The Random House Handbook
The elegantly written RANDOM HOUSE HANDBOOK, 6/e, offers a comprehensive guide to writing and style, as well as special applications.
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The elegantly written RANDOM HOUSE HANDBOOK, 6/e, offers a comprehensive guide to writing and style, as well as special applications.
PART ONE: EXPLORING PROSE STRATEGIES1. Strategies of Description and Narration2. Strategies of Analysis and ArgumentPART TWO: COMPOSING WHOLE ESSAYS3. Planning an Essay4. Supporting a Thesis5. Collaborating and RevisingPART THREE: THE RESEARCH ESSAY6. Finding and Mastering Sources7. Documenting Sources8. A Sample Research EssayPART FOUR: PARAGRAPHS9. Paragraph Unity and Continuity10. Paragraph Development11. Opening and Closing ParagraphsPART FIVE: SENTENCES12. Writing Distinct Sentences13. Subordination14. Sentence Emphasis and VarietyPART SIX: WORDS15. Appropriate Language16. Efficient Language17. Figurative LanguagePART SEVEN: USAGE18. Complete Sentences19. Joining Independent Clauses20. Joining Subjects and Verbs21. Modifiers22. Noun and Pronoun Case23. Pronoun Agreement and Reference24. Parallelism25. Relations between TensesPART EIGHT: PUNCTUATION26. Periods, Question Marks, Exclamation Points27. Commas28. Semicolons and Colons29. Dashes and Parentheses30. Quoting31. Forming and Spacing Punctuation MarksPART NINE: CONVENTIONS32. Verb Forms33. Plurals and Possessives34. Spelling and Hyphenation35. Capitals.36. Italics, Abbreviations, NumbersPART TEN: APPLIED WRITING37. Examination Answers and In-Class Essays.38. Business Letters39. ResumesPART ELEVEN: TOOLS40. Writing with a Word Processor41. An Index of Usage.42. Glossary of Terms
