FREE SHIPPING BOTH WAYS
ON EVERY ORDER!
LIST PRICE:
$86.00
Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.
New Century Handbook, The (with MyCompLab NEW with Pearson eText Student Access Code Card)
ISBN: 9780205661770 | 0205661777
Format: PackagePublisher: Longman
Pub. Date: 1/1/2009
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
The New Century, Fourth Edition, provides the answers today's students need as writers and researchers in an electronic age. This handbook shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses, while also providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basicswriting, grammar and usage, research, and documentation. Authors Christine Hult and Tom Huckin bring their expertise in research, computers and writing, grammar, and linguistics and their e... MORE
| Writing | |
| Writing to Learn | |
| Why do we write? | |
| How important is writing to success? | |
| How do we communicate effectively? | |
| Has technology changed how we write? | |
| How can this handbook help? | |
| Critical Thinking, Reading, and Viewing | |
| Think critically | |
| Read actively and critically | |
| View activ... MORE | |
| Preparing | |
| Overview of the writing process | |
| Experiment and explore | |
| Invent and prewrite | |
| Gather information | |
| Plan and organize | |
| Composing | |
| Review | |
| Draft | |
| Collaborate | |
| Student Sample: Draft | |
| Rewriting | |
| Shift from writer to reader | |
| Revise | |
| Edit | |
| Proofread | |
| Give and receive feedback | |
| Student Sample: Final paper | |
| Structuring Paragraphs | |
| Unified paragraphs | |
| Organizational patterns | |
| Sentence-linking techniques | |
| Verb tense, person, and number | |
| Parallelism and coherence | |
| Appropriate length | |
| Link with key words | |
| Effective introductions and conclusions | |
| Formulating Arguments | |
| Arguable thesis | |
| Purpose and audience | |
| Supporting evidence | |
| Student Sample: Argument paper | |
| Understand alternative views | |
| Test your main points | |
| Build a compelling case | |
| Avoid fallacies | |
| Structure your argument | |
| Electronic argument | |
| Visual argument | |
| Research | |
| The Research Project | |
| Become a researcher | |
| Scheduling | |
| Research notebook | |
| Working bibliography | |
| Background information | |
| Focused research | |
| Using the Internet for research | |
| Use Internet sources | |
| Know the Internet and Web | |
| Search the Internet and Web | |
| Student Samples: Database and Internet searches | |
| Evaluating Electronic and Print Sources | |
| Legitimate sources | |
| Student Sample: Web links evaluation | |
| Using Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| Use sources responsibly | |
| Avoid plagiarism in using sources | |
| Paraphrase accurately | |
| Avoid plagiarism in paraphrasing | |
| Summarize briefly | |
| Avoid plagiarism in summarizing | |
| Quote sparingly | |
| Avoid plagiarism in quoting | |
| Writing the Research Paper | |
| Rhetorical stance and thesis | |
| Plan your structure | |
| Write a draft | |
| Review and revise your draft | |
| Follow formatting conventions | |
| Student Sample: Annotated research paper | |
| MLA Documentation Format | |
| A Directory To Mla Style | |
| APA Documentation Format | |
| A Directory To Apa Style | |
| CMS and CSE Formats | |
| A Directory To Chicago Manual Style | |
| A Directory To CSE Style | |
| Writing In The Disciplines | |
| Writing in the Disciplines | |
| Disciplinary research | |
| Disciplinary discourse | |
| Writing in the Humanities | |
| Types of writing | |
| Literary interpretation and analysis | |
| Student Sample (Mla):Literary interpretation | |
| Student Sample (Mla): Literary analysis | |
| Internet and library resources | |
| A Directory For The Humanities | |
| Writing in the Natural Sciences | |
| Types of writing | |
| Write objectively | |
| Student Sample (Cse): Research report | |
| Internet and library resources | |
| A Directory For The Sciences And Technolgy | |
| Writing | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
Related Products
Exercise Book for The New Cent...
MyCompLab NEW with Pearson eTe...
