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DK Handbook, The (spiral)

by: Wysocki, Anne F.; Lynch, Dennis A.

ISBN: 9780205629084 | 0205629083

Edition: 1st
Format: Spiral Bound
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009

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"I would describe The DK Handbook as visually arresting and a breath of fresh air in the market of composition handbooksI think this text is remarkably suited to today's generation of visual learners." -Joel Henderson, ChattanoogaStateTechnical CC Transforming student and instructor expectations for textbooks,The DK Handbook presents information in newly accessible, scientifically tested, and student-friendly ways. Never before seen in the handbook market, The DK Handbooks design is a true marriage of visual and textual content, in which each t... MOREopic is presented in self-contained, two-page spreads for at-a-glance referencing. Explanations are concise and chunked to be more approachable and appealing for todays readers, and accompanying visuals truly teach making concepts and processes visible to students. The ground-breaking layout creates a consistent look and feel that helps students connect with the material, find information, and recognize solutions to writing problems they often dont have names for. In planning this new kind of handbook, Longman commissioned an in-depth usability study to learn more about how students use handbooks and where they have difficulties. The results not only informed the handbook's development, they confirmed that The DK Handbook's distinctive presentation is more effective and "useful" than the market-leading handbook. In addition to the groundbreaking design, The DK Handbook provides the content that students need. With more attention to researchparticularly online researchthan other handbooks, DK gives students a solid foundation in information literacy. The handbookalso presents grammar and documentation (MLA, APA, CMS and CSE) in new ways that makes the material more accessible, including unique pattern pages that help students grasp principles visually. With strong attention to the rhetorical situation, a visual presentation of the writing process, and usablity tested grammar, research and documentation coverage, The DK Handbook offers all the standard material expected in a handbook, but presents it in a revolutionary format that will motivate students to use their handbook and help them become better writers and researchers.

Transforming student and instructor expectations for textbooks,The DK Handbookpresents information in newly accessible, scientifically tested, and student-friendly ways. Never before seen in the handbook market,The DK Handbookrs"sdesign is a true marriage of visual and textual content, in which each topic is presented in self-contained, two-page spreads for at-a-glance referencing. Explanations are concise and "chunked" to be more approachable and appealing for todayrs"s readers, and accompanying visuals trulyteach- making concepts and processes visible to students. The ground-breaking layout creates a consistent look and feel that helps students connect with the material, find information, and recognize solutions to writing problems they often donrs"t have names for.

1. A PROCESS FOR COMPOSING What is composing? What is rhetoric? Audience Purpose Context Strategies Rhetoric and a process for composing a research paper Understanding your project or assignment 2. FINDINGIDEAS Composing to learn and composing to communicate A research process Getting started with research Finding a topic Narrowing a topic How do you know when you have a narrowed topic? Other strategies for narrowing a topic Questions to guide research Using research questions to develop a topic Kinds of sources, kinds of research Kinds of rese... MOREarch Determining where to research Choosing sources Choosing sources books Choosing sources periodicals Choosing sources webpages Findingsources Library research Using library indexes Using library catalogs Using library journal databases Steps in using databases Online research Search engines and directories Online references Online newspapers Government sources Archival and special collection sources Field research sources Interviews Observations Surveys What if you can't find anything on your narrowed topic? Keeping track of sources Starting a paper 3. ANALYZING ARGUMENTS AND EVALUATING SOURCES What is analysis? Understanding and analyzing texts Developing a sense of the author Understanding appeals to emotion Understanding arrangement and logic A sample analysis essay Analyzing arguments Thesis statements What counts as evidence? Expert testimony Personal experience Analogies Facts Field research Shared values Examples Further questions to guide critical reading Critical reading Sample argumentative essay A sample rhetorical analysis Questions to guide critical looking A sample analysis of a visual text Evaluating sources Evaluating sources for relevance Sample sources Evaluating sources for credibility: Print Sample sources Evaluating sources for credibility: Online Sample sources Researching ethically Shared culture, academic research, and fair use Developing a thesis statement 4. CONNECTING WITH AUDIENCES Understanding your audience Characteristics your audience might share Whatdo people know, think, and feel aboutthe issue? Making audiences real and specific Some complexities of audience Developing a statement of purpose Starting to write for an audience How to write a statement of purpose Choices a writer can make based on a statement of purpose A sample rough draft Developing a revision plan Writing for different kinds of audiences Academic audiences Workplace audiences 5. ORGANIZING AND SHAPING TEXTS What is organization? Organizationand medium Organization, audience, and genre Online genres Email Blogs and other social networking websites Popular genres Letters to the editor Letters of complaint Magazine articles Academic genres in the disciplines Writing in the humanities Writing in the sciences Writing in the social sciences Workplace genres Memos Resumes Cover letters Shaping paragraphs for audience and purpose Unified and coherent paragraphs Paragraphs that develop Paragraphs that describe Paragraphs that define Paragraphs that narrate Paragraphs that give examples Paragraphs that use analogy Paragraphs that divide Paragraphs that blend organizations Visual o

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