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Now updated with expanded research, academic writing, and documentation coverage, The Brief Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information.

The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use. Because of its unique navigation tools, visual guides, and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook is a best-selling handbook. The Fifth Edition continues to innovate with new "maps" at the opening of each part to help students navigate the writing, research, and documentation processes, as well as navigate and find answers in the handbook itself; and new “Writer at Work” sections that demonstrate the messy, thoughtful processes that students go through when writing.

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Lester Faigley holds the Robert Adger Law and Thos. H. Law Professorship in Humanities at the University of Texas at Austin. He was the founding director of the Division (now Department) of Rhetoric and Writing at Texas in 1993, and he served as the 1996 Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication. Faigley has published over twenty books and editions, including Fragments of Rationality (Pittsburgh, 1992), which received the MLA Mina P. Shaughnessy Prize.

PART 1 Planning, Drafting, and Revising

1 Think as a Writer

a Think About What College Readers Expect

b Think About How to Persuade Others

c Think About Your Audience

d Think About Your Credibility

e Think About Your Purpose

2 Plan and Draft

a Establish Your Goals

b Explore Your Topic

c Write a Working Thesis

d Plan a Strategy

e Compose a Draft

f Write as a Member of a Team

3 Compose Paragraphs

a Focus Your Paragraphs

b Organize Your Paragraphs

c Make Your Paragraphs Coherent

d Consider Paragraph Length

e Write Effective Beginning and Ending Paragraphs

4 Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread

a Switch from Writer to Reader

b Learn Strategies for Rewriting

c Respond to Other Writers’ Drafts

d Edit for Particular Goals

e Proofread Carefully

f Learn to Edit the Writing of Others

PART 2 Analyzing, Reflecting, Informing, Arguing

5 Read and View with a Critical Eye

a Become a Critical Reader

b Read Actively

c Write Summaries

d Recognize Verbal Fallacies

e Become a Critical Viewer

f Recognize Visual Fallacies

6 Write an Analysis

a Understand the Goal of a Rhetorical Analysis

b Analyze the Context and the Text

c Organize and Write a Rhetorical Analysis

d Sample Rhetorical Analysis

e Analyze Images and Other Visual Texts

7 Write a Reflection

a Find a Reflective Topic

b Identify a Focus

c Organize and Write a Reflection

d Sample Reflective Essay

8 Write an Informative Essay

a Find an Informative Topic

b Narrow Your Topic and Write a Thesis

c Organize and Write an Informative Essay

d Sample Informative Essay

9 Write a Position Argument

a Position Arguments and Proposal Arguments

b Find an Arguable Topic and Make a Claim

c Organize and Write a Position Argument

d Sample Position Argument

10 Write a Proposal Argument

a Find an Arguable Topic and Make a Proposal

b Organize and Write a Proposal Argument

c Sample Proposal Argument

PART 3 Writing in the Disciplines

11 Write about Literature and the Humanities

a What Are the Humanities? 00o

b What Counts as Evidence in the Humanities?

c Become a Critical Reader of Literature

d Develop an Interpretation

e Write a Literary Analysis

f Write an Essay Exam

g Sample Essay Examination

12 Write in the Sciences and Social Sciences

a What are the Social Sciences?

b What Counts as Evidence in the Sciences and Social Sciences?

c Write an Observation

d Write a Case Study

e Write a Lab Report in the Sciences

13 Compose for the Workplace

a Write a Letter of Application

b Write a Résumé

c Write a Business E-mail

d Write a Memo

PART 4 Designing and Presenting

14 Communicate in Multimedia

a Multimedia Composing

b Think About Verbal and Visual Relationships

c Design Documents

d Choose Type

e Create Tables, Charts, and Graphs

15 Design Presentations

a Plan a Presentation

b Design Visuals for a Presentation

c Deliver an Effective Presentation

16 Compose in Online Genres

a Tips for Online Writing

b Create a Blog Entry or a Discussion Post

c Compose Wikis

d Create a Web Page

e Create a Podcast

f Create a Video

g Create a Discussion Post

PART 5 Planning Research and Finding Sources

Research Map I: Conducting Research

16 Plan Your Research

a Analyze the Research Task

b Set a Schedule

c Find and Narrow a Topic

d Determine What Kind of Research You Need

e Draft a Working Thesis

f Create a Working Bibliography

g Create an Annotated Bibliography

17 Find Sources

a Develop Strategies for Finding Sources

b Find Sources in Databases

c Find Sources on the Web

d Find Multimedia Sources

e Find Print Sources

f Keep Track of Sources

18 Evaluate Sources

a Determine the Relevance of Sources

b Determine the Quality of Sources

c Evaluate Database and Print Sources

d Evaluate Web Sources

19 Plan Field Research

a Know What You Can Obtain from Field Research

b Conduct Interviews

c Administer Surveys

d Make Observations

PART 6 Incorporating and Documenting Sources

Research Map II: Working With Sources

21 Use Sources Effectively and Avoid Plagiarism

a Understand the Purposes of Sources

b Decide When to Quote and When to Summarize and Paraphrase

c Take Notes Effectively

d Use Quotations Effectively

e Use Summaries and Paraphrases Effectively

f Use Visuals Effectively

g What Is Plagiarism?

22 Write and Revise the Research Project

a Revisit Your Research

b Use Sources to Provide Evidence

c Use Sources as Points of Departure

d Plan Your Organization

e Write a Draft

f Review and Revise

MLA

MLA Documentation Map

23 MLA Documentation

a Writer at Work: Citing Sources in a MLA-Style Project

b Writer at Work: Creating the List of Work Cited

c In-Text Citations in MLA Style

d Illustrated Samples and Index of Works Cited in MLA Style

e Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Print Sources

f Books

g Library Database Sources

h Web Sources and Other Online Sources

i Visual Sources

j Multimedia Sources

k Informational Notes

l Sample Research Paper with MLA Documentation

APA, CMS, CSE

APA Documentation Map

24 APA Documentation

a Writer at Work: Citing Sources in a APA-Style Project

b Writer at Work: Creating the List of References

c In-text Citations in APA Style

d Illustrated Samples and Index of References in APA Style

e Periodical Sources

f Books and Nonperiodical Sources

g Online Sources

h Visual, Computer, and Multimedia Sources

i Sample Paper with APA Documentation

25 CMS Documentation

a In-text Citations in CMS Style

b Documentation in CMS Style

c Books and Nonperiodical Sources

d Periodical Sources

e Online Sources

f Multimedia Sources

g Sample Pages with CMS Documentation

26 CSE Documentation

a In-text Citations in CSE Style

b References in CSE Style

c Books and Nonperiodical Sources

d Periodical Sources

e Online Sources

f Sample Pages with CSE Documentation

PART 7 Effective Style and Language

27 Write with Power

a Pay Attention to Verbs

b Stay Active

c Find Agents

d Vary Your Sentences

e Give Your Writing Personality

28 Write Concisely

a Eliminate Unnecessary Words

b Reduce Wordy Phrases

c Simplify Tangled Sentences

29 Write with Emphasis

a Manage Emphasis in Sentences

b Forge Links Across Sentences

c Use Parallel Structure with Parallel Ideas

d Use Parallel Structure with Lists

e Use Parallel Structure in Paragraphs

30 Find the Right Words

a Be Aware of Levels of Formality

b Be Aware of Denotation and Connotation

c Use Specific Language

d Use Effective Figurative Language

31 Write to Be Inclusive

a Be Aware of Stereotypes

b Be Inclusive About Gender

c Be Inclusive About Race and Ethnicity

d Be Inclusive About Other Differences

e Recognize International Varieties of English

PART 8 Understanding Grammar

32 Grammar Basics

a Sentence Basics

b Word Classes

c Clauses

d Phrases

e Sentence Types

33 Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

a Fragments

b Run-on Sentences

c Comma Splices

34 Subject-Verb Agreement

a Agreement in the Present Tense

b Singular and Plural Subjects

c Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects

d Collective Nouns as Subjects

e Inverted Word Order

f Amounts, Numbers, and Pairs

35 Verbs

a Basic Verb Forms

b Irregular Verbs

c Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

d Shifts in Tense

e Shifts in Mood

36 Pronouns

a Pronoun Case

b Pronoun Agreement

c Problems with Pronouns and Gender

d Vague Reference

37 Modifiers

a Choose the Correct Modifier

b Place Adjectives Carefully

c Place Adverbs Carefully

d Revise Disruptive Modifiers

e Revise Dangling Modifiers

PART 9 Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics

38 Commas

a Commas with Introductory Elements

b Commas with Compound Clauses

c Commas with Nonrestrictive Modifiers

d Commas with Items in a Series

e Commas with Coordinate Adjectives

f Commas with Quotations

g Commas with Dates, Numbers, Titles, and Addresses

h Commas to Avoid Confusion

i Unnecessary Commas

39 Semicolons and Colons

a Semicolons with Closely Related Main Clauses

b Semicolons Together with Commas

c Colons in Sentences

d Colons with Lists

40 Hyphens

a Hyphens with Compound Modifiers

b Hyphens with Compound Nouns

c Hyphens that Divide Words at the Ends of Lines

d Hyphens for Clarity

41 Dashes and Parentheses

a Dashes and Parentheses vs. Commas

b Dashes and Parentheses to Set Off Information

c Other Punctuation with Parentheses

d Other Punctuation with Dashes

42 Apostrophes

a Possessives

b Contractions and Omitted Letters

c Plurals of Letters, Symbols, and Words Referred to as Words

43 Quotation Marks

a Direct Quotations

b Titles of Short Works

c Other Uses of Quotation Marks

d Misuses of Quotation Marks

e Other Punctuation with Quotation Marks

44 Other Punctuation Marks

a Periods

b Question Marks

c Exclamation Points

d Brackets

e Ellipses

f Slashes

45 Write with Accurate Spelling

a Know the Limitations of Spelling Checkers

b Distinguish Homonyms

46 Capitalization and Italics

a Capital Letters

b Italics

47 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers

a Abbreviations

b Acronyms

c Numbers

PART 10 If English Is Not Your First Language

48 Write in a Second Language

a Understand the Demands of Writing in a Second Language

b Use Your Native Language as a Resource

c Use Dictionaries

d Understand English Idioms

49 Nouns, Articles, and Prepositions

a Kinds of Nouns

b Count and Noncount Nouns

c Singular and Plural Forms

d Articles

e Prepositions

50 Verbs

a Types of Verbs

b Be Verbs

c Modal Auxiliary Verbs

d Verbs and Infinitives

e Verbs and -ing Verbals

f Conditional Sentences

g Participial Adjectives

h Phrasal Verbs

51 English Sentence Structure

a Subjects

b English Word Order

c Placement of Modifiers

d Adjectives with Prepositions

Glossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage

Index

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