Authors: Jane E. Aaron
ISBN-13: 9780205651634, ISBN-10: 0205651631
Format: Other Format
Publisher: Longman
Date Published: March 2009
Edition: 7th Edition
The most trusted and authoritative name in handbooks, The Little, Brown Compact Handbook,7/e is an easy-to-use reference that will answer any question you may have in grammar, writing, or research. This edition offers the latest information on integrating computers as well concrete help with critical thinking and argument. It also includes further help in the form of new checklists and summary boxes to guide you in crafting clear and correct sentences.
Will answer any question a writer has about grammar, the writing process, or research.
The writing process, critical thinking, argumentative writing, style, grammar, mechanics, usage, the research process, how to document sources.
Anyone who wants a reliable writing reference book.
I | The Writing Process and Paragraphs | |
The Writing Situation | 3 | |
Invention | 7 | |
Thesis and Organization | 13 | |
Drafting | 19 | |
Revising and Editing | 22 | |
Writing with a Computer | 33 | |
Paragraphs | 39 | |
II | Clarity and Style | |
Coordination | 57 | |
Parallelism | 59 | |
Subordination | 61 | |
Variety and Details | 63 | |
Appropriate and Exact Words | 66 | |
Completeness | 79 | |
Conciseness | 80 | |
III | Sentence Parts and Patterns | |
Basic Grammar | 90 | |
Verbs | 104 | |
Pronouns | 132 | |
Modifiers | 144 | |
Sentence Faults | 158 | |
IV | Punctuation | |
End Punctuation | 171 | |
The Comma | 173 | |
The Semicolon | 184 | |
The Colon | 187 | |
The Apostrophe | 189 | |
Quotation Marks | 192 | |
Other Marks | 195 | |
V | Conventions of Form and Appearance | |
Document Format | 203 | |
Spelling | 216 | |
The Hyphen | 220 | |
Capital Letters | 221 | |
Underlining (Italics) | 224 | |
Abbreviations | 226 | |
Numbers | 229 | |
VI | Research and Documentation | |
Research Strategy | 233 | |
Conducting a Search | 236 | |
Working with Sources and Writing the Paper | 251 | |
MLA Documentation | 272 | |
APA Documentation | 307 | |
Chicago Documentation | 329 | |
CBE Documentation | 335 | |
VII | Special Types of Writing | |
Writing an Argument | 341 | |
Reading and Writing About Literature | 350 | |
Writing for Business | 361 |