
Little, Brown Handbook, the (with MyCompLab NEW with E-Book Student Access Code Card)
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Table of Contents
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 | |
Considering the audience | |
Defining a purpose | |
Developing and Shaping Ideas | |
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 final draft Sample essay | |
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 | |
Writing in Academic Situations | |
Becoming an academic writer | |
Analyzing audience | |
Determining purpose | |
Choosing structure and content | |
Using academic language | |
Studying Effectively and Taking Exams | |
Managing your time | |
Listening and taking notes in class | |
Reading for comprehension | |
Preparing for and taking exams Sample essay exams | |
Forming a Critical Perspective | |
Thinking and reading critically | |
Viewing images critically | |
Writing critically 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 | |
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