draft

Examining a final draftSample essay

Giving and receiving comments

Preparing a writing portfolio

Writing and Revising Paragraphs

Maintaining paragraph unity

Achieving paragraph coherence

Developing the paragraph

Writing special kinds of paragraphs

Linking paragraphs in the essay

Designing Documents

Designing academic papers and other documents

Considering principles of design

Using the elements of design

Using illustrations

Considering readers with disabilities

Reading and Writing in College

Writing in Academic Situations

Becoming an academic writer

Analyzing audience

Determining purpose

Choosing structure and content

Using academic language

Studying Effectively and Taking Exams

Managing your time

Listening and taking notes in class

Reading for comprehension

Preparing for and taking examsSample essay exams

Forming a Critical Perspective

Thinking and reading critically

Viewing images critically

Writing criticallySample critique of a textSample critique of an image

Reading Arguments Critically

Recognizing the elements of argument

Testing claims

Weighing evidence

Discovering assumptions

Watching language, hearing tone

Judging reasonableness

Recognizing fallacies

Writing an Argument

Finding a subject

Conceiving a thesis statement

Analyzing your purpose and your audience

Using reason

Using evidence

Reaching your readers

Organizing your argument

Revising your argument

Examining a sample argument

Reading and Using Visual Arguments

Reading visual arguments critically

Using visual arguments effectively

Grammatical Sentences

Understanding Sentence Grammar

Understanding the basic sentence

Expanding the basic sentence with single words

Expanding the basic sentence with word groups

Compounding words, phrases, and clauses

Changing the usual order of the sentence

Classifying sentences

Case of Nouns and Pronouns

Compound subjects and complements

Compound objects

We or us with a noun

Appositives

Pronoun after than or as in a comparison

Subjects and objects of infinitives

Who vs. whom

Case before a gerund

VerbsVerb Forms

Regular and irregular verbs

Sit and set; lie and lay; rise and raise

Omitted -s and -ed endings

Helping verbs

Verb plus gerund or infinitive

Verb plus particleTense

Appropriate tense for meaning

Sequence of tensesMood

Subjunctive

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