The Beacon Handbook and Desk Reference (with 2009 MLA Update Card)
ISBN: 9780495899518 | 0495899518
Edition: 6thFormat: Spiral Bound
Publisher: Cengage Learning
Pub. Date: 6/4/2009
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The Beacon Handbook and Desk Reference is a compact guide to a broad range of issues related to writing. Written in an accessible, non-technical style, The Beacon discusses the writing process, critical thinking, grammar, usage, punctuation, mechanics, and the research process, illustrating principles with both student and professional samples. The text's spiral binding makes it a convenient tool for students composing on the computer. Students receive the most up-to-date information on MLA documentation with the enclosed tri-fold card providing NEW 2009 MLA Handbook formats.
| The Composing Process | |
| Planning | |
| A General Subject | |
| Ideas and Planning | |
| A Specific Topic | |
| Your Role, Readers, and Purpose | |
| A Working Thesis Statement | |
| Drafting | |
| Organizing Materials | |
| An Outline | |
| A Rough Draft | |
| A Title and Introductory and Concluding Paragraphs... MORE | |
| Revising | |
| Setting Aside the Rough Draft | |
| Content Revision | |
| Style Revision | |
| Technical Revision | |
| Peer Editing | |
| The Final Draft | |
| A Sample Paper | |
| Paragraphs | |
| Unified Paragraphs | |
| Coherent Paragraphs | |
| Paragraph Length | |
| Organization and Development | |
| Critical Thinking and Argumentation | |
| Principles of Reasoning | |
| Purpose of Writing | |
| Ways to Respond Critically | |
| Argumentation | |
| A Sample Argument ESL Writers | |
| ESL Writers: Working beyond Mechanics | |
| Writing in the American Culture | |
| General Issues of Writing | |
| Special Concerns | |
| Technical Issues for ESL Writers: A Guide Grammatical Sentences | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Nouns | |
| Pronouns | |
| Verbs | |
| Adjectives | |
| Adverbs | |
| Conjunctions | |
| Prepositions | |
| Interjections | |
| Sentences | |
| Parts of Sentences | |
| Kinds of Sentences | |
| Fragments | |
| Without Subjects or Verbs | |
| Subordinate Clauses | |
| Special Use of Fragments | |
| Comma Splices and Fused Sentences | |
| Forming Two Sentences | |
| Using a Semicolon | |
| Using Coordinating or Subordinating Conjunctions | |
| Conjunctive Adverbs | |
| Agreement | |
| Subjects and Verbs | |
| Pronouns and Antecedents | |
| Parallelism | |
| With Coordinating Conjunctions | |
| With Correlative Conjunctions | |
| Repetition of Sentence Elements | |
| Pronoun Reference | |
| Unclear Pronoun References | |
| Reflexive Pronouns and Subjects of Sentences | |
| Clear Pronoun References | |
| Pronoun Case | |
| Subjective Case | |
| Objective Case | |
| Possessive Case | |
| Appositives and Elliptical Constructions | |
| Who and Whoever and Whom and Whomever | |
| Positioning Modifiers | |
| Clarity and Smoothness | |
| Dangling Modifiers | |
| Squinting Modifiers | |
| Verb Tenses | |
| Verb Forms | |
| Simple Tenses | |
| Perfect Tenses | |
| Progressive Tenses | |
| Relationships Among Actions and Conditions | |
| Mood | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Modifying Nouns and Pronouns | |
| Modifying Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs | |
| Positive, Comparative, and Superlative Adjective and Adverbs | |
| Troublesome Adjective and Adverb Pairs | |
| Sentence Variety | |
| Sentence Length | |
| Sentence Types | |
| Sentence Beginnings | |
| Coordination and Subordination | |
| Emphasis | |
| Active and Passive Sentences | |
| Concision | |
| Diction | |
| Levels of Diction | |
| Denotations and Connotations | |
| Specific Words | |
| Biased Language | |
| Slang and Regionalisms | |
| Clich?s and Triteness | |
| Forms of Idioms | |
| Jargon | |
| Euphemisms | |
| Pretentious Language | |
| Figures of Speech | |
| Neologisms and Archaisms Punctuation and Mechanics | |
| End Punctuation | |
| Periods | |
| Question Marks | |
| Exclamation Points | |
| Commas | |
| Three or More Items in a Series | |
| Compound and Compound-Complex Sentences | |
| Introductory Words and Phrases | |
| Nonrestrictive Information | |
| Contrasting Sentence Elements | |
| Expressions That Signal Direct Quotations | |
| Numbers, Dates, Addresses, Place Names, and Titles | |
| Unnecessary Commas | |
| Semicolons and Colons | |
| Independent Clauses | |
| Sentence Elements That Contain Commas | |
| Incorrect Use of Semicolons | |
| To Introduce Elements | |
| Numerals | |
| Incorrect Use of Colons | |
| Apostrophes | |
| Possessive Case | |
| Omission of Letters and Numbers | |
| Not with Possessive Pronouns | |
| Other Marks of Punctuation | |
| Dashes | |
| Hyphens | |
| Parentheses | |
| Brackets | |
| Ellipsis Points | |
| Capitals | |
| The First Word in Every Sentence | |
| Proper Nouns and Proper Adjectives | |
| Titles and Subtitles | |
| Italics | |
| Titles of Lengthy Published Works | |
| Specific Names of Ships, Trains, Aircraft, and Spacecraft | |
| Unfamiliar Foreign Words and Phrases | |
| Words Used as Words, Letters Used as Letters, and Numbers Used as Numbers | |
| For Emphasis | |
| Quotation Marks | |
| Direct Quotations and Dialogue | |
| Punctuation with Quotation Marks | |
| Titles of Brief Works, Parts of Long Works, and Unpublished Works | |
| Ironic or Other Special Use of a Word | |
| Numbers and Abbreviations | |
| Numbers | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Spelling | |
| General Rules | |
| Dictionaries | |
| Technical Words and British Variants Research | |
| Topic, Research, and Note Taking | |
| Subject to Topic | |
| A Working Thesis Statement or Research Question | |
| The Library | |
| Electronic Search Systems | |
| Online Periodical Databases | |
| Using Electronic Sources | |
| Selecting and Evaluating Sources | |
| Taking Notes | |
| Plagiarism | |
| Works-Cited Entries | |
| Citation Format | |
| Accuracy and Completeness | |
| Books | |
| Periodicals | |
| Nonprint Sources | |
| The Internet and Other Electronic Sources | |
| Organizing, Writing, and Documenting | |
| Organization | |
| A Rough Draft | |
| Incorporating Notes | |
| Parenthetical Notes | |
| Revision | |
| A Final Manuscript | |
| A Sample Research Paper Document Design | |
| Document Design and Manuscript Preparation | |
| A Document's Purpose | |
| Basic Printing Features | |
| Visual Elements | |
| Web Site | |
| Design Desk | |
| Reference | |
| Appendixes | |
| APA Documentation Style | |
| Writing Essay Exams | |
| Business Writing | |
| Writing About Literature | |
| Glossary of Usage | |
| Glossary of Grammatical Terms | |
| General Index | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
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