Full Description
More detailed than a pocket handbook yet briefer than a concise handbook, "Harbrace Essentials With Resources for Writing in the Disciplines, International Edition" provides all the authority of the Harbrace tradition in an ideal new length and portable format. Clear and concise explanations outline the essentials students need to write their papers, including instruction on the rhetorical contexts that affect their choice of grammatical constructions, style, punctuation, and mechanics, as well as strategies for writing paragraphs and essays, conducting research, documenting sources from a variety of style guides, and writing papers in a variety of disciplines.
Contents
PART I: GRAMMAR. 1. Sentence Essentials. 2. Sentence Fragments. 3. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences. 4. Verbs. 5. Pronouns. 6. Modifiers. Part II: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES. 7. Sentence Unity. 8. Subordination and Coordination. 9. Parallelism. 10. Emphasis. 11. Variety. Part III: EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE. 12. Good Usage. 13. Precise Word Choice. 14. Conciseness. PART IV: PUNCTUATION. 15. The Comma. 16. The Semicolon and the Colon. 17. The Apostrophe. 18. Quotation Marks. 19. The Period and Other Punctuation. Part V: MECHANICS. 20. Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation. 21. Capitals. 22. Italics. 23. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers. Part VI: WRITING. 24. Writing and Reading Rhetorically. 25. Planning and Drafting Essays. 26. Revising and Editing Essays. 27. Using Visuals. 28. Writing Arguments. PART VII: RESEARCH. 29. Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field. 30. Evaluating Print and Online Sources. 31. Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly. Part VIII: WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES. 32. Writing about Literature. 33. MLA Documentation. 34. Writing in the Social Sciences. 35. APA Documentation. 36. Writing in the Humanities. 37. CMS Documentation. 38. Writing in the Natural Sciences. 39. CSE Documentation. 40. Writing in Business. Glossary of Usage.
