Improve your writing skills with THE HODGES HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 19th Edition! Learn how to write effectively, choose the best information, arrange it well, and use the most appropriate language when writing for a particular audience. This grammar-first handbook provides complete coverage of writing essentials to help you develop the skills you need to be a successful college writer, including grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research. Each student text is packaged with a free Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.
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.
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Cheryl Glenn
Dr. Cheryl Glenn, Distinguished Professor of English at Penn State University, is an international leader in the field of rhetoric and writing. She has served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC) and has been named Rhetorician of the Year and the 2019 CCCC Exemplar. She has received numerous awards for her works on SILENCE AND LISTENING AS RHETORICAL ARTS and, most recently, RHETORICAL FEMINISM AND THIS THING CALLED HOPE. Across the arc of her career, she remains most proud of her teaching awards. Today, Dr. Glenn continues to speak and write extensively about the importance of everyone having a voice, of being listened to and, of course, of the power of the written word.
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Loretta Gray
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.
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To provide students with quick and easy access to the latest changes in MLA style, The Cengage Essential Reference Card to the MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition, is packaged free with each student text.
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Chapter 8, "Document Design," has expanded coverage of ways to use sound, images, and words.
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A new student example of an argument on youth tackle football appears in Chapter 34, "Writing Arguments." The chapter also expands upon the concept of common ground and on refutation in relation to productive counterargument.
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Changes to Part 7, "Research and Documentation," include a reorganization of Chapter 36 to emphasize effective searching through online databases and more help for evaluating sources.
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New color-coded citation maps show students where to find information needed to cite a source in MLA and APA style.
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This comprehensive text situates all discussion of writing--grammar, mechanics, style, diction, invention, drafting, revising, and research--around rhetorical concerns, providing a unifying theme that is easy for students to follow and supports their development of essential writing skills.
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The design of this visually engaging text makes it easy for students to access information quickly and accurately.
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The text covers both MLA and APA styles of documentation, including guidelines to prepare students for classes using either style and sample research papers to provide examples of proper documentation.