Product Description
The Allyn & Bacon Handbook is designed as a superior resource for classroom and reference use, and is distinguished by its coverage of critical thinking and academic reading, writing, and thinking. The handbook is uniquely suited to students learning how to write in college settings, both in and beyond their freshman composition courses. Its opening chapters on "Critical Thinking and Writing" provide a foundation for decision-making skills from the invention and planning stages, to whole essay development, to the design of sentences. Writing and argument-as-a-way-of-knowing are developed from early chapters through to the three unique chapters on writing and reading in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
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Key Benefit: This superior reference book includes all the basics of grammar, punctuation and mechanics, with information on the writing process and detailed coverage on conducting research. Features such as the "Spotlight on Common Errors" make it easy to find the answers to the most easily asked grammar questions. Key Topics: In addition to including the basics of grammar, the handbook emphasizes critical thinking and reading as well as academic writing in various disciplines. Also included are three chapters devoted to helping non-native speakers, 4 chapters on doing research and documenting sources using MLA, APA, CBE and Chicago Manual styles, and separate chapters on writing and in the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and business. Market: For anyone who needs a basic grammar/research/writing reference manual.
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