The Little, Brown Compact Handbook (with MyCompLab)
by Aaron, Jane E.Edition: 5th
Format: Package
Pub. Date: 2005-03-23
Publisher(s): Longman
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Summary
Concise and accessible,The Little Brown Compact Handbookhelps writers find what they need and then use what they find. One of the best-selling tabbed handbooks on the market, it provides complete, authoritative coverage of writing, research and grammar, with detailed discussions of critical thinking and argument, using computers and the Internet for writing and research, the latest guidelines for citing sources correctly in MLA, APA, CMS, CSE and COS styles, and writing in the disciplines. Accompanied by the CompSolutions Plus Interactive Ebook of the text,The Little Brown Compact Handbookretains all the hallmarks that has made it a bestseller over the years while continuing to meet the needs of a new generation of writers.Provides complete, authoritative coverage of the writing process, research and grammar, with detailed discussions of critical thinking and argument, using computers and the Internet for writing and research, the latest guidelines for citing sources correctly in MLA, APA, CMS, CSE and COS styles, and writing in the disciplines.For anyone needing a reference geared to writing and/or researching papers.
Table of Contents
| Writing Process | |
| The Writing Situation | |
| Assessmen? | |
| Subjec? | |
| Audienc? | |
| Purpose | |
| Invention | |
| Journal keepin? | |
| Observin? | |
| Freewritin? | |
| Brainstormin? | |
| Clusterin? | |
| Asking questions | |
| Thesis and Organization | |
| Thesis statemen? | |
| Organization | |
| Drafting | |
| Starting to draf? | |
| Maintaining momentu? | |
| Sample first draft | |
| Revising and Editing | |
| Revising the whole essa? | |
| Sample revisio? | |
| Editing the revised draf? | |
| Formatting and proofreadin? | |
| Sample final draft | |
| Collaboratin? | |
| Preparing a writing portfolio | |
| Paragraphs | |
| Unit? | |
| Coherence | |
| Developmen? | |
| Introductions and conclusions | |
| Document Design | |
| Academic paper? | |
| Principles of desig? | |
| Elements of desig? | |
| Illustration? | |
| Readers with disabilities | |
| Writing in and Out of College | |
| Academic Writing | |
| Becoming an academic write? | |
| Audienc? | |
| Purpos? | |
| Structure and forma? | |
| Language | |
| Study Skills | |
| Time managemen? | |
| Listening and note taking in clas? | |
| Readin? | |
| Exams | |
| Critical Thinking and Reading | |
| Reading text? | |
| Viewing images | |
| Argument | |
| Elements of argumen? | |
| Reasonablenes? | |
| Organizatio? | |
| Visual argument? | |
| Sample argument | |
| Online Writing | |
| Electronic mai? | |
| Online collaboratio? | |
| Web compositions | |
| Oral Presentations | |
| Organizatio? | |
| Delivery | |
| Public Writing | |
| Business letters and resume? | |
| Sample letter and resume? | |
| gMemos, reports, and proposal? | |
| Sample memo, report, and proposal? | |
| Community work: flyers, newsletters, brochure? | |
| Sample flyer, newsletter, and brochure | |
| Clarity and Style | |
| Emphasis | |
| Effective subjects and verb? | |
| Sentence beginnings and ending? | |
| Coordinatio? | |
| Subordination | |
| Parallelism | |
| With and, but, or, nor, ye? | |
| With both...and, not...but, etc | |
| In comparison? | |
| With lists, headings, and outlines | |
| Variety and Details | |
| Sentence lengt? | |
| Sentence structur? | |
| Details | |
| Appropriate and Exact Language | |
| Appropriate languag? | |
| Exact language | |
| Completeness | |
| Compound? | |
| Needed words | |
| Conciseness | |
| Focusing on subject and ver? | |
| Cutting empty word? | |
| Cutting repetitio? | |
| Reducing clauses and phrase? | |
| Cutting there is or it i? | |
| Combining sentence? | |
| Rewriting jargon | |
| Sentence Parts and Patterns | |
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