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LITTLE, BROWN HANDBOOK (WITH WHAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT USING A HANDBOOK), 10/e
ISBN: 9780205585748 | 0205585744
Format: Nonspecific BindingPublisher: LONGMAN
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. 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.
| 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 id... MORE | |
| 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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