The Concise Wadsworth Handbook (Cengage Advantage Books)
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.--This text refers to an alternateSpiral-boundedition.