Full Description
This fifth edition of THE CONCISE CENGAGE HANDBOOK provides up-to-date, realistic advice for today's digital-age students. You will find it clearly written, thorough, easy to navigate, and indispensable for use in college courses and beyond.
Contents
How to Use This Book.Part I: APPROACHING TEXTS.1. Reading to Write.2. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation.3. Planning.4. Shaping.5. Drafting and Revising.6. Thinking Critically.7. Composing an Argumentative Essay.8. Composing a Literary Analysis.9. Writing Essay Exams.10. Writing in the Workplace.11. Designing Effective Documents.12. Composing in Digital Environments.Part III: DEVELOPING PARAGRAPH AND SENTENCE STYLE.13. Writing Effective Paragraphs.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 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.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: CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTING SOURCES.41. Developing a Research Project.42. Finding Information.43. Evaluating Sources.44. Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources.45. Synthesizing Sources.46. Using Sources Ethically.47. MLA Documentation Style.48. APA Documentation Style.Part VIII: COMPOSING FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS.49. Grammar and Style for Multilingual Writers.Glossary of Usage.Answers to Selected Exercises.Credits.Index.Correction Symbols.
