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070328s1998 nyua 001 0 eng |
| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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2007273230 |
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0321037979 |
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BUL |
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BUL |
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BUL |
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ENG |
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RDA |
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PE1112 |
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.F64 1998 |
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22 |
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808.042 |
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FOW |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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Fowler, H. Ramsey |
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(Henry Ramsey) |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The Little, Brown handbook / |
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H. Ramsey Fowler, Jane E. Aaron. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
7th ed., Annotated ed. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc. |
New York : |
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Longman, |
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c1998. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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xxvii, 882 p. : |
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ill. (some col.) ; |
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22 cm. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
CONTENTS<br/><br/>Preface for Instructors v<br/>Preface for Students: Using This Book xiii<br/>Introduction: Critical Thinking, Reading, and Writing 1<br/>1. Fostering a critical perspective 2<br/>2. Thinking and reading critically 2<br/>3. Writing critically 18<br/><br/><br/>Part I<br/>The Whole Paper and Paragraphs 23<br/><br/>1. Developing an Essay 24<br/>a. The writing situation and the writing process<br/><br/>2<br/>b. Discovering and limiting a subject 26<br/>c. Defining your purpose 30<br/>d. Considering your audience 31 e. Developing your topic 36<br/>f. Developing your thesis 47<br/>g. Organizing your ideas <br/>xviii Contents<br/>2. Drafting and Revising the Essay 63<br/>a. Writing the first draft 63 b. Revising the first draft 67<br/>c. Editing the revised draft 73<br/>d. Proofreading and submitting the final draft 77<br/>e. Giving and receiving comments 80 f. Preparing a writing portfolio 82<br/><br/><br/>3. Writing and Revising Paragraphs 85<br/><br/>a.Maintaining paragraph unity 87 <br/>b.Achieving paragraph coherence 92 <br/>c. d. Developing the paragraph 104<br/>Writing special kinds of paragraphs <br/>117<br/>e. Linking paragraphs in the essay 123 <br/><br/>4. Reading and Writing Arguments 126<br/>a. Reading arguments critically 126 b. Recognizing fallacies 138<br/>c. Developing an argument 144<br/>d. Using reason and evidence 147 e. Reaching your readers 152<br/>f. Revising your argument 156<br/>g. Examining a sample argument 157<br/><br/><br/><br/>Part II<br/>Grammatical Sentences J 61<br/><br/>5. Understanding Sentence Grammar 162<br/>a. Understanding the basic sentence 163<br/>b. Expanding the basic sentence with single words 171 c. Expanding the basic sentence with word groups 173 d. Compounding words, phrases, and clauses 188<br/>e. Changing the usual order of the sentence 193<br/>f. Classifying sentences 195<br/><br/>6. Case of Nouns and Pronouns 198<br/>a Compound subjects and complements 199<br/> <br/><br/>b. Compound objects 200 <br/>c.lIVe or us with a noun 201 <br/>d. e. Appositives 201<br/>Pronoun after than or as in a comparison <br/>202<br/>f. Subjects and objects of infinitives 202 <br/>g. Case of who 202<br/>h. Case before a gerund 205<br/><br/><br/>7. Verbs 207<br/>Verb Fonns 207<br/>a. Regular and irregular verbs 209<br/>b. Sit and set; lie and lay; rise and raise 212 c. Omitted -s and -ed endings 213<br/>d. Helping verbs 214<br/>Tense 219<br/>e. Appropriate tense for meaning 219<br/>f. Sequence of tenses 222<br/>Mood 227<br/>g. Subjunctive verb forms 228<br/><br/>Voice 230<br/>h. Active versus passive voice 231<br/>Other Complications 232<br/>i. Verb plus gerund or infinitive ESL 232 j. Verb plus particle ESL 234<br/><br/><br/>8. Agreement 238<br/>a. Agreement between subject and verb 239<br/>b. Agreement between pronoun and antecedent 246<br/><br/><br/>9. Adjectives and Adverbs 252<br/>a. Adjectives only to modify nouns and pronouns 253<br/>b. Adjectives after linking verbs to modify subjects 253 c. Adjectives to modify objects; adverbs to modify verbs<br/>254<br/>d. Short forms and -ly forms of adverbs 254<br/>e. Comparative and superlative forms 255 f. Double negatives 257<br/>g. Overuse of nouns as modifiers 258<br/>h. Present and past participles as adjectives ESL 2 ~<br/>i. A, an, the, and other determiners ESL 259<br/> <br/>xx Contents <br/><br/>Part III<br/>Clear Sentences 265<br/><br/>10. Sentence Fragments 266<br/>a. Tests for senlence completeness; revision of fragments 267<br/>b. Subordinate clause 270<br/>c. Verbal or prepositional phrase 270<br/>d. Other fragments 271<br/>e. Acceptable uses of incomplete sentences 273<br/><br/><br/>11. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 274<br/><br/>Comma Splices 276<br/>a. Main clauses not joined by coordinating conjunction 276<br/>b. Main clauses related by a conjunctive adverb or transitional expression 277<br/>Fused Sentences 279<br/>c. Main clauses with no conjunction or punctuation 279<br/><br/>12. Pronoun Reference 282 <br/> a. Clear reference to one antecedent 282<br/>b. Clear placement of pronoun and antecedent <br/><br/>284<br/> c. .Reference to specific antecedent 285 <br/>d. Indefinite use of it, they, you 286<br/>e. Clear use of it 287<br/>f. Appropriate use of relative pronouns 287<br/><br/><br/>13. Shifts 290<br/><br/>a. Person and number 291 <br/>b. Tense and mood 292 <br/>c.<br/>d. Subject and voice 294-<br/>Indirect and direct quotations and questions <br/><br/>294<br/><br/>14. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers 297<br/><br/>Misplaced Modifiers 297<br/>a. Clear placement of modifiers 297<br/> <br/><br/>b. Limiting modifiers 298<br/>c. Squinting modifiers 299<br/>d. Separation of subjects, verbs, and objects 300<br/>e. Separation of parts of infinitive or verb phrase<br/>300<br/>f. Position of adverbs ESL 301<br/>g. Order of adjectives ESL 302<br/>Dangling Modifiers 303<br/>h. Dangling modifiers 303<br/><br/><br/>15. Mixed and Incomplete Sentences 307<br/><br/>Mixed Sentences 307<br/>a. Mixed grammar 307<br/>b. Mixed meaning (faulty predication) 309<br/><br/>Incomplete Sentences 312<br/>c. Compound constructions 312 d. Comparisons 312<br/>e. Careless omissions 314<br/><br/><br/><br/><br/>Part IV<br/>Effective Sentences 317<br/><br/>16. Using Coordination and Subordination 318<br/>a. Coordinating to relate equal ideas 318<br/>b. Subordinating to distinguish main ideas 323 c. Choosing clear connectors 328<br/><br/><br/>17. Using Parallelism 331<br/>a. Using parallelism for coordinate elements 331 b. Using parallelism to increase coherence 336<br/><br/><br/>18. Emphasizing Main Ideas 338 a. Arranging ideas effectively 338 b. Repeating ideas 342<br/>c. Separating ideas 343<br/>d. Preferring the active voice 344<br/>e. concise 345<br/> <br/><br/>19. Achieving Variety 347<br/>a. Varying sentence length ~nd structure 348 b Varying sentence beginnings 351<br/>c.' Inverting the normal word order 353<br/>d. Mixing types of sentences 354<br/><br/>Part V<br/>Punctuation 357<br/><br/>Chart: Commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses 358<br/><br/>20. End Punctuation 360<br/><br/>The Period 360<br/>a. With statements, mild commands, and indirect questions 360<br/>b. With abbreviations 361<br/>The Question Mark 361<br/>c. With direct questions 361 d. To indicate doubt 362<br/>The Exclamation Point 363<br/>e. With emphatic statements, interjections, and commands 363<br/>f. Overuse 363<br/><br/><br/>21. The Comma 365<br/><br/>a. Main clauses linked by coordinating conjunction 365<br/>b. Introductory elements 368<br/>c. Nonrestrictive elements 370<br/>d. Absolute phrases 375<br/>e. Phrases expressing contrast 376<br/>f. Series and coordinate adjectives 376<br/>g. Dates, addresses, place names, long numbers 378 h. With quotations 380<br/>i. To prevent misreading 382<br/>j. Misuse and overuse 382<br/><br/>22. The Semicolon 388<br/><br/>a. Main clauses not joined by a coordinating conjunction 388<br/><br/>23. The apostrophe<br/>24. Quotation marks<br/>25. Other punctuation marks<br/><br/><br/>PART VI: MECHANICS<br/><br/>26. Capitals<br/>27. underlining (italics)<br/>28. Abbreviations<br/>29. Numbers<br/>30. word division<br/><br/><br/>PART VII: EFFECTIVE WORDS<br/>31. choosing and using words<br/>using dictionaries<br/>improving your vacabularly<br/>spelling<br/><br/><br/>PART VIII: RESEARCH WRITING<br/>beginning a research project<br/>working with sources and writing the paper<br/>documenting sources<br/>e.tc<br/><br/>PART IX: SPECIAL WRITING SITUATIONS<br/>essay examinations<br/>business writing<br/><br/> |
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Includes index. |
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"Includes 1998 MLA guidelines"--Cover. |
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English language |
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Grammar |
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Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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English language |
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Rhetoric |
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Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Report writing |
| Form subdivision |
Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Aaron, Jane E. |
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Little, Brown and Company. |
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7th ed., Annotated ed. |
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808.042 |
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