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The Little, Brown Handbook, 10/e

DESCRIPTION

Authoritative, comprehensive, and always reliable, The Little, Brown Handbook meets the current and recurrent needs of composition students and instructors. This classic is now adapted for High School students by Hephzibah Roskelly, author of Everyday Use.

A bestseller since the first edition, The Little, Brown Handbook provides reliable and thorough coverage of such handbook basics as the writing process, grammar, research, and documentation, while also giving detailed discussions of critical thinking and argument, using computers and the Internet (for both writing and research), writing in the disciplines, and special writing situations. Widely-used by students at all levels, LBH works as a comprehensive classroom text as well as an accessible reference guide.

FEATURES

• Authoritative and Accessible
  This new edition sets the standard for coverage of writing process, grammar, research and documentation, critical thinking and argument, and provides help for multilingual and multidialectal students.
• Emphasis on Preparing for College
  A new chapter covers strategies for taking the SAT, ACT, and the AP* English Language and English Literature exams, as well as how to write the college application essay.
• Focus on Research Writing
  Students are given instruction in managing information, using library Web resources, evaluating and synthesizing sources, avoiding plagiarism, and documenting sources.
• Writing in the Disciplines
  Along with extensive coverage of MLA style, and information about APA, CMS, and CSE documentation styles, the handbook contains a full chapter on reading and writing about literature.
• Broad Range of Student Writing
  In addition to two annotated MLA papers, the handbook offers essay models of APA style, the writing process, critical reading and writing, argument, and writing about literature.
• Clear, cross-disciplinary examples and exercises in connected discourse represent realistic college writing, while illustrating rhetorical and grammatical concepts.
• Companion Web Site
  Students have access to videos, interactive exercises, Web links, flashcards, and more. Teachers can access online Transparency Masters/PowerPoint Slides.
• MyCompLab
  This dynamic and comprehensive site will engage students as it helps to improve their grammar, writing, and research skills. Guidelines, tutorials, and more than 3600 self-grading practice items cover all major topics of grammar, style, usage, and editing. Take a tour! http://www.mycomplab.com/

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