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The Longman Concise Companion is an easy-to-use, spiral-bound handbook at an extremely affordable price. In addition to being an outstanding value and an outstanding reference for any question a writer might have about the writing process, grammar, style, research and documentation, this handbook is distinctive in that it focuses on the reading-writing connection and on writing for different audiences.
Part 1 Writing and Reading1 Communities of Writers and Readersa Academic, Public, and Work Communitiesb Electronic Communities2 Generating and Organizing Ideasa Generating Ideasb Organizing Ideas and Information3 Purpose, Thesis, and Audiencea Identifying Your Focus and Purposeb Creating a Thesisc Understanding Your Readers4 Draftinga Moving from Planning to Draftingb Drafting Collaboratively5 Revising, Editing, and Proofreadinga Making Major Revisionsb Making Minor Revisionsc Revising Collaborativelyd Writing Correctlye Editingf Proofreading6 Reading Criticallya Reading for Understandingb Reading Analytically and Criticallyc Using Journals to Turn Reading into Writing7 Paragraphsa Recognizing Unfocused Paragraphsb Revising for Paragraph Focusc Recognizing Incoherent Paragraphsd Revising for Paragraph Coherencee Recognizing Poorly Developed Paragraphsf Revising for Paragraph Developmentg Using Special-Purpose ParagraphsPart 2 Reasoning and Presenting 8 Making Language Choicesa Choosing a Styleb Recognizing Home and Community Language Varietiesc Meeting Language Expectations9 Reasoning Criticallya Recognizing Critical Reasoningb Building a Chain of Reasoningc Representing Your Reasoning10 Writing in Online Communitiesa Online Expectationsb Email Conventionsc Online Communitiesd Writing for the World Wide Webe Avoiding Plagiarism and Behaving Ethically Online11 Designing Documentsa Goals of Document Designb Planning a Designc Laying Out Your Documentd Using Typee Using Visualsf Sample Documents12 Speaking Effectivelya Types of Oral Presentationsb Transferring Skills from Writing to Speakingc Preparing an Effective Oral Presentationd Managing Speech Anxietye Fielding QuestionsPart 3 Writing for Specific Audiences13 Persuasive Argumentsa Recognizing Occasions for Argumentb Developing Your Stancec Developing Reasons and Evidenced Acknowledging Other Perspectivese Arguing Logicallyf Writing a Position Paper14 Academic Writinga Goals of Academic Writingb Analyzing Academic Audiencesc Understanding Academic Writing Tasksd Types of Academic Writinge Short Documented Paperf Lab Reportg Essay Examh Annotated Bibliographyi Literature Reviewj Speaking in the Academic Community15 Reading and Writing About Literaturea Reading Literary Textsb Writing About Literary Textsc Sample Literary Analysis16 Public Writinga Goals of Public Writingb Analyzing Public Audiencesc Types of Public Writingd Public Flyere Letter to the Editorf Speaking in Public Settings17 Workplace Writinga Goals of Workplace Writingb Analyzing Workplace Audiencesc Understanding Workplace Writing Tasksd Types of Workplace Writinge Business Letterf Memog Résumé and Application Letterh Speaking in the WorkplacePart 4 Researching and Writing18 Getting Started: Researching and Writinga Beginning Your Researchb Types of Research Writingc Developing a Research Questiond Developing a Preliminary Thesise Creating a Research File and a Timelinef Reading and Note Takingg Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Synthesizing19 Library Resources and Research Databasesa Developing a Search Strategy and Working Bibliographyb Searching Library Resources and Databasesc General Resourcesd Books and Online Catalogse Periodicals, Print or Electronic Indexes, and Government Documentsf Online Databasesg Evaluating Library Sources20 Web and Internet Resourcesa Developing a Web and Internet Search Strategyb Search Enginesc Web Sites and Internet Resourcesd Evaluating Web and Internet Sources21 Fieldworka Interviewingb Surveying, Polling, or Using Questionnairesc Conducting an Ethnographic Studyd Obtaining Consent and Approval for Research on Human Subjects22 Avoiding Plagiarisma Recognizing Plagiarismb The Problem of Intentionc Recognizing When to Document Sourcesd Working with Common Knowledgee Citing Sources Responsiblyf Citing Sources in Context23 Integrating Sourcesa Choosing Purposes for Your Sourcesb Summarizing, Paraphrasing, and Synthesizing24 Writing, Revising, and Presenting Your Researcha Reviewing Your Research Questionsb Reviewing Your Purposec Building from a Thesis to a Draftd Revising and Editinge Presenting Your ResearchPart 5 Documenting Sources: MLA Style25 MLA Documentation Stylea MLA In-Text (Parenthetical) Citationsb MLA List of Works Citedc Sample MLA PaperPart 6 Documenting Sources: APA Style26 APA Documentation Stylea APA In-Text Citationsb APA Reference Listc Sample APA PaperPart 7 Documenting Sources: CMS and CSE Style27 CMS Documentation Stylea Using CMS Endnotes or Footnotesb Creating CMS Endnotes or Footnotesc Creating a CMS Bibliography28 CSE Documentation Stylea CSE In-Text Citationsb CSE Reference ListPart 8 Editing Grammar29 Words Working in Sentencesa Nouns and Articlesb Pronounsc Verbsd Adjectivese Adverbsf Prepositionsg Conjunctionsh Interjections30 Sentence Parts and Patternsa Subjects and Predicatesb Phrasesc Subordinate Clausesd Different Types of Sentences31 Using Verbsa Simple Present and Past Tense Verbsb Editing Present Tense Verbsc Editing Past Tense Verbsd Complex Tenses and Helping Verbse Editing Progressive and Perfect Tensesf Editing Troublesome Verbs (lie, lay, sit, set)g Clear Tense Sequenceh Subjunctive Moodi Active and Passive Voice32 Using Pronounsa Pronoun Formsb Editing Common Pronoun Forms33 Making Sentence Parts Agreea Agreementb Creating Simple Subject-Verb Agreementc Creating Complex Subject-Verb Agreementd Creating Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement34 Using Adjectives and Adverbsa What Adjectives and Adverbs Dob Editing Adjectives and AdverbsPart 9 Editing Sentence Problems35 Sentence Fragmentsa Sentence Fragmentsb Editing Sentence Fragmentsc Using Partial Sentences36 Comma Splices and Fused Sentencesa Comma Splicesb Fused Sentencesc Editing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences37 Pronoun Referencea Unclear Pronoun Referenceb Editing for Clear Pronoun Reference38 Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiersa Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiersb Editing Misplaced, Dangling, and Disruptive Modifiers39 Making Shifts Consistenta Shifts in Person and Numberb Shifts in Tense and Moodc Shifts in Active or Passive Voiced Shifts Between Direct and Indirect Quotations40 Mixed and Incomplete Sentencesa Mixed Sentencesb Editing Mixed Sentencesc Incomplete Sentences41 Parallelisma Faulty Parallelismb Editing for Parallelism42 Coordination and Subordinationa Creating Coordinationb Creating Subordinationc Editing Coordination and Subordination43 Clear and Emphatic Sentencesa Unclear Sentencesb Editing for Clear SentencesPart 10 Editing Word Choice44 Being Concisea Common Types of Wordinessb Editing for Conciseness45 Choosing Appropriate Wordsa Recognizing the Demands of Context and Purposeb Editing for Precise Diction46 Using Respectful Languagea Editing Gender Stereotypesb Editing Racial, Ethnic, and Cultural Stereotypes47 Building Your Language Resourcesa Recognizing Your Language Resources as a Writerb Turning to the Dictionary and the ThesaurusPart 11 Editing Punctuation48 Commasa Joining Sentencesb Setting Off Sentence Elementsc Setting Off Nonessential Modifiersd Separating Items in a Seriese Separating Adjectives in a Sequencef Dates, Numbers, Addresses, Place Names, People’s Titles, and Lettersg Commas with Quotationsh Commas to Make Your Meaning Cleari Eliminating Commas That Do Not Belong49 Semicolons and Colonsa Semicolonsb Colons50 Apostrophesa Apostrophes That Mark Possessionb Apostrophes That Mark Contractions and Omissions51 Marking Quotationsa Using Quotation Marksb Titles of Short Worksc Highlighting Words, Special Terms, and Tone of Voice52 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation Pointsa Periodsb Question Marksc Exclamation Points53 Other Punctuation Marksa Parenthesesb Bracketsc Dashesd Ellipsese Slashesf Symbols in Electronic Addressesg Combining Punctuation MarksPart 12 Proofreading for Mechanics and Spelling 54 Capitalizinga Capitalizing to Begin Sentencesb Capitalizing Proper Names and Titles55 Italicizing (Underlining)a Italics (Underlining) in Titlesb Italics for Specific Termsc Underlining for Emphasis56 Hyphenatinga Hyphenating to Join Wordsb Hyphenating to Divide Words57 Using Numbersa Spelling Out Numbersb Using Numerals58 Abbreviatinga Familiar Abbreviationsb Proofreading for Appropriate Abbreviations59 Spellinga Starting with Your Spell Checkerb Watching for Common Patterns of Misspellingc Proofreading for Commonly Misspelled WordsGlossary of UsageAnswers to Selected ExercisesIndexCreditsGuide to ESL AdviceSymbols for Revising and Editing
