Now updated with expanded documentation, research, and writing across the curriculum coverage, as well as practice exercises, The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises continues to revolutionize the way handbooks present information.
The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises started with ideas and suggestions from real students, and thus it is uniquely successful when it comes to giving students the information they need in a format they will actually use. With unique visual guides and models for writing, research, and documentation, distinctive coverage of writing for different purposes, and Lester Faigley’s clear, accessible explanations, The Brief Penguin Handbook has established itself as the best-selling handbook to enter the market in eighteen years. The Third Edition of this extraordinary handbook continues to lead the market with complete new chapters on using database and Web sources, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage. New “process guides” for writing for different purposes, a new section on writing across the curriculum, and more student model documents than ever make this Third Edition the best resource for writing yet.
Table of Contents:
PART 1 PLANNING, DRAFTING, AND REVISING
1 Think as a Writer
1a Think about the process of communication
1b Think about how to persuade others
1c Think about your audience
1d Think about your credibility
1e Think about your purpose
2 Plan and Draft
2a Think about the expectations of college readers
2b Establish your goals
2c Explore your topic
2d Write a working thesis
2e Plan a strategy
2f Compose a draft
2g Write as a member of a team
3 Compose Paragraphs
3a Focus your paragraphs
3b Organize your paragraphs
3c Make your paragraphs coherent
3d Consider paragraph length
3e Link across paragraphs
3f Write effective beginning and ending paragraphs
4 Rewrite, Edit, and Proofread
4a Switch from writer to reader
4b Learn strategies for rewriting
4c Respond to other writers’ drafts
4d Edit for particular goals
4e Proofread carefully
4f Learn to edit the writing of others
PART 2 WRITING FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES
5 Read and View with a Critical Eye
5a Become a critical reader
5b Read actively
5c Recognize verbal fallacies
5d Become a critical viewer
5e Recognize visual fallacies
6 Write to Analyze
6a Understand the goal of a rhetorical analysis
6b Analyze the context and the text
6c Organize and write a rhetorical analysis
6d Sample rhetorical analysis
6e Analyze images and other visual texts
7 Write to Reflect
7a Find a reflective topic
7b Identify a focus
7c Organize and write a reflection
7d Sample reflective essay
8 Write to Inform
8a Find an informative topic
8b Narrow your topic and write a thesis
8c Organize and write an informative essay
8d Sample informative essay
9 Write Arguments
9a Position arguments and proposal arguments
9b Find an arguable topic
9c Make an arguable claim
9d Organize and write a position argument
9e Sample position argument
9f Organize and write a proposal argument
9g Sample proposal arguments
PART 3 WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES
10 Learn to Write in Academic Disciplines
10a Become an academic writer
10b What counts as evidence in the disciplines?
11 Write in Specific Genres
11a Write an essay examination
11b Write an observation
11c Write a case study
11d Write a lab report in the sciences
11e Write a letter of application
11f Write a résumé
12 Write about Literature
12a Become a critical reader of literature
12b Develop an interpretation
12c Write a literary analysis
12d Sample literary analysis
PART 4 DESIGNING AND PRESENTING
13 Communicate with Words, Images, and Graphics
13a Write in multimedia
13b Think about verbal and visual relationships
13c Know where images and graphics work best
13d Know where words work best
14 Design for Print and the Screen
14a Start with your readers
14b Design pages
14c Choose type
14d Compose images
14e Edit images
14f Create tables, charts, and graphs
14g Design a Web site
15 Design Presentations
15a Plan a presentation
15b Design visuals for a presentation
15c Deliver an effective presentation
PART 5 RESEARCHING
16 Plan Your Research
16a Analyze the research task
16b Find a topic
16c Determine what kind of research you need
16d Draft a working thesis
16e Start a working bibliography
17 Find and Evaluate Sources in Databases
17a Know the strengths of database sources
17b Find information in databases
17c Construct effective database searches
17d Evaluate database sources
17e Locate elements of a citation in database sources
18 Find and Evaluate Sources on the Web
18a Know the strengths and weaknesses of Web sources
18b Find reliable Web sources
18c Construct effective Web searches
18d Find visual sources online
18e Evaluate Web sources
18f Locate elements of a citation in Web sources
19 Find and Evaluate Print Sources
19a Know the strengths of print sources
19b Find books
19c Find journal articles
19d Evaluate print sources
19e Locate elements of a citation in print sources
20 Plan Field Research
20a Know what you can obtain from field research
20b Conduct interviews
20c Administer surveys
20d Make observations
21 Incorporate Sources and Avoid Plagiarism
21a Understand the purposes of sources
21b Incorporate sources
21c Avoid plagiarism
21d Quote sources without plagiarizing
21e Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing
22 Write and Revise the Research Project
22a Revisit your research
22b Plan your organization
22c Write a draft
22d Select and introduce quotations
22e Review your draft
22f Revise, revise, revise
PART 6 DOCUMENTING
Five Steps for Documenting Sources
1 Which documentation style do I use?
2 What kind of source am I using?
3 When do I cite sources?
4 How do I cite a source in my paper?
5 How do I cite sources at the end of my paper?
23 MLA Documentation
23a In-text citations in MLA style
23b Books in MLA-style works cited
23c Journals and magazines
23d Newspapers
23e Government documents, pamphlets, dissertations, and letters
23f Library database publications
23g Online publications
23h CD-ROM, software, and unedited online sources
23i Visual sources
23j Multimedia sources
23k Informational notes
23l Sample research paper with MLA documentation
24 APA Documentation
24a In-text citations in APA style
24b Books and nonperiodical sources in the APA-style references list
24c Periodical sources
24d Online sources
24e Visual, computer, and multimedia sources
24f Sample paper with APA documentation
25 CMS Documentation
25a Books and nonperiodical sources in CMS-style citations
25b Periodical sources
25c Online and computer sources
25d Multimedia sources
25e Sample pages with CMS documentation
26 CSE Documentation
26a In-text citations in CSE style
26b Books and nonperiodical sources in CSE-style references
26c Periodical sources
26d Online sources
26e Sample pages with CSE documentation
PART 7 EFFECTIVE STYLE AND LANGUAGE
27 Write with Power
27a Pay attention to verbs
27b Stay active
27c Find agents
27d Vary your sentences
27e Give your writing personality
28 Write Concisely
28a Eliminate unnecessary words
28b Reduce wordy phrases
28c Simplify tangled sentences
29 Write with Emphasis
29a Manage emphasis in sentences
29b Forge links across sentences
29c Use parallel structure with parallel ideas
29d Use parallel structure with lists
29e Use parallel structure in paragraphs
30 Find the Right Words
30a Be aware of levels of formality
30b Be aware of denotation and connotation
30c Use specific language
30d Use effective figurative language
31 Write to Be Inclusive
31a Be aware of stereotypes
31b Be inclusive about gender
31c Be inclusive about race and ethnicity
31d Be inclusive about other differences
31e Recognize international varieties of English
PART 8 UNDERSTANDING GRAMMAR
32 Grammar Basics
32a Sentence basics
32b Word classes
32c Clauses
32d Phrases
32e Sentence types
33 Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices
33a Fragments
33b Run-on sentences
33c Comma splices
34 Subject-Verb Agreement
34a Agreement in the present tense
34b Singular and plural subjects
34c Indefinite pronouns as subjects
34d Collective nouns as subjects
34e Inverted word order
34f Amounts, numbers, and pairs
35 Verbs
35a Basic verb forms
35b Irregular verbs
35c Transitive and intransitive verbs
35d Shifts in tense
35e Shifts in mood
36 Pronouns
36a Pronoun case
36b Pronoun agreement
36c Problems with pronouns and gender
36d Vague reference
37 Modifiers
37a Choose the correct modifier
37b Place adjectives carefully
37c Place adverbs carefully
37d Revise disruptive modifiers
37e Revise dangling modifiers
PART 9 UNDERSTANDING PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS
38 Commas
38a Commas with introductory elements
38b Commas with compound clauses
38c Commas with nonrestrictive modifiers
38d Commas with items in a series
38e Commas with coordinate adjectives
38f Commas with quotations
38g Commas with dates, numbers, titles, and addresses
38h Commas to avoid confusion
38i Unnecessary commas
39 Semicolons and Colons
39a Semicolons with closely related main clauses
39b Semicolons together with commas
39c Colons in sentences
39d Colons with lists
40 Hyphens
40a Hyphens with compound modifiers
40b Hyphens with compound nouns
40c Hyphens that divide words at the ends of lines
40d Hyphens for clarity
41 Dashes and Parentheses
41a Dashes and parentheses versus commas
41b Dashes and parentheses to set off information
41c Other punctuation with parentheses
41d Other punctuation with dashes
42 Apostrophes
42a Possessives
42b Contractions and omitted letters
42c Plurals of letters, symbols, and words referred to as words
43 Quotation Marks
43a Direct quotations
43b Titles of short works
43c Other uses of quotation marks
43d Misuses of quotation marks
43e Other punctuation with quotation marks
44 Other Punctuation Marks
44a Periods
44b Question marks
44c Exclamation points
44d Brackets
44e Ellipses
44f Slashes
45 Write with Accurate Spelling
45a Know the limitations of spelling checkers
45b Distinguish homonyms
46 Capitalization and Italics
46a Capital letters
46b Italics
47 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers
47a Abbreviations
47b Acronyms
47c Numbers
PART 10 IF ENGLISH IS NOT YOUR FIRST LANGUAGE
48 Write in a Second Language
48a Understand the demands of writing in a second language
48b Use your native language as a resource
48c Use dictionaries
48d Understand English idioms
49 Nouns, Articles, and Prepositions
49a Kinds of nouns
49b Count and noncount nouns
49c Singular and plural forms
49d Articles
49e Prepositions
50 Verbs
50a Types of verbs
50b Be verbs
50c Modal auxiliary verbs
50d Verbs and infinitives
50e Verbs and -ing verbals
50f Conditional sentences
50g Participial adjectives
50h Phrasal verbs
51 English Sentence Structure
51a Subjects
51b English word order
51c Placement of modifiers
51d Adjectives with prepositions
Glossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage
Index to Exercises
Index
