New Century Handbook

Name: New Century Handbook
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ISBN: 9780205553686

ISBN-10: 0205553680

ISBN-13: 9780205553686

Edition: 4th 2008

Authors: Christine A. Hult, Thomas N. Huckin

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The New Century,Fourth Edition, (paper bound) meets students where they are-as writers and researchers in an electronic age.nbsp; This handbook shows students how to use new technologies to make appropriate rhetorical choices and to become more successful college writers in all of their courses, while also providing clear, comprehensive coverage of handbook basics-writing, grammar and usage, research, and documentation.nbsp;nbsp;

Book details

List price: $83.00
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Longman Publishing
Publication date: 1/8/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1024
Size: 6.25" wide x 7.50" long x 1.25" tall
Weight: 2.244
Language: English




Writing



Writing to Learn



Why do we write?



How important is writing to success?



How do we communicate effectively?



Has technology changed how we write?



How can this handbook help?



Critical Thinking, Reading, and Viewing



Think critically



Read actively and critically



View actively and critically



Preparing



Overview of the writing process



Experiment and explore



Invent and prewrite



Gather information



Plan and organize



Composing



Review



Draft



Collaborate



STUDENT SAMPLE: Draft



Rewriting



Shift from writer to reader



Revise



Edit



Proofread



Give and receive feedback



STUDENT SAMPLE: Final paper



Structuring Paragraphs



Unified paragraphs



Organizational patterns



Sentence-linking techniques



Verb tense, person, and number



Parallelism and coherence



Appropriate length



Link with key words



Effective introductions and conclusions



Formulating Arguments



Arguable thesis



Purpose and audience



Supporting evidence


STUDENT SAMPLE: Argument paper



Understand alternative views



Test your main points



Build a compelling case



Avoid fallacies



Structure your argument



Electronic argument



Visual argument



RESEARCH.



The Research Project



Become a researcher



Scheduling



Research notebook



Working bibliography



Background information



Focused research



Using the Internet for research



Use Internet sources



Know the Internet and Web



Search the Internet and Web


STUDENT SAMPLES


Database and Internet searches



Evaluating Electronic and Print Sources



Legitimate sources


STUDENT SAMPLE: Web links evaluation <P styl