New Century Handbook, The (paperbound), (with MyCompLab NEW with E-Book Student Access Code Card)

by Hult, Christine A.; Huckin, Thomas N.

• ISBN13: 9780205661763
• ISBN10: 0205661769
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Package
• Copyright: 2009-01-01
• Publisher: Longman

Summary

The New Century,Fourth Edition, (paper bound) meets students where they are-as writers and researchers in an electronic age. This handbook shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses, while also providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics-writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation.

Table of Contents

Writing

Writing to Learn

Why do we write?

How important is writing to success?

How do we communicate effectively?

Has technology changed how we write?

How can this handbook help?

Critical Thinking, Reading, and Viewing

Think critically

Read actively and critically

View actively and critically

Preparing

Overview of the writing process

Experiment and explore

Invent and prewrite

Gather information

Plan and organize

Composing

Review

Draft

Collaborate

Student Sample: Draft

Rewriting

Shift from writer to reader

Revise

Edit

Proofread

Give and receive feedback

Student Sample: Final paper

Structuring Paragraphs

Unified paragraphs

Organizational patterns

Sentence-linking techniques

Verb tense, person, and number

Parallelism and coherence

Appropriate length

Link with key words

Effective introductions and conclusions

Formulating Arguments

Arguable thesis

Purpose and audience

Supporting evidence

Student Sample: Argument paper

Understand alternative views

Test your main points

Build a compelling case

Avoid fallacies

Structure your argument

Electronic argument

Visual argument

Research

The Research Project

Become a researcher

Scheduling

Research notebook

Working bibliography

Background information

Focused research

Using the Internet for research

Use Internet sources

Know the Internet and Web

Search the Internet and Web

Student Samples: Database and Internet searches

Evaluating Electronic and Print Sources

Legitimate sources

Student Sample: Web links evaluation

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