Little, Brown Handbook
ISBN: 9780205651719 | 0205651712
Edition: 11thFormat: Hardcover
Publisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 12/28/2008
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The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Handbook,11/e is 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 Handbook will makes it easy to... MORE
Will answer any questions 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.
"This has been 'our book' for many years; many people in the department have an emotional attachment to the book! I have taught English at this college for thirty-four years and The Little, Brown Handbook has been my closest companion. We work well together. " -Barbara H. Cole, Sandhills Community College
"Established leader in the field. I don't know about other areas, but in the South, at most of the schools I have attended or have worked at or have heard about through friends and colleagues, LBH seems to be the most used handbook." -J. Lisa Ray, Thomas Nelson Community College
"Chapter 54, Essay Examinations is such an excellent chapter it has a larger use than the one identified-this serves as a wonderful overview to writing any essay." -Peggy Cole, Arapahoe Community College
"I love the fact that you have a section dedicated to the use and punctuation of in-text citations in MLA style. This is always an issue for my students." -Noelle Williams, San Jose State University
"LBH promises an enjoyable writing experience on the very first page in the wit and charm of the opening paragraphs." -Diane Orsini, Valencia Community College-West
| Preface for Students: Using This Book | |
| Preface for Instructors | |
| The Writing Process | |
| Assessing the Writing Situation | |
| Understanding how writing happens | |
| Analyzing the writing situation | |
| Discovering and limiting a subject | |
| Defining a purpose | |
| Considering the audience | |
| Developing and Shaping Ideas | ... MORE |
| Discovering ideas | |
| Developing a thesis | |
| Organizing ideas Sample 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 sample final draft | |
| 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 | |
| Developing Academic Skills | |
| Managing your time | |
| Listening and taking notes in class | |
| Reading for comprehension | |
| Becoming an academic writer | |
| Preparing for exams | |
| Forming a Critical Perspective | |
| Using techniques of critical Reading | |
| Developing a critical response | |
| Viewing images critically | |
| Writing in Academic Situations | |
| Writing in response to texts | |
| Determining purpose | |
| Analyzing audience | |
| Choosing structure and content | |
| Using academic language | |
| Examining sample critical responses | |
| Sample critique of a text | |
| Sample 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 word order | |
| Classifying sentences | |
| Case of Nouns and Pronouns | |
| Compound subjects and complements | |
| Compound objects | |
| Weorus with a noun | |
| Appositives | |
| Pronoun afterthan oras in a comparison | |
| Subjects and objects of infinitives | |
| Who whom | |
| Case before a gerund | |
| Verbs Verb Forms | |
| Regular and irregular verbs | |
| Sit and set lie andlay rise andraise | |
| Omitted-s and-ed endings | |
| Helping verbs | |
| Verb plus gerund or infinitive | |
| Verb plus Particle Tense | |
| Appropriate tense for meaning | |
| Sequence of tenses Mood | |
| Subjunctive verb forms Voice | |
| Active vs passive voice | |
| Agreement | |
| Agreement between subject and verb | |
| Agreement between pronoun and antecedent | |
| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
| Adjectives only with nouns and pronouns | |
| Adjectives after linking verbs | |
| Adjectives with objects adverbs with verbs | |
| Comparative and superlative forms | |
| Double negatives | |
| Overuse of nouns as modifiers | |
| Present and past Participles as adjectives | |
| A, an, the, and other determiners | |
| Clear Sentences | |
| Sentence Fragments | |
| Tests for sentence completeness revision of fragments | |
| Subordinate clause | |
| Verbal or prepositional phrase | |
| Other fragments | |
| Acceptable uses of incomplete sentences | |
| Comma Splices and Fused Sentences Comma Splices | |
| Main clauses not joined by coordinating conjunction | |
| Main clauses related by a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression Fused Sentences | |
| Main clauses with no conjunction or punctuation | |
| Pronoun Reference | |
| Clear reference to one antecedent | |
| Clear placement of pronoun and antecedent | |
| Reference to specific antecedent | |
| Indefinite use ofyou | |
| Clear use ofit | |
| Appropriate use ofwho, which, that | |
| Shifts | |
| Person and number | |
| Tense and mood | |
| Subject and voice | |
| Indirect and direct quotations and questions | |
| Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers Misplaced Modifiers | |
| Clear placement of modifiers | |
| Limiting modifiers | |
| Squinting modifiers | |
| Separation of subjects, verbs, and objects | |
| Separation of Parts of infinitives or verb phrases | |
| Position of adverbs | |
| Order of adjectives Dangling modifiers | |
| Dangling modifiers | |
| Mixed and Incomplete Sentences | |
| Mixed Sentences | |
| Mixed grammar | |
| Mixed meaning (faulty predication) | |
| Incomplete Sentences | |
| Compound constructions | |
| Comparisons | |
| Careless omissions | |
| Effective Sentences | |
| Emphasizing Ideas | |
| Using subjects and verbs effectively | |
| Using sentence beginnings and endings | |
| Arranging parallel elements effectively | |
| Repeating ideas | |
| Separating ideas | |
| Being concise | |
| Using Coordination and Subordination | |
| Coordinating to relate equal ideas | |
| Subordinating to distinguish main ideas | |
| Choosing clear connectors | |
| Using Parallelism | |
| Using parallelism for coordinate elements | |
| Using parallelism to increase coherence | |
| Achieving Variety | |
| Varying sentence length and structure | |
| Varying sentence beginnings | |
| Inverting the normal word order | |
| Mixing types of sentences | |
| Punctuation Chart | |
| End Punctuation | |
| The period | |
| The question mark | |
| The exclamation point | |
| The Comma | |
| Main clauses linked by coordinating conjunction | |
| Introductory elements | |
| Nonessential elements | |
| Absolute phrases | |
| Phrases expressing contrast | |
| Series and coordinate adjectives | |
| Dates, addresses, place names, long numbers | |
| With quotations | |
| To prevent misReading | |
| Misuse and overuse | |
| The Semicolon | |
| Main clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction | |
| Main clauses related by a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression | |
| Main clauses that are complicated or contain commas | |
| Series items that are long or contain commas | |
| Misuse and overuse | |
| The Apostrophe | |
| Possession | |
| Misuse with noun plurals, verbs, and personal pronouns | |
| Contractions | |
| Plurals of abbreviations, dates, and words or characters named as words | |
| Quotation Marks Chart | |
| Direct quotations | |
| Quotation within a quotation | |
| Dialog | |
| Titles of songs, short stories, etc | |
| Words used in a special sense | |
| Overuse | |
| Placement with other quotation marks | |
| Other Punctuation Marks | |
| The colon | |
| The dash | |
| Parentheses | |
| Brackets | |
| The ellipsis mark | |
| The slash | |
| Mechanics | |
| Capitals | |
| First word of a sentence | |
| Titles of works | |
| Pronoun I and interjectionO | |
| Proper nouns and adjectives | |
| Titles before proper names | |
| Misuses of capitals | |
| Italics or Underlining | |
| Titles of books and periodicals | |
| Names of ships, aircraft, spacecraft, trains | |
| Foreign words and phrases | |
| Words, letters, and numbers named as words | |
| For emphasis | |
| In online communication | |
| Abbreviations | |
| Titles before and after proper names | |
| Familiar abbreviations and acronyms | |
| BC, BCE, AD, CE, AM, PM, no and$ | |
| Latin abbreviations | |
| Misuse with units of measurement, geographical names, etc | |
| Numbers | |
| Numerals vs | |
| For dates, addresses, etc | |
| Beginning sentences | |
| Effective Words | |
| Using Appropriate Language | |
| Revising nonstandard dialect | |
| Revising shortcuts of online communication | |
| Using slang only when appropriate | |
| Using colloquial language only when appropriate | |
| Revising neologisms | |
| Using technical words with care | |
| Revising indirect or pretentious writing | |
| Revising sexist and other biased language | |
| Using Exact Language | |
| Using a dictionary and a thesaurus | |
| Using the right word for your meaning | |
| Balancing the abstract and concrete, the general and specific | |
| Using idioms | |
| Using figurative language | |
| Using fresh expressions | |
| Writing Concisely | |
| Focusing on subject and verb | |
| Cutting or shortening empty words and phrases | |
| Cutting unnecessary repetition | |
| Reducing clauses to phrases, phrases to single words | |
| Eliminatingthere is, here is andit is constructions | |
| Combining sentences | |
| Rewriting jargon | |
| Spelling and the Hyphen | |
| Recognizing typical spelling problems | |
| Following spelling rules | |
| Developing spelling skills | |
| Using the hyphen to form or divide words | |
| Research Writing | |
| Planning a Research Project | |
| Starting out | |
| Finding a researchable subject and question | |
| Developing a research strategy | |
| Making a working, annotated bibliography | |
| Finding Sources | |
| Finding sources through your library's Web site | |
| Searching electronically | |
| Finding reference works | |
| Finding books | |
| Finding periodicals | |
| Finding sources on the Web | |
| Finding other online sources | |
| Finding government publications | |
| Finding images, audio, and video | |
| Generating your own sources | |
| Working with Sources | |
| Evaluating sources | |
| Synthesizing sources | |
| Mining and interacting with sources | |
| Using summary, paraphrase, and quotation | |
| Integrating sources into your text | |
| Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources | |
| Committing and detecting plagiarism on the Internet | |
| Knowing what you need not acknowledge | |
| Knowing what youmust acknowledge | |
| Acknowledging online sources | |
| Documenting sources | |
| Writing the Paper | |
| Developing a thesis statement | |
| Creating a structure | |
| Drafting the paper | |
| Revising and editing the paper | |
| Preparing and proofReading the final draft | |
| Using MLA Documentation and Format | |
| Using MLA in-text citations | |
| Preparing the MLA list of works cited | |
| Using MLA document format | |
| Two Research Papers in MLA Style | |
| The False Promise of Green Consumerism" | |
| Annie Dillard's Healing Visio | |
| Writing In The Academic Disciplines | |
| Working with the Goals and Requirementsof the Disciplines | |
| Using methods and evidence | |
| Understanding writing assignments | |
| Using tools and language | |
| Following styles for source citations and document format | |
| Reading and Writing About Literature | |
| Using the methods and evidence of literary analysis | |
| Understanding writing assignments in literature | |
| Using the tools and language of literary analysis | |
| Citing sources and formatting documents in writing about literature | |
| Drafting and revising a literary analysis | |
| Sample analysis of a short story | |
| Writing about fiction, poetry, and drama | |
| Sample analysis of a poem | |
| Sample analysis of a play | |
| Writing in Other Humanities | |
| Using the methods and evidence of the humanities | |
| Understanding writing assignments in the humanities | |
| Using the tools and language of the humanities | |
| Citing sources in Chicago style | |
| Formatting documents in Chicago style | |
| Writing in the Social Sciences | |
| Using the methods and evidence of the social sciences | |
| Understanding writing assignments in the social sciences | |
| Using the tools and language of the social sciences | |
| Citing sources in APA style | |
| Formatting documents in APA style | |
| Examining a sample social science paper | |
| Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences | |
| Using the methods and evidence of the sciences | |
| Understanding writing assignments in the sciences | |
| Using the tools and language of the sciences | |
| Citing sources in CSE style | |
| Formatting documents in CSE style | |
| Examining a sample science paper | |
| Special Writing Situations | |
| Essay Examinations | |
| Preparing for an essay examination | |
| Planning your time and your answer | |
| Starting the essay | |
| Developing the essay | |
| Sample essay exams | |
| ReReading the essay | |
| Writing Online | |
| Writing effective e-mail | |
| Collaborating online | |
| Creating effective Web compositions | |
| Public Writing | |
| Writing business letters and memos | |
| Sample letter and memo | |
| Writing a job application | |
| Sample letter and résumés | |
| Writing business reports and proposals | |
| Sample report and proposal | |
| Writing for community work | |
| Sample flyer, newsletter, and brochure | |
| Oral Presentations | |
| Writing and speaking | |
| Considering purpose and audience | |
| Organizing the presentation | |
| Delivering the presentation | |
| Glossary of Usage | |
| Glossary of Terms | |
| Index | |
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