Overview

A comprehensive reference to grammar, writing, research, and documentation, The Longman Handbook offers a unique emphasis on how to write for different audiences - academic, workplace, and public. No matter what you are trying to write - an essay for college, a business proposal for your boss, an email memo, or a letter - The Longman Handbook will give you the help you need.

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Author:   Chris M. Anson ,  Robert A. Schwegler
Publisher:   Pearson Education (US)
Imprint:   Longman Inc
Edition:   5th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 21.00cm
Weight:   1.102kg
ISBN:  

9780205661664

ISBN 10:   0205661661
Pages:   976
Publication Date:   04 July 2008
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Part 1 Writing for Readers 1. Writers, Readers, and Communities a. Academic, work, and public communities b. Analyzing communities c. Realities and myths of the composing process 2. Discovering and Planning a. Discovering topics for writing b. Exploring writing tasks and situations c. Generating ideas and information d. Structuring ideas and information e. Patterns of generalization and support f. Planning in electronic environments g. Planning: Paper in progress. 3. Purpose, Thesis, and Audience a. Recognizing your purpose b. Using purpose to guide your writing c. Developing a thesis d. Kinds of thesis statements e. Recognizing audiences and specific kinds of readers f. Adapting content, structure, and style to communities of readers 4. Drafting a. Moving from planning to drafting b. Drafting strategies c. Collaborative drafting d. Drafting: Paper in progress 5. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading a. Major revisions b. Minor revisions c. Collaborative revising d. Revising: Paper in progress e. Editing your own writing f. Collaborative editing g. Computers and editing h. Proofreading 6. Paragraphs a. Paragraph focus: Recognizing b. Paragraph focus: Creating c. Paragraph coherence: Recognizing d. Paragraph coherence: Creating e. Paragraph development: Recognizing and creating f. Special-purpose paragraphs: Academic, public, and workplace 7. Clear and Effective Sentences a. Clear sentences b. Direct sentences c. Emphatic sentences d. Revising for variety Part 2 Critical Thinking and Argument 8. Thinking Critically a. What is critical thinking? b. Building a chain of reasoning c. Persuasive reasoning d. Critical thinking: Academic, Public, and Workplace 9. Reading Critically a. Read to understand b. Read to respond and evaluate c. Reading into writing: Written response and reading journals 10. Constructing an Argument a. Recognizing an issue b. Developing your point of view and purpose b. Creating an argumentative thesis c. Addressing specific audiences or communities of readers 11. Developing, Supporting, and Documenting an Argument a. Reasoning that supports your claim b. Evidence that supports your claim c. Visual argument d. Incorporating counterarguments e. Logical strategies f. Data-warrant-claim (Toulmin) reasoning g. Emotional strategies h. Logical and illogical reasoning g. Documenting short argumentative or position papers 12. Creating a Visual Argument a. Presenting an issue b. Providing evidence Part 3 Presenting Your Work 13. Designing Documents a. Goals of document design b. Format choice c. Layout d. Typeface choices e. Visuals f. Web pages g. Model documents 14. Writing Online a. Online writing b. Avoiding plagiarism and acting ethically online c. E-mail choices d. Online communities e. Virtual classrooms 15. Speaking Effectively a. Effective oral presentation b. Speech Anxiety c. Group presentations and public forums Part 4 Writing for Specific Communities 16. Academic Writing: General Education a. Analyzing assignments b. Common information-driven assignments c. Summaries STUDENT SAMPLES d. Literature reviews e. Annotated bibliographies STUDENT SAMPLE f. Essay exams STUDENT SAMPLE g. Short documented paper STUDENT SAMPLE h. Common point-driven assignments i. Critiques STUDENT SAMPLE j. Reviews STUDENT SAMPLE k. Essay exams STUDENT SAMPLE l. Position papers 17. Writing in Literature and Other Humanities a. Research in literary study and related fields b. Reading literary texts c. Writing about literary texts d. The text analysis STUDENT SAMPLES e. Analyzing and interpreting visual texts f. Reviews and critical analyses (critiques) in the humanities STUDENT SAMPLES 18. Writing in the Social and Natural Sciences a. Research in the social sciences b. Common writing assignments in social science courses c. Reviews of research STUDENT SAMPLE d. Informative reports e. Research reports STUDENT SAMPLE f. Research in the natural sciences g. Common writing assignments in natural science courses h. Lab reports STUDENT SAMPLE i. Abstracts STUDENT SAMPLE j. Informative reports k. Reports of original research 19. Public Writing a. Goals of public writing b. Analyzing public audiences c. Types of public writing d. Flyers e. Letters to the editor f. Speaking in public settings 20. Workplace Writing a. Goals of workplace writing b. Business writing process c. Business letters d. Memos e. Email f. Resumes and application letters Part 5 Researching and Writing 21. Getting Started: Researching and Writing a. Identifying a subject or project b. Kinds of research writing c. Choosing a topic d. Narrowing a topic e. Research questions f. Preliminary thesis g. Summarizing, paraphrasing, and synthesizing h. Reading sources critically i. Audience inventory j. Developing a search strategy k. Timeline 22. Library Resources a. Organization of library resources b. General resources c. Online catalogs d. Periodicals, print and electronic indexes, and government documents e. Evaluating library resources 23. Databases a. Reference databases b. Full-text databases c. Databases containing abstracts d. Indexing or bibliographic databases e. Resource databases f. Evaluating database resources 24. Internet Resources a. Internet search strategy b. Search engines c. Kinds of Web sites d. Evaluating online resources 25. Field Resources and Fieldwork a. Field research b. Meaningful field research c. Surveys d. Interviews e. Human subjects' consent and approval f. Ethnographies 26. Avoiding Plagiarism and Integrating Sources a. What is plagiarism? b. The problem of intention c. When to document sources d. Citing responsibly e. Sources in context f. Integrating sources for specific purposes g. Quotations, summaries, facts, and visuals h. Common knowledge 27. Writing, Revising, and Presenting Research a. Planning and drafting b. Informative research paper c. Persuasive research paper d. Presenting strategies Part 6 MLA Documentation 28. MLA Documentation a. Using in-text citations b. MLA in-text citations: Examples c. Informative footnotes and endnotes d. MLA Works Cited list: Examples e. Sample MLA paper Part 7 APA Documentation 29. APA Documentation a. Using in-text citations b. Content footnotes c. APA in-text citations: Examples d. APA References list: Examples e. Sample APA paper Part 8 CMS and CSE Documentation 30. CMS Documentation a. Using endnotes and footnotes b. CMS notes: Examples c. CMS bibliography entries: Examples d. Sample CMS paper 31. CSE Documentation a. Recognizing scientific and engineering styles b. Analyzing the documentation style of a publication c. CSE scientific in-text citations d. CSE scientific references list: Examples Part 9 Grammar 32. Sentence Elements and Patterns a. Words b. Subjects and predicates c. Phrases and clauses d. Sentence types 33. Verbs a. Simple present and past tense b. Participles: Recognizing and editing c. Editing progressive and perfect tenses d. Troublesome verbs (lie, lay, sit, set) e. Active and passive voice f. Clear tense sequence g. Subjunctive mood 34. Nouns and Pronouns a. Pronoun forms b. Common problems with pronouns c. Who and whom 35. Agreement a. Subject-verb agreement (simple) b. Subject-verb agreement (complex) c. Pronoun-antecedent agreement 36. Adjectives and Adverbs a. What adjectives and adverbs do b. Avoiding confusion between adjectives and adverbs c. Comparatives and superlatives: Correct forms d. Avoiding double negatives Part 10 Sentence Problems 37. Sentence Fragments a. Sentence fragments: Recognizing b. Sentence fragments: Editing c. Partial sentences 38. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences a. Comma splices and fused sentences: Recognizing b. Comma splices and fused sentences: Editing 39. Pronoun Reference a. Unclear pronoun reference b. Nonspecific pronoun reference c. Matching who, which, and that to antecedents 40. Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiers a. Misplaced modifiers b. Dangling modifiers c. Disruptive modifiers d. Using absolute phrases effectively 41. Shifts a. Person and number b. Tense and mood c. Voice d. Direct and indirect quotation 42. Mixed and Incomplete Sentences a. Mixed sentences b. Incomplete sentences 43. Parallelism a. Building parallelism b. Problems with parallelism c. Creating parallelism beyond the sentence d. Parallelism in lists 44. Coordination and Subordination a. Creating coordination b. Problems with coordination c. Creating subordination d. Problems with subordination Part 11 Words and Style 45. Wordiness a. Common types of wordiness b. Cliches, generalizations and overblown language 46. Style, the Dictionary, and Vocabulary a. Style and community b. Word choice, Readers' needs, and Writers' purposes c. Precise diction d. Editing for diction e. Choosing and using dictionaries f. Electronic resources g. Building vocabulary 47. Appropriate and Respectful Language a. Home and community language varieties b. How dialects influence writing c. Sexist language d. Discriminatory language Part 12 Punctuation, Mechanics, and Spelling 48. Commas a. Joining sentences b. Setting off introductory phrases c. Setting off nonrestrictive modifiers d. Setting off parenthetical expressions e. Using commas in a series f. Separating coordinate adjectives g. Dates, numbers, addresses, place names, people's titles, and letters h. Commas with quotations i. Commas to make your meaning clear j. Commas that do not belong 49. Semicolons and Colons a. Using semicolons b. Using colons 50. Apostrophes a. Marking possession b. Marking contractions and omissions 51. Quotation Marks a. Marking quotations b. Block quotations c. Dialogue d. Titles of short works e. Special meanings of words and phrases f. Irony, sarcasm, and authorial distance 52. Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Points a. Periods b. Question marks c. Exclamation points 53. Special Punctuation a. Parentheses b. Brackets c. Dashes d. Ellipses e. Slashes 54. Capitalization a. Beginning a sentence b. Proper nouns and adjectives c. Titles 55. Italics (Underlining) a. Following conventions b. Emphasis 56. Hyphens and Word Division a. Dividing words b. Joining words 57. Numbers a. Spelling out or using numerals b. Special conventions c. Too many numbers 58. Abbreviations a. Familiar abbreviations b. Using abbreviations sparingly 59. Spelling a. Spelling as you write b. Recognizing and correcting spelling errors c. Long-term strategies d. Spelling and the computer Glossary of Usage and Terms Index

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