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The Writer’s Harbrace Handbook, Brief Edition (with InfoTrac)

by: Glenn, Cheryl; Miller, Robert Keith; Webb, Suzanne Strobeck; Gray, Loretta

The Writer’s Harbrace Handbook, Brief Edition (with InfoTrac)

by: Glenn, Cheryl; Miller, Robert Keith; Webb, Suzanne Strobeck; Gray, Loretta

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9781413002362
ISBN 10:
1413002366
Edition: 2nd
Format: Spiral Bound
Copyright: 02/19/2004
Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
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The only brief handbook grounded in the rhetorical situation, THE WRITER'S HARBRACE HANDBOOK, BRIEF 2/E now features more coverage of visual rhetoric in a compact, spiral-bound and tabbed format.

Reading and Writing Critically	p. 1
Reading and writing as processes	p. 1
Previewing a text	p. 4
Distinguishing content from personal response	p. 7
The rhetorical situation	p. 11
Engaging all elements of the rhetorical situation	p. 12
Planning and Drafting Essays	p. 22
Finding appropriate subjects and focusing them	p. 22
Stating a thesis clearly	p. 30
Arranging ideas	p. 35
Drafting with well-developed paragraphs	p. 38
Experimenting with different strategies for development	p. 40
Writing a first draft	p. 46
Revising and Editing Essays	p. 48
Revision as process	p. 49
Introductions and conclusions	p. 53
Unified and coherent paragraphs	p. 58
Transitions within and between paragraphs	p. 63
Peer-reviewed draft	p. 65
Editing	p. 73
Proofreading	p. 75
The final draft	p. 76
E-writing	p. 81
Composing for the Web	p. 83
Electronic mail (email)	p. 92
E-designing	p. 97
Visual elements of a Web document	p. 98
Graphics (tables, charts, diagrams)	p. 104
Format and the rhetorical purpose	p. 108
Format and readability	p. 111
Writing Arguments	p. 114
Determining an argument's purpose	p. 115
Establishing an arguable statement	p. 116
Distinguishing between fact and opinion	p. 117
Establishing a position or claim	p. 118
Developing an effective argument	p. 121
Using rhetorical appeals	p. 124
Arranging an effective argument	p. 127
Understanding logic	p. 131
Recognizing rhetorical fallacies	p. 134
Sample argument essay	p. 139
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