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The Writer's Pocket Handbook (2nd Edition) - Softcover

Rosa, Alfred; Eschholz, Paul W

 
9780201784787: The Writer's Pocket Handbook (2nd Edition)

Synopsis

The Writer's Pocket Handbook--is a very brief spiral-bound handbook - an inexpensive, handy, yet complete reference manual for use in composing papers in all disciplines. Not just a style manual, The Writer's Pocket Handbook begins with "Writing with Purpose," a unique section in a handbook of this size, which provides information on the rhetorical situation in order to contextualize the reference material that follows. Process-oriented, authoritative, practical, filled with instructive, hand-edited examples, including the latest 1998 MLA and 2001 APA recommendations for documenting electronic sources, The Writer's Pocket Handbook is presented in the same clear, accessible, and polished style that has made such a success of Rosa and Eschholz's The Writer's Brief Handbook.

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The Writer's Pocket Handbook is a very brief spiral-bound handbook and an inexpensive, handy, and relatively complete reference manual for use in composing papers in any subject area. Not just a style manual, The Writer's Pocket Handbook begins with Writing with Purpose, a unique section in a handbook of this size, which provides information on the rhetorical situation in order to contextualize the reference material that follows.

This little book is process-oriented, authoritative, practical, filled with instructive, hand-edited examples, including the latest 1998 MLA recommendations for documenting electronic sources. The pocket-sized, spiral-bound format allows quick, convenient reference, and the unique opening section provides a process-oriented overview of the rhetorical situation subject, thesis, audience, purpose, and paragraphing.

For anyone who is interested in acquiring advanced composition skills.

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