The Concise Wadsworth Handbook / Edition 3

by Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell

Overview

This handbook is THE go-to-guide for every kind of writing. With practical advice on topics ranging from writing effective essays, paragraphs, and sentences to documenting sources and writing in a digital environment, THE CONCISE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Fourth Edition, is an essential tool. The handbook's numerous features—including checklists, "Close-up" boxes, "Grammar Checker" boxes, and marginal cross-references—are valuable navigational tools that will help you understand and apply important concepts to your writing. And, numerous exercises throughout the text allow you to practice at each stage of the writing, revising, and editing processes. Available with InfoTrac Student Collections http://gocengage.com/infotrac.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781428291928
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	02/04/2010
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	552
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Laurie G. Kirszner is a best-selling author who is well known nationally. Kirszner, together with coauthor Stephen R. Mandell, has written best sellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any literature anthology author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from developmental to literature.


Stephen R. Mandell is a best-selling author who is well known nationally. Mandell, together with coauthor Laurie G. Kirszner, has written best sellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any literature anthology author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from developmental to literature.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book. Introduction: Ten Habits of Successful Students. PART I: WRITING ESSAYS. 1. Understanding Purpose and Audience. 2. Planning an Essay. 3. Using a Thesis to Shape Your Essay. 4. Drafting and Revising. 5. Writing Paragraphs. 6. Thinking Critically. 7. Writing Argumentative Essays. 8. Writing Essays about Literature. PART II: DEVELOPING STRATEGIES FOR ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL SUCCESS. 9. Reading to Write. 10. Writing Essay Exams. 11. Writing for the Workplace. 12. Designing Effective Documents. 13. Writing in a Digital Environment. PART III: SENTENCE STYLE. 14. Building Sentences. 15. Writing Varied Sentences. 16. Writing Emphatic Sentences. 17. Writing Concise Sentences. 18. Using Parallelism. 19. Choosing Words. PART IV: UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR. 20. Using the Parts of Speech. 21. Using Nouns and Pronouns. 22. Using Verbs. 23. Using Adjectives and Adverbs. 24. Revising Fragments. 25. Revising Run-ons. 26. Revising Agreement Errors. 27. Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. 28. Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences. PART V: UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION. Overview of Sentence Punctuation: Commas, Semicolons, Colons, Dashes, Parentheses (Chart). 29. Using End Punctuation. 30. Using Commas. 31. Using Semicolons. 32. Using Apostrophes. 33. Using Quotation Marks. 34. Using Other Punctuation Marks. PART VI: UNDERSTANDING SPELLING AND MECHANICS. 35. Improving Spelling. 36. Knowing When to Capitalize. 37. Using Italics. 38. Using Hyphens. 39. Using Abbreviations. 40. Using Numbers. PART VII: DOING RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES. 41. Writing a Research Paper. 42. Finding Information. 43. Evaluating Sources. 44. Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources. 45. Synthesizing Sources. 46. Avoiding Plagiarism. 47. MLA Documentation Style. 48. APA Documentation Style. PART VIII: BILINGUAL AND ESL WRITERS. 49. Grammar and Style for ESL Writers. Glossary of Usage. Answers to Selected Exercises. Credits. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"The students I meet are high needs and varied. They need an all-in-one guide with exercises and appropriate research examples. This book provides all of that in an easily understood, upbeat manner."


"... Easy to use, and because the explanations contained in the text are thorough, [it allows] ... me to direct students to the text without having to use teaching time explaining typical grammar problems."

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