The Brief Penguin Handbook with Exercises
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Lester Faigley understands how students learn best. The design and approach of The Brief Penguin Handbook 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. This handbook continues to innovate in its design as well as its content to make handbook topics accessible.The third edition does this with enhanced visual examples, a new section on writing across the curriculum, more student samples than ever, and expanded documentation coverage including a new five-step guide to the documentation process. Research coverage has also been augmented to acknowledge that students begin their research online rather than in the library, and new “staying on track” boxes have been added to help students check themselves and avoid getting lost in the writing process.
PART 1 Planning, Drafting, and Revising 1 Think as a Writer a Think About What College Readers Expectb Think About How to Persuade Othersc Think About Your Audienced Think About Your Credibilitye Think About Your Purpose2 Plan and Draft a Establish Your Goalsb Explore Your Topicc Write a Working Thesisd Plan a Strategye Compose a Draftf Write as a Member of a Team3 Compose Paragraphsa Focus Your Paragraphsb Organize Your Paragraphsc Make Your Paragraphs Coherentd Consider Paragraph Lengthe Write Effective Beginning and Ending Paragraphs4 Rewrite, Edit, and Proofreada Switch from Writer to Readerb Learn Strategies for Rewritingc Respond to Other Writers’ Draftsd Edit for Particular Goalse Proofread Carefullyf Learn to Edit the Writing of OthersPART 2 Analyzing, Reflecting, Informing, Arguing5 Read and View with a Critical Eyea Become a Critical Readerb Read Activelyc Write Summariesd Recognize Verbal Fallaciese Become a Critical Viewerf Recognize Visual Fallacies6 Write an Analysisa Understand the Goal of a Rhetorical Analysisb Analyze the Context and the Textc Organize and Write a Rhetorical Analysisd Sample Rhetorical Analysise Analyze Images and Other Visual Texts7 Write a Reflectiona Find a Reflective Topicb Identify a Focusc Organize and Write a Reflectiond Sample Reflective Essay8 Write an Informative Essaya Find an Informative Topicb Narrow Your Topic and Write a Thesisc Organize and Write an Informative Essayd Sample Informative Essay9 Write a Position Argumenta Position Arguments and Proposal Argumentsb Find an Arguable Topic and Make a Claimc Organize and Write a Position Argumentd Sample Position Argument10 Write a Proposal Argumenta Find an Arguable Topic and Make a Proposalb Organize and Write a Proposal Argumentc Sample Proposal ArgumentPART 3 Writing in the Disciplines11 Learn to Write in Academic Disciplinesa Become an Academic Writerb What Counts as Evidence in the Disciplines?12 Write in Specific Genresa Write an Essay Examinationb Write an Observationc Write a Case Studyd Write a Lab Report in the Sciencese Write a Letter of Applicationf Write a Résumég Write a Business Memo13 Write About Literaturea Become a Critical Reader of Literatureb Develop an Interpretationc Write a Literary Analysisd Sample Literary AnalysisPART 4 Designing and Presenting14 Communicate in Multimediaa Multimedia Composingb Think About Verbal and Visual Relationshipsc Design Documentsd Choose Typee Create Tables, Charts, and Graphs15 Design Presentationsa Plan a Presentationb Design Visuals for a Presentationc Deliver an Effective PresentationPART 5 Planning Research and Finding SourcesResearch Map16 Plan Your Researcha Analyze the Research Taskb Set a Schedulec Find and Narrow a Topicd Determine What Kind of Research You Neede Draft a Working Thesisf Create a Working Bibliographyg Create an Annotated Bibliography17 Find Sourcesa Develop Strategies for Finding Sourcesb Find Sources in Databasesc Find Sources on the Webd Find Multimedia Sourcese Find Print Sourcesf Keep Track of Sources18 Evaluate Sourcesa Determine the Relevance of Sourcesb Determine the Quality of Sourcesc Evaluate Database and Print Sourcesd Evaluate Web Sources19 Plan Field Researcha Know What You Can Obtain from Field Researchb Conduct Interviewsc Administer Surveysd Make ObservationsPART 6 Incorporating and Documenting SourcesUsing Sources Map20 Understand and Avoid Plagiarisma Understand the Purposes of Sourcesb What is Plagiarism?c Avoid Plagiarism When Taking Notesd Avoid Plagiarism When Quoting Sourcese Avoid Plagiarism When Summarizing and Paraphrasing21 Use Sources Effectivelya Use Sources to Provide Evidenceb Use Sources as Points of Departurec Decide When to Quote and When to Paraphrased Integrate Quotationse Integrate Summaries and Paraphrasesf Integrate Visuals22 Write and Revise the Research Projecta Revisit Your Researchb Plan Your Organizationc Write a Draftd Review and ReviseMLAMLA Documentation Map23 MLA Documentationa Writer at Work: Citing Sources in a MLA-Style Projectb Writer at Work: Creating the List of Work Citedc In-Text Citations in MLA Styled Illustrated Samples and Index of Works Cited in MLA Stylee Journals, Magazines, Newspapers, and Other Print Sourcesf Booksg Library Database Sourcesh Web Sources and Other Online Sourcesi Visual Sourcesj Multimedia Sourcesk Informational Notesl Sample Research Paper with MLA DocumentationAPA, CMS, CSEAPA Documentation Map24 APA Documentationa In-text Citations in APA Styleb Illustrated Samples and Index of References in APA Stylec Periodical Sourcesd Books and Nonperiodical Sourcese Online Sourcesf Visual, Computer, and Multimedia Sourcesg Sample Paper with APA Documentation25 CMS Documentationa In-text Citations in CMS Styleb Documentation in CMS Stylec Books and Nonperiodical Sourcesd Periodical Sourcese Online Sourcesf Multimedia Sourcesg Sample Pages with CMS Documentation26 CSE Documentationa In-text Citations in CSE Styleb References in CSE Stylec Books and Nonperiodical Sourcesd Periodical Sourcese Online Sourcesf Sample Pages with CSE DocumentationPART 7 Effective Style and Language27 Write with Powera Pay Attention to Verbsb Stay Activec Find Agentsd Vary Your Sentencese Give Your Writing Personality28 Write Conciselya Eliminate Unnecessary Wordsb Reduce Wordy Phrasesc Simplify Tangled Sentences29 Write with Emphasisa Manage Emphasis in Sentencesb Forge Links Across Sentencesc Use Parallel Structure with Parallel Ideasd Use Parallel Structure with Listse Use Parallel Structure in Paragraphs30 Find the Right Wordsa Be Aware of Levels of Formalityb Be Aware of Denotation and Connotationc Use Specific Languaged Use Effective Figurative Language31 Write to Be Inclusivea Be Aware of Stereotypesb Be Inclusive About Genderc Be Inclusive About Race and Ethnicityd Be Inclusive About Other Differencese Recognize International Varieties of EnglishPART 8 Understanding Grammar 32 Grammar Basicsa Sentence Basicsb Word Classesc Clausesd Phrasese Sentence Types33 Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splicesa Fragmentsb Run-on Sentencesc Comma Splices34 Subject-Verb Agreementa Agreement in the Present Tenseb Singular and Plural Subjectsc Indefinite Pronouns as Subjectsd Collective Nouns as Subjectse Inverted Word Orderf Amounts, Numbers, and Pairs35 Verbsa Basic Verb Formsb Irregular Verbsc Transitive and Intransitive Verbsd Shifts in Tensee Shifts in Mood36 Pronounsa Pronoun Caseb Pronoun Agreementc Problems with Pronouns and Genderd Vague Reference37 Modifiersa Choose the Correct Modifierb Place Adjectives Carefullyc Place Adverbs Carefullyd Revise Disruptive Modifierse Revise Dangling ModifiersPART 9 Understanding Punctuation and Mechanics 38 Commasa Commas with Introductory Elementsb Commas with Compound Clausesc Commas with Nonrestrictive Modifiersd Commas with Items in a Seriese Commas with Coordinate Adjectivesf Commas with Quotationsg Commas with Dates, Numbers, Titles, and Addressesh Commas to Avoid Confusioni Unnecessary Commas39 Semicolons and Colonsa Semicolons with Closely Related Main Clausesb Semicolons Together with Commasc Colons in Sentencesd Colons with Lists40 Hyphensa Hyphens with Compound Modifiersb Hyphens with Compound Nounsc Hyphens that Divide Words at the Ends of Linesd Hyphens for Clarity41 Dashes and Parenthesesa Dashes and Parentheses vs. Commasb Dashes and Parentheses to Set Off Informationc Other Punctuation with Parenthesesd Other Punctuation with Dashes42 Apostrophesa Possessivesb Contractions and Omitted Lettersc Plurals of Letters, Symbols, and Words Referred to as Words43 Quotation Marksa Direct Quotationsb Titles of Short Worksc Other Uses of Quotation Marksd Misuses of Quotation Markse Other Punctuation with Quotation Marks44 Other Punctuation Marksa Periodsb Question Marksc Exclamation Pointsd Bracketse Ellipsesf Slashes45 Write with Accurate Spellinga Know the Limitations of Spelling Checkersb Distinguish Homonyms46 Capitalization and Italicsa Capital Lettersb Italics47 Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbersa Abbreviationsb Acronymsc NumbersPART 10 If English Is Not Your First Language48 Write in a Second Languagea Understand the Demands of Writing in a Second Languageb Use Your Native Language as a Resourcec Use Dictionariesd Understand English Idioms49 Nouns, Articles, and Prepositionsa Kinds of Nounsb Count and Noncount Nounsc Singular and Plural Formsd Articlese Prepositions50 Verbsa Types of Verbsb Be Verbsc Modal Auxiliary Verbsd Verbs and Infinitivese Verbs and -ing Verbalsf Conditional Sentencesg Participial Adjectivesh Phrasal Verbs51 English Sentence Structurea Subjectsb English Word Orderc Placement of Modifiersd Adjectives with PrepositionsGlossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage Index
