The Bedford Handbook With 2020 Apa Update
by Hacker, Diana; Sommers, NancyEdition: 11th
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2020-06-01
Publisher(s): Bedford/St. Martin's
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Table of Contents
Part 1 | A Process for Writing
1 Exploring, planning, and drafting
2 Building effective paragraphs
3 Revising, editing, and proofreading
Part 2 | Academic Reading and Writing
4 Reading critically; writing analytically
5 Reading arguments
6 Writing arguments
7 Writing in the disciplines
Part 3 | Clear Sentences
8 Active verbs
9 Parallelism
10 Needed words
11 Mixed constructions
12 Misplaced and dangling modifiers
13 Shifts
14 Emphasis
15 Variety
Part 4 | Word Choice
16 Wordy sentences
17 Appropriate language
18 Exact words
19 Glossary of usage
Part 5 | Grammatical Sentences
20 Sentence fragments
21 Run-on sentences
22 Subject-verb agreement
23 Pronoun-antecedent agreement
24 Pronoun reference
25 Pronoun case (I vs. me)
26 who vs. whom
27 Adjectives and adverbs
28 Standard English verb forms
29 Multilingual topics
Part 6 | Punctuation
30 The comma
31 Unnecessary commas
32 The semicolon and the colon
33 The apostrophe
34 Quotation marks
35 End punctuation
36 Other punctuation marks
Part 7 | Mechanics
37 Abbreviations, numbers, and italics
38 Spelling and the hyphen
39 Capitalization
Part 8 | Grammar Basics
40 Parts of speech
41 Sentence patterns
42 Subordinate word groups
43 Sentence types
Part 9 | Researched Writing
44 Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources
45 Managing information; taking notes responsibly
46 Evaluating sources
47 Writing a research paper
48 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
49 Integrating sources
50 Documenting sources in MLA style
51 MLA format; sample research paper
52 Documenting sources in APA style
53 APA format; sample research paper
Answers to Exercises | Index | List of Grammatical Terms
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