The Thomson Handbook, Comprehensive Edition

One of the best ways to excel in your writing course is by using THE THOMSON HANDBOOK. Whatever your writing assignment-personal essay, persuasive essay, critical review, photographic essay, technology autobiography, blog, website, or more than twenty other different kinds of writing projects-THE THOMSON HANDBOOK gives you the answers and help you need to succeed. And best of all, this information is right at your fingertips thanks to the handbook's easy-to-access format, which you'll find as visually interesting and easy to navigate as your favorite website! Whether you need grammar help, or information on drafting and shaping content, developing paragraphs, researching online, citing sources, using visuals, writing on the Web, and so much more, this is the handbook that will get you there!

Managing Your Writing
Writing and Rhetoric in Context
Planning Your Writing Projects
Invention and Inquiry
Drafting and Shaping Content
Developing Paragraphs
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
Reading and Writing Critically
Understanding Academic Genres
Reading Critically
Reading Literature Critically
Reading Images Critically
Writing Arguments
Writing for Business and the Workplace
Writing on the Spot: Essay Examinations
Conducting Research
Conceptualizing the Research Project
Online Research
Library and Field Research
Using Information Effectively
Research and Plagiarism in the Digital Age
Citing Sources
Citing Sources in MLA Style
Citing Sources in APA Style
Citing Sources in CMS Style
Citing Sources in CSE Style
Using CGOS Citations for Online Sources
Designing and Presenting Information
Using Visuals to Inform and Persuade
Desktop Publishing and Graphic Design for Writers
Designing Interactive Oral Presentations
Writing In Digital Spaces
Reading and Writing Email Purposefully
Networking with Others on the Web
Writing and Rhetoric on the Web
Designing Simple Web Pages
Designing Complex Websites
Multimedia Composing
Making Choices About Style
Sentences in Context
Parallelism
Coordination and Subordination
Concise Sentences
Variety and Emphasis
Effective Word Use
Language and Diverse Audiences
Understanding and Revising Sentences
Parts of Speech and Sentence Structure
Fragments
Run-Ons and Comma Splices
Pronouns
Verbs
Subject-Verb Agreement
Adjectives, Adverbs, and Modifying Phrases
Punctuating With Purpose
End Punctuation: Defining Sentence Types and Boundaries
Commas: Defining Boundaries within Sentences
Semicolons: Expressing Equal Relationships among Closely Related Ideas
Colons: Introducing Explanations and Quotations
Apostrophes: Showing Possession and Forming Contractions
Quotation Marks: Attributing Words to People and Conveying Tone
Other Punctuation Marks
Understanding Mechanics
Abbreviations
Numbers
Italics
Capitalization
Spelling and Hyphens
Grammar For Multilingual Writers
ESL Writing for Academic Purposes
Nouns and Articles
Verbs and Verbals
English Sentence Structure
Glossaries
Glossary of Technology and Web Terms
Glossary of Grammatical Terms
Glossary of Usage
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