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The Pocket Cengage Handbook, Spiral bound Version (with 2016 MLA Update Card)

The Pocket Cengage Handbook, Spiral bound Version (with 2016 MLA Update Card)

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Publisher Cengage Learning, Inc
Year 06/07/2016
Pages 448
Version spiral bound
Readership level General/trade
Language English
ISBN 9781337287463
Categories Reference works
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This seventh edition of THE POCKET 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. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

The Pocket Cengage Handbook, Spiral bound Version (with 2016 MLA Update Card)

Table of contents

How to Use This Book.

Part I: APPROACHING TEXTS.

1. Reading to Write.

2. Understanding the Rhetorical Situation.

3. Developing Essay Projects.

4. Writing an Argumentative Essay.

Part II: CONDUCTING RESEARCH.

5. Developing a Research Project.

6. Finding Information.

7. Evaluating Sources.

8. Integrating Source Material into Your Writing.

9. Using Sources Ethically.

Part III: DOCUMENTING SOURCES.

10. MLA Documentation Style.

11. APA Documentation Style.

12. Chicago Documentation Style.

13. CSE and Other Documentation Styles.

Part IV: WRITING GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES.

14. Revising Run-Ons.

15. Revising Fragments.

16. Understanding Agreement.

17. Using Verbs.

18. Using Pronouns.

19. Using Adjectives and Adverbs.

Part V: WRITING EFFECTIVE PARAGRAPHS AND SENTENCES.

20. Writing Effective Paragraphs.

21. Writing Varied Sentences.

22. Writing Concise Sentences.

23. Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences.

24. Using Parallelism.

25. Placing Modifiers Carefully.

26. Choosing Words.

Part VI: UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION.

27. Using End Punctuation.

28. Using Commas.

29. Using Semicolons.

30. Using Apostrophes.

31. Using Quotation Marks.

32. Using Other Punctuation Marks.

Part VII: UNDERSTANDING SPELLING AND MECHANICS.

33. Becoming a Better Speller.

34. Knowing When to Capitalize.

35. Using Italics.

36. Using Hyphens.

37. Using Abbreviations.

38. Using Numbers.

Part VIII: COMPOSING IN VARIOUS GENRES.

39. Designing Effective Documents.

40. Composing in Digital Environments.

41. Writing in the Workplace.

42. Developing and Delivering Presentations.

43. Composing in the Disciplines.

Part IX: COMPOSING FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS.

44. Grammar and Style for Multilingual Writers.

Appendix A: Grammar Review.

Appendix B: Usage Review.

Credits.

Index.

Correction Symbols.

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