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Wadsworth Handbook

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ISBN-10: 1413001920

ISBN-13: 9781413001921

Edition: 7th 2005

Authors: Laurie G. Kirszner, Stephen R. Mandell

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Tailored to student learning styles and needs, grounded in student models, and used as a resource for all academic and workplace contexts, THE WADSWORTH HANDBOOK, Seventh Edition now expands the concept of writing to encompass both visual and electronic texts while offering more coverage on the writing process, research, and writing in the disciplines.
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Book details

List price: $117.95
Edition: 7th
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Cengage Heinle
Publication date: 5/6/2004
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 994
Size: 5.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.50" tall
Weight: 2.750
Language: English

Stephen R. Mandell is a best-selling author who is well known nationally. Mandell, together with coauthor Laurie G. Kirszner, has written best sellers for nearly every English market. They have the deepest publishing record of any literature anthology author team and have successfully published up and down the curriculum from developmental to literature.

Writing Essays
Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone
Reading to Write
Planning an Essay
Shaping Your Material
Drafting and Revising
Writing an Essay: A Case Study
Writing Paragraphs
Combining Paragraphs: The Writer?s Purpose
Thinking Critically
Writing Argumentative Essays
Student Writer at Work: Writing an Argumentative Essay
Doing Research
Writing a Research Paper
Doing Library and Field Research
Doing Internet Research
Evaluating Web Sites
Summarizing, Paraphrasing, Quoting, and Synthesizing Sources
Avoiding Plagiarism
Doing Research: A Case Study
Student Writer at Work: Synthesizing Sources
Documentation Styles
MLA Documentation Style
APA Documentation Style
Chicago Documentation Style
CSE (Formerly CBE) and Other Documentation Styles
Student Writer at Work: Using MLA Documentation Style
Writing In the Disciplines
Writing in the Humanities
Writing about Literature
Writing in the Social Sciences
Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences
Student Writer at Work: Writing about Literature
Developing Strategies for Academic Success
Ten Habits of Successful Students
Writing Essay Exams
Writing for the Workplace
Designing Effective Documents
Designing Web Sites
Making Oral Presentations
Student Writer at Work: Applying for a Job
Sentence Style
Building Simple Sentences
Building Compound and Complex Sentences
Writing Varied Sentences
Writing Emphatic Sentences
Writing Concise Sentences
Student Writer at Work: Improving Sentence Style
Solving Common Sentence Problems
Revising Sentence Fragments
Revising Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Revising Faulty Modification
Using Parallelism
Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences
Student Writer at Work: Solving Common Sentence Problems
Using Words Effectively
Choosing Words
Using a Dictionary
Improving Spelling
Student Writer at Work: Using Words Effectively
Understanding Grammar
Parts of Speech
Using Nouns and Pronouns
Using Verbs
Revising Agreement Errors
Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Student Writer at Work: Understanding Grammar
Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics
Using End Punctuation
Using Commas
Using Semicolons
Using Apostrophes
Using Quotation Marks
Using Other Punctuation Marks
Capitalization
Italics
Hyphens
Abbreviations
Numbers
Student Writer at Work: Understanding Punctuation
Bilingual and Esl Writers
Grammar and Style for ESL Writers
Student Writer at Work: Editing for ESL Writers
Glossary of Usage
Glossary of Grammatical and Rhetorical Terms
Credits
Index