Little, Brown Essential Handbook (S2PCL)

Jane E. Aaron (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

304 Seiten

2010 | 7th edition
Longman Inc (Verlag)
9780205718764 (ISBN)

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Brief, accessible, and inexpensive, The Little Brown Essential Handbook, Seventh Edition, answers questions about writing in the disciplines, the writing process, grammar and usage, research writing, and documentation.

Minimal terminology, clear explanations and examples, and pointers for ESL writers help students at all levels. Extensive sections on academic writing, research writing, source documentation, and document design support writers in all disciplines. The convenient pocket size, four-color design, spiral binding, and numerous reference aids make the book convenient to carry and easy to use.

Finding What You Need

Preface

Part 1 Writing

Checklist

1 Academic Writing

2 Writing Arguments

3 Writing in the Disciplines

4 Designing Documents

Part 2 Effective Sentences

Checklist

5 Emphasis

6 Conciseness

7 Parallelism

8 Variety and Detail

9 Appropriate Words

10 Exact Words

Part 3 Grammatical Sentences

Checklist

Verbs

11 Forms

12 Tenses

13 Mood

14 Voice

15 Subject-Verb Agreement

Pronouns

16 Forms

17 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement

18 Pronoun Reference

Modifiers

19 Adjectives and Adverbs

20 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Sentence Faults

21 Fragments

22 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

Part 4 Punctuation

Checklist

23 The Comma

24 The Semicolon

25 The Colon

26 The Apostrophe

27 Quotation Marks

28 End Punctuation

29 Other Marks

Part 5 Spelling and Mechanics

Checklist

30 Spelling and the Hyphen

31 Capital Letters

32 Italics or Underlining

33 Abbreviations

34 Numbers

Part 6 Research and Documentation

Checklist

35 Research Strategy

36 Finding Sources

37 Evaluating and Synthesizing Sources

38 Integrating Sources into Your Text

39 Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources

Glossary of Usage

Glossary of Terms

Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag	22.11.2010
Verlagsort	New Jersey
Sprache	englisch
Gewicht	254 g
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ISBN-13	9780205718764 / 9780205718764
Zustand	Neuware