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Hodges Harbrace Handbook, 2016 MLA Update, 19th Edition

Cheryl Glenn, Loretta Gray

  • Copyright 2017
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Overview

Continuously evolving to address the needs of today's students, THE HODGES HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 19th Edition, guides student writers in developing their understanding of the rhetorical situation. This understanding enables even those students with minimal experience or confidence in their writing to learn to write more effectively--to choose the most pertinent information, arrange it well, and use the most appropriate language when writing for an audience. This grammar-first handbook provides comprehensive coverage of grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research--all presented in the context of rhetorical concerns, including the writer, reader, message, context, and purpose. Like all of its predecessors, the nineteenth edition provides both teachers and students the ease of reference and attention to detail that have made the HARBRACE handbooks THE standard of reliability since 1941. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2016 MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.

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Cheryl Glenn

Distinguished Professor of English at Penn State University, Dr. Cheryl Glenn, is an international leader in the field of rhetoric and writing studies. She has served as chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication (CCCC). Dr. Glenn was named Rhetorician of the Year, awarded the 2019 CCCC Exemplar Award and awarded an honorary doctorate from Örebro University (Sweden). Among her many publications are RHETORIC RETOLD: REGENDERING THE TRADITION FROM ANTIQUITY THROUGH THE RENAISSANCE, UNSPOKEN: A RHETORIC OF SILENCE, RHETORICAL FEMINISM AND THIS THING CALLED HOPE, THE HARBRACE HANDBOOKS and HARBRACE GUIDE TO WRITING. She has received numerous awards for her scholarship, mentoring and teaching. Across the arc of her career, she remains most proud of her teaching awards. Today, Dr. Glenn continues to speak worldwide and write extensively about the importance of everyone having a voice, being listened to and, of course, the power of the written word.

Loretta Gray

Professor Emerita at Central Washington University, Loretta Gray, has a PhD in applied linguistics and master's degrees in Spanish and Teaching English as a Second Language. Along with her work on the HARBRACE HANDBOOKS, she is the author of ENGLISH VERBS and co-author of UNDERSTANDING ENGLISH GRAMMAR and RHETORICAL GRAMMAR: GRAMMATICAL CHOICES, RHETORICAL EFFECTS. Professor Gray taught courses in linguistics, rhetorical grammar, pedagogical grammar and discourse analysis. Her projects bring together research on grammar, discourse, language acquisition and composition studies with the goal of helping students become accomplished writers and teachers.

What's New

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  • The MLA documentation reflects significant changes in the new MLA HANDBOOK Eighth Edition, published in April 2016.
  • Chapter 8, "Document Design," has expanded coverage of ways to use sound, images, and words.
  • A new student example of an argument on youth tackle football appears in Chapter 34, "Writing Arguments." The chapter also expands upon the concept of common ground and on refutation in relation to productive counterargument.

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  • New color-coded citation maps show students where to find information needed to cite a source in MLA and APA style.
  • This comprehensive text situates all discussion of writing--grammar, mechanics, style, diction, invention, drafting, revising, and research--around rhetorical concerns, providing a unifying theme that is easy for students to follow and supports their development of essential writing skills.
  • The design of this visually engaging text makes it easy for students to access information quickly and accurately.
  • The text covers both MLA and APA styles of documentation, including guidelines to prepare students for classes using either style and sample research papers to provide examples of proper documentation.
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Table of Contents

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Part I: GRAMMAR.
1. Sentence Essentials.
2. Sentence Fragments.
3. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.
4. Adjectives and Adverbs.
5. Pronouns and Case.
6. Agreement.
7. Verbs.
Part II: MECHANICS.
8. Document Design.
9. Capitals.
10. Italics.
11. Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers.
Part III: PUNCTUATION.
12. The Comma.
13. Unnecessary or Misplaced Commas.
14. The Semicolon.
15. The Apostrophe.
16. Quotation Marks.
17. The Period and Other Punctuation Marks.
Part IV: SPELLING AND DICTION.
18. Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation.
19. Good Usage.
20. Exactness.
21. Conciseness.
22. Clarity and Completeness.
Part V: EFFECTIVE SENTENCES.
23. Sentence Unity.
24. Subordination and Coordination.
25. Misplaced Modifiers.
26. Parallelism.
27. Consistency.
28. Pronoun Reference.
29. Emphasis.
30. Variety.
Part VI: WRITING.
31. Reading, Writing, and the Rhetorical Situation.
32. Planning and Drafting Essays.
33. Revising and Editing Essays.
34. Writing Arguments.
35. Online Writing.
Part VII: RESEARCH AND DOCUMENTATION.
36. Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field.
37. Evaluating Print and Online Sources.
38. Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism.
39. MLA Documentation.
40. APA Documentation.
41. Writing about Literature.
42. Writing in Business.
Part VIII: ADVICE FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS.
43. Determiners, Nouns, and Adjectives.
44. Verbs and Verb Forms.
45. Word Order.
Glossary of Usage.
Glossary of Terms.

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ISBN: 9781337669795
Improve your writing skills with THE HODGES HARBRACE HANDBOOK, 19th Edition! Learn how to write effectively, choose the best information, arrange it well, and use the most appropriate language when writing for a particular audience. This grammar-first handbook provides complete coverage of writing essentials to help you develop the skills you need to be a successful college writer, including grammar, style, punctuation, mechanics, writing, and research. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2016 MLA HANDBOOK, Eighth Edition.