The Hodges Harbrace Handbook, International Edition - Softcover

Gray, Loretta; Glenn, Cheryl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1133307442 ISBN 13: 9781133307440

Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

The Hodges Harbrace Handbook Guides student writers in developing their understanding of the rhetorical situation. This grammar-first handbook provides comprehensive coverage of grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research - all presented in the context of rhetorical concerns, including the writer, reader, message, context, and purpose. Full description

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Part I: GRAMMAR. 1. Sentence Essentials. 2. Sentence Fragments. 3. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences. 4. Adjectives and Adverbs. 5. Pronouns and Case. 6. Agreement. 7. Verbs. Part II: MECHANICS. 8. Document Design. 9. Capitals. 10. Italics. 11. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers. Part III: PUNCTUATION. 12. The Comma. 13. Unnecessary or Misplaced Commas. 14. The Semicolon. 15. The Apostrophe. 16. Quotation Marks. 17. The Period and Other Punctuation Marks. Part IV: SPELLING AND DICTION. 18. Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation. 19. Good Usage. 20. Exactness. 21. Conciseness. 22. Clarity and Completeness. Part V: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES. 23. Sentence Unity. 24. Subordination and Coordination. 25. Misplaced Modifiers. 26. Parallelism. 27. Consistency. 28. Pronoun Reference. 29. Emphasis. 30. Variety. Part VI: WRITING. 31. Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorical Situation. 32. Planning and Drafting Essays. 33. Revising and Editing Essays. 34. Writing Arguments. 35. Online Writing. Part VII: RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION. 36. Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field. 37. Evaluating Print and Online Sources. 38. Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism. 39. MLA Documentation. 40. APA Documentation. 41. Writing about Literature. 42. Writing in Business. Part VIII: ADVICE FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS. 43. Determiners, Nouns, and Adjectives. 44. Verbs and Verb Forms. 45. Word Order. Glossary of Usage. Glossary of Terms.

About the Author:

Professor of English at Central Washington University, Loretta Gray has three degrees related to her interest in composition and applied linguistics: Master of Arts in Teaching English as a Second Language (School for International Training), Master of Arts in Spanish (Middlebury College), and Doctor of Philosophy in Applied Linguistics (Boston University). She has experience teaching English to non-native speakers in Mexico, Spain, and the United States. In addition, she taught Spanish at Clemson University and applied linguistics at the School for International Training. Dr. Gray has been teaching composition and applied linguistics courses at Central Washington University in Ellensburg, Washington, since 1992. She also is co-author of the textbook RHETORICAL GRAMMAR.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1133307442
• ISBN 13: 9781133307440
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 848