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Little Penguin Handbook,The: MLA Update
ISBN: 9780205743391 | 0205743390
Edition: 2ndFormat: Paperback
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
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| Composing | |
| Think as a Writer | |
| Think about the process of communication | |
| Think about your audience | |
| Think about your credibility | |
| Read and View with a Critical Eye | |
| Become a critical reader | |
| Become a critical viewer | |
| Plan Your Writing | |
| Establish goals and find a topic | |
| Write a working ... MORE | |
| Write a Draft | |
| Determine your organization | |
| Compose a draft | |
| Compose Paragraphs | |
| Focus your paragraphs | |
| Write effective beginning and ending paragraphs | |
| Revise, Edit, and Proofread | |
| Evaluate your draft | |
| Learn strategies for rewriting | |
| Edit for specific goals | |
| Proofread carefully | |
| Write in Academic Genres | |
| Write an observation | |
| Write a case study | |
| Write a lab report in the sciences | |
| Write an essay exam | |
| Researching | |
| Five Steps for Planning and Conducting Research | |
| 1How do I find a topic? | |
| 1How do I focus a topic? | |
| 1How do I determine what research I need? | |
| 1How do I find sources? | |
| 1How do I keep track of my research? | |
| Find Sources in Databases | |
| Know the strengths of database sources | |
| Find information in databases | |
| Construct effective database searches | |
| Locate elements of a citation in database sources | |
| Find Sources on the Web | |
| Find reliable Web sources | |
| Construct effective Web searches | |
| Locate elements of a citation in Web sources | |
| Find Print Sources | |
| Know the strengths of print sources | |
| Find books | |
| Find journal articles | |
| Locate elements of a citation in print sources | |
| Evaluate Your Sources | |
| Determine the relevance of sources | |
| Determine the quality of print and database sources | |
| Determine the quality of Web sources | |
| Plan Field Research | |
| Know what you can obtain from field research | |
| Conduct interviews | |
| Administer surveys | |
| Make observations | |
| Incorporate Sources and Avoid Plagiarism | |
| Avoid plagiarism | |
| Quote sources without plagiarizing | |
| Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing | |
| Incorporate quotations, summaries, and paraphrases effectively | |
| Documenting | |
| Five Steps for Documenting Sources | |
| Which documentation style do I use? | |
| What kind of source am I using? | |
| When do I cite sources? | |
| How do I cite a source in my paper? | |
| How do I cite sources at the end of my paper? | |
| MLA Documentation | |
| In-text citations in MLA-style | |
| Books in MLA-style works cited | |
| Journals, magazines, newspapers, and documents | |
| Library database publications | |
| Online publications | |
| Unedited online sources | |
| Visual and multimedia sources | |
| Sample research paper with MLA documentation | |
| APA Documentation | |
| The elements of APA documentation | |
| In-text citations in APA-style | |
| Books and nonperiodical sources | |
| Periodical sources | |
| Online sources | |
| Visual, computer, and multimedia sources | |
| Sample pages from a research paper with APA documentation | |
| CMS Documentation | |
| The elements of CMS documentation | |
| Books and nonperiodical sources | |
| Periodical sources | |
| Online sources | |
| Sample pages from a research paper with CMS documentation | |
| CSE Documentation | |
| In-text references in CSE style | |
| Books and nonperiodical sources | |
| Periodical sources | |
| Online sources | |
| Effective Style and Language | |
| Write with Power | |
| Recognize active and passive voice | |
| Use action verbs | |
| Find agents | |
| Vary your sentences | |
| Write Concisely | |
| Eliminate unnecessary words | |
| Reduce wordy phrases | |
| Simplify tangled sentences | |
| Write with Emphasis | |
| Manage emphasis within sentences | |
| Forge links across sentences | |
| Use parallel structure with parallel ideas | |
| Find the Right Words | |
| Be aware of levels of formality | |
| Be aware of denotation and connotation | |
| Use specific language | |
| Write to be inclusive | |
| Recognize international varieties of English | |
| Understanding Grammar | |
| Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices | |
| Fragments | |
| Run-on sentences | |
| Comma splices | |
| Subject-Verb Agreement | |
| Agreement in the present tense | |
| Singular and plural subjects | |
| Indefinite pronouns as subjects | |
| Collective nouns as subjects | |
| Inverted word order | |
| Amounts, numbers, and pairs | |
| Verbs | |
| Basic verb forms | |
| Irregular verbs | |
| Transitive and intransitive verbs | |
| Pronouns | |
| Pronoun case | |
| Pronoun agreement | |
| Avoiding sexist pronouns | |
| Vague reference | |
| Shifts | |
| Shifts in tense | |
| Shifts in mood | |
| Shifts in voice | |
| Shifts in person and number | |
| Modifiers | |
| Choose the correct modifier | |
| Place adjectives carefully | |
| Place adverbs carefully | |
| Revise disruptive modifiers | |
| Revise dangling modifiers | |
| Grammar for Multilingual Writers | |
| Nouns | |
| Articles | |
| Verbs | |
| Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics | |
| Commas | |
| Commas with introductory elements | |
| Commas with compound clauses | |
| Commas with nonrestrictive modifiers | |
| Commas with items in a series | |
| Commas with coordinate adjectives | |
| Commas with quotations | |
| Commas with dates, numbers, titles, and addresses | |
| Commas to avoid confusion | |
| Unnecessary commas | |
| Semicolons and Colons | |
| Semicolons with closely related main clauses | |
| Semicolons together with commas | |
| Colons in sentences | |
| Colons with lists | |
| Dashes and Parentheses | |
| Dashes and parentheses to set off information | |
| Dashes and parentheses versus commas | |
| Other punctuation with parentheses | |
| Apostrophes | |
| Possessives | |
| Contractions and omitted letters | |
| Plurals of letters, symbols, and words referred to as words | |
| Quotation Marks | |
| Direct quotations | |
| Titles of short works | |
| Other uses of quotation marks | |
| Other punctuation with quotation marks | |
| Misuses of quotation marks | |
| Other Punctuation Marks | |
| Periods | |
| Question marks | |
| Exclamation points | |
| Brackets | |
| Ellipses | |
| Slashes | |
| Capitalization, Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers | |
| Capital letters | |
| Italics | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Acronyms | |
| Numbers | |
| Glossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage | |
| Index | |
| Revision Guide | |
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