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Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercises, The (with What Every Student Should Know About U...
ISBN: 9780205585762 | 0205585760
Edition: 6thFormat: Package
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2007
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The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks,The Little, Brown Compact Handbook with Exercisesis an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. It also includes exercises so you can practice skills. 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 Handbookwill makes it easy to find what you need and use the information you find. Will answer any question a writer has about grammar, the writing process, or research. The writing process, critical thinking, argumentative writing, style, grammar, mechanics, usage, the research process, how to document sources. Anyone who wants a reliable writing reference book.
| Writing Process | |
| The Writing Situation | |
| Assessment | |
| Subject | |
| Audience | |
| Purpose | |
| Invention | |
| Journal keeping | |
| Observing | |
| Freewriting | |
| Brainstorming | |
| Clustering | |
| Asking questions | |
| Thesis and Organization | ... MORE |
| Thesis statement | |
| Organization | |
| Drafting | |
| Starting to draft | |
| Maintaining momentum | |
| Sample first draft | |
| Revising and Editing | |
| Revising the whole essay | |
| Sample revision | |
| Editing the revised draft | |
| Formatting and proofreading | |
| Sample final draft | |
| Collaborating | |
| Preparing a writing portfolio | |
| Paragraphs | |
| Unity | |
| Coherence | |
| Development | |
| Introductions and conclusions | |
| Document Design | |
| Academic papers | |
| Principles of design | |
| Elements of design | |
| Illustrations | |
| Readers with disabilities | |
| Writing in and out of College | |
| Academic Writing | |
| Becoming an academic writer | |
| Audience | |
| Purpose | |
| Structure and format | |
| Language | |
| Study Skills | |
| Time management | |
| Listening and note taking in class | |
| Reading | |
| Exams | |
| Critical Thinking and Reading | |
| Reading texts | |
| Viewing images | |
| Argument | |
| Elements of argument | |
| Reasonableness | |
| Organization | |
| Visual arguments | |
| Sample argument | |
| Online Writing | |
| Electronic mail | |
| Online collaboration | |
| Web compositions | |
| Oral Presentations | |
| Organization | |
| Delivery | |
| Public Writing | |
| Business letters and rFsumFsSample letter and rFsumF | |
| Memos, reports, and proposalsSample memo, report, and proposal | |
| Community work: flyers, newsletters, brochuresSample flyer, newsletter, and brochure | |
| Clarity and Style | |
| Emphasis | |
| Effective subjects and verbs | |
| Sentence beginnings and endings | |
| Coordination | |
| Subordination | |
| Parallelism | |
| With and, but, or, nor, yet | |
| With both...and, not...but, etc. | |
| In comparisons | |
| With lists, headings, and outlines | |
| Variety and Details | |
| Sentence length | |
| Sentence structure | |
| Details | |
| Appropriate and Exact Language | |
| Appropriate language | |
| Exact language | |
| Completeness | |
| Compounds | |
| Needed words | |
| Conciseness | |
| Focusing on subject and verb | |
| Cutting empty words | |
| Cutting repetition | |
| Reducing clauses and phrases | |
| Cutting there is or it is | |
| Combining sentences | |
| Rewriting jargon | |
| Sentence Parts and Patternsbasic Grammar | |
| Parts of Speech | |
| Nouns | |
| Pronouns | |
| Verbs | |
| Adjectives and adverbs | |
| Prepositions and conjunctions | |
| Interjections | |
| The Sentence | |
| Subject and predicate | |
| Predicate patterns | |
| Phrases and Subordinate Clauses | |
| Phrases | |
| Subordinate clauses | |
| Sentence Types | |
| Simple sentences | |
| Compound sentences | |
| Complex sentences | |
| Compound-complex sentencesVERBS | |
| Forms | |
| Sing/sang/sung and other irregular verbs | |
| Sit/set; lie/lay; rise/raise | |
| -s and -ed forms | |
| Be, have, and other helping verbs | |
| Verb + gerund or infinitive: stop eating vs. stop to eat | |
| Verb + particle: look up, look over, | |
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