The Writer's Harbrace Handbook - Hardcover

Glenn, Cheryl; Gray, Loretta

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9780495797531: The Writer's Harbrace Handbook

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ISBN 10: 0495797537 ISBN 13: 9780495797531

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2009

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THE WRITER'S HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 4th Edition, is grounded in the belief that an understanding of the rhetorical situation--the writer, reader, message, context, and exigence (reason for writing)--provides the best starting point for effective writing and reading. This comprehensive handbook guides student writers in employing that rhetorical understanding as they choose the most effective information to include, the best arrangement of that information, and the most appropriate language to use. The text moves students through the steps that constitute successful writing--from finding appropriate topics and writing clear thesis statements to arranging ideas and developing initial drafts. THE WRITER'S HARBRACE HANDBOOK also provides several sample student papers and excerpts of papers in various disciplines, along with instruction for successfully completing similar assignments.

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Professor of English and Women's Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, Cheryl Glenn is widely known for her scholarship, leadership, and teaching. Besides authoring THE HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING and co-authoring THE HARBRACE HANDBOOKS, she is author of the prize-winning RHETORIC RETOLD: REGENDERING THE TRADITION FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE RENAISSANCE; UNSPOKEN: A RHETORIC OF SILENCE; RHETORICAL EDUCATION IN AMERICA; and several other titles. Glenn's rhetorical scholarship has earned her many awards, including three National Endowment for the Humanities awards, the Conference on College Composition and Communication's Richard Braddock Award, Rhetoric Review's Outstanding Essay Award, and Best Book/Honorable Mention from the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women. She has served as President of the Coalition of Women Scholars in the History of Rhetoric and Composition, and is a member of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) Executive Committee, Chair of the Modern Language Association (MLA) Division on the History and Theory of Rhetoric and Composition, and a member of the MLA Delegate Assembly. Glenn's teaching and scholarship have earned her three university teaching awards. She has recently served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, the largest organization of writing and rhetoric teachers in the world.

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Part I: WRITING AND THE RHETORICAL SITUATION. 1. The Rhetorical Situation. 2. Reading Rhetorically. 3. Planning and Drafting Essays. 4. Revising and Editing Essays. 5. Planning for Academic Success. 6. Online Writing. 7. Composing with Visuals. 8. Writing Arguments. Part II: RESEARCH. 9. Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field. 10. Evaluating Sources Online and in Print. 11. Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly. Part III: DISCIPLINES AND DOCUMENTATION STYLES. 12. Writing about Literature. 13. MLA Documentation. 14. Writing in the Social Sciences. 15. APA Documentation. 16. Writing in the Humanities [New chapter]. 17. CMS Documentation. 18. Writing in the Natural Sciences. 19. CSE Documentation. 20. Writing in Business. Part IV: GRAMMAR. 21. Sentence Essentials. 22. Phrases and Clauses in Sentences. 23. Sentence Fragments. 24. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences. 25. Modifiers. 26. Pronouns. 27. Verbs. Part V: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES. 28. Sentence Unity. 29. Consistency [New chapter]. 30. Subordination and Coordination. 31. Parallelism. 32. Emphasis. 33. Variety. Part VI: USAGE. 34. Good Usage. 35. Exactness. 36. Conciseness. Part VII: PUNCTUATION. 37. The Comma. 38. The Semicolon. 39. The Apostrophe. 40. Quotation Marks. 41. The Period and Other Marks. PART VIII: MECHANICS. 42. Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation. 43. Capitals. 44. Italics. 45. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers. Glossary of Usage. Glossary of Terms.

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