Hodges Harbrace Handbook,9781413010312

Hodges Harbrace Handbook

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Edition: 16th
ISBN13: 9781413010312
ISBN10: 1413010318
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2006-02-14
Publisher(s): Cengage Learning
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Summary

Continuously evolving to address the needs of students, the Hodges' Harbrace Handbook, Sixteenth Edition, guides student writers in developing their understanding of the rhetorical situation. Through this understanding, they learn how to write effectively-how to choose the most effective information, how to arrange it effectively, and how to decide on the most appropriate language to use when writing for any audience. This grammar-first handbook comprehensively covers grammar, style, punctuation, and mechanics as situated around rhetorical concerns-the writer, reader, message, context, and exigence (the reason for writing).

Table of Contents

Preface xvii
PART I GRAMMAR
Sentence Sense
4(47)
Parts of speech
5(10)
Subjects and predicates
15(2)
Subjects and complements
17(5)
Basic sentence patterns
22(4)
Phrases
26(12)
Clauses
38(4)
Conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs
42(4)
Sentence forms
46(3)
Sentence functions
49(2)
Sentence Fragments
51(11)
Recognizing sentence fragments
51(4)
Phrases as sentence fragments
55(2)
Dependent clauses as sentence fragments
57(5)
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
62(14)
Punctuating independent clauses
63(1)
Identifying comma splices and fused sentences
64(4)
Revising comma splices and fused sentences
68(6)
Divided quotations
74(2)
Adjectives and Adverbs
76(11)
Recognizing adjectives and adverbs
76(5)
Comparatives and superlatives
81(4)
Double negatives
85(2)
Pronouns and Case
87(12)
Recognizing pronouns
87(5)
Pronoun case
92(7)
Agreement
99(14)
Subject-verb agreement
99(10)
Pronoun-antecedent agreement
109(4)
Verbs
113(34)
Verb forms
113(11)
Verb tenses
124(12)
Voice
136(4)
Mood
140(7)
PART II MECHANICS
E-documents
147(24)
Document design and purpose
147(1)
Design and function
148(5)
Graphics and purpose
153(5)
Composing Web documents
158(9)
Visual elements and purpose
167(4)
Capitals
171(11)
Proper names
171(5)
Titles and subtitles
176(1)
Beginning a sentence
177(3)
Computer terms
180(1)
Unnecessary capitals
180(2)
Italics
182(6)
Works published separately
183(1)
Foreign words
184(1)
Legal cases
185(1)
Names of ships, aircraft, and so on
185(1)
Words, letters, or figures referred to as such
186(1)
Words being emphasized
186(2)
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers
188(15)
Proper names
188(1)
Addresses in correspondence
189(1)
Abbreviations in source documentation
190(2)
Acceptable abbreviations
192(2)
Acronyms
194(2)
General uses of numbers
196(1)
Special uses of numbers
196(7)
PART III PUNCTUATION
The Comma
203(14)
Before a coordinating conjunction linking independent clauses
204(2)
After introductory words, phrases, or clauses
206(2)
Separating elements in a series
208(2)
With nonessential elements
210(4)
With geographical names and items in dates and addresses
214(2)
With direct quotations
216(1)
Unnecessary or Misplaced Commas
217(3)
Not between subject and verb or verb and object
217(1)
Not after a coordinating conjunction
218(1)
Not between elements in a compound predicate
218(1)
Not setting off essential words, phrases, or clauses
218(1)
Not before the first item of a series or after the last
219(1)
The Semicolon
220(4)
Connecting independent clauses
220(1)
Separating elements that contain commas
221(1)
Revising common semicolon errors
222(2)
The Apostrophe
224(9)
Indicating ownership
224(6)
Marking omissions
230(1)
Forming certain plurals
231(2)
Quotation Marks
233(8)
Direct quotations
233(3)
Titles of short works
236(1)
For ironic tone or unusual usage
237(1)
With other punctuation marks
237(4)
The Period and Other Marks
241(18)
Period
242(1)
Question mark
243(1)
Exclamation point
244(1)
Colon
245(2)
Dash
247(2)
Parentheses
249(2)
Square brackets
251(1)
Ellipsis points
252(2)
Slash
254(5)
PART IV SPELLING AND DICTION
Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation
259(11)
Using a spell checker
259(2)
Spelling and pronunciation
261(1)
Words that sound alike
262(1)
Prefixes and suffixes
263(3)
Confusion of ei and ie
266(1)
Hyphens
267(3)
Good Usage
270(15)
Usage and the rhetorical situation
270(1)
Style
271(1)
Word choice
272(2)
Inclusive language
274(6)
Dictionaries
280(4)
Thesauruses
284(1)
Exactness
285(13)
Precise word choice
285(5)
Evocative language
290(1)
Idioms and word combinations
291(3)
First and second person
294(2)
Clear definitions
296(2)
Conciseness
298(7)
Eliminating wordiness
298(4)
Unnecessary repetition
302(1)
Elliptical constructions
303(2)
Clarity and Completeness
305(7)
Including necessary words
305(1)
Completing comparisons
306(1)
Completing intensifiers
307(5)
PART V EFFECTIVE SENTENCES
Sentence Unity
312(6)
Choosing and arranging details
312(2)
Revising mixed metaphors
314(1)
Relating sentence parts
314(4)
Subordination and Coordination
318(7)
Using subordination
318(2)
Using coordination
320(2)
Avoiding faulty or excessive subordination and coordination
322(3)
Misplaced Parts and Dangling Modifiers
325(6)
Placement of modifiers
325(4)
Dangling modifiers
329(2)
Parallelism
331(6)
Recognizing parallel elements
331(1)
Repeating words and forms
332(1)
Linking two or more sentences
333(1)
Correlative conjunctions
334(1)
Emphasizing key ideas
335(2)
Consistency
337(4)
Verb tense
337(3)
Person and number
340(1)
Tone and style
340(1)
Pronoun Reference
341(154)
Ambiguous references
341(1)
Awkward references
342(1)
Implied references
342(1)
The use of it
343(133)
Using logic to argue effectively and ethically
476(1)
Avoiding rhetorical fallacies
477(5)
A sample written argument
482(13)
PART VII RESEARCH
Finding Sources in Print, Online, and in the Field
495(24)
Research and the rhetorical situation
495(5)
Finding books
500(5)
Finding articles
505(5)
Finding online sources
510(5)
Field research
515(4)
Evaluating Print and Online Sources
519(13)
Credibility of authors
519(5)
Credibility of publishers
524(2)
Online sources
526(2)
Relevance and timeliness
528(4)
Using Sources Effectively and Responsibly
532(20)
The rhetorical situation and the research paper
532(2)
Organizing notes
534(4)
Working bibliography
538(1)
Integrating sources
539(7)
Avoiding plagiarism
546(3)
Responding to sources
549(3)
MLA Documentation
552(65)
MLA in-text citations
552(11)
MLA list of works cited
563(39)
MLA sample paper
602(15)
APA Documentation
617(34)
APA in-text citations
617(3)
APA reference list
620(19)
APA sample paper
639(12)
Writing about Literature
651(22)
Literature and its genres
651(1)
Vocabulary for discussing literature
652(4)
Approaches to interpreting literature
656(5)
Active reading and literary interpretation
661(2)
Types of literary interpretation
663(1)
Conventions for writing about literature
663(3)
Sample literary interpretation
666(7)
Writing in Business
673(22)
Special conventions
673(1)
Business letters
674(4)
Business memos
678(1)
Resumes
679(3)
Application letters
682(3)
Business plans
685(10)
Glossary of Usage 695(22)
Glossary of Terms 717(14)
Credits 731(4)
Index 735

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