Table of Contents
The Penguin Handbook, Second Edition, and The Brief Penguin Handbook, Second Edition
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About The Penguin Handbooks
About the Books
About the Author
How to Order a Copy
Help Desk
Introduction
Getting Started
Gathering Information and Finding Sources
Organizing
Formatting and Designing
Editing and Correcting
Writing in the World Projects
Clean Up Towering Pines (or Not)! A Newspaper Editorial
The 1968 Charter Declaring Towering Pines a Wilderness Preserve
A News Article from the New York Monitor, April 17, 1985. Page C5
A News Article from The Hammond Courier, June 25, 2002, Page 1
The Interested Parties
About The Hammond Courier
A Letter to the Editor of The Hammond Courier
A Flyer Distributed Throughout Town by the National Wilderness Federation
An Open Letter to Hammond residents
The Definition of Wilderness from the Wilderness Act
Homelessness in Portland: A Reflective Essay
Interview with Darren White
Interview with Mr. X
Ordinance 151
An article from the Cascade Record, September 15, 2002. Page A1
An article from the Portland Orient, September 20, 2002. Page 11
An article from the Portland Orient, September 21, 2002. Page 11
An article from the Portland Orient, September 21, 2002. Page 11
An editorial from the Portland Orient, October 1, 2002. Page 12
Visit Big Bend! A Persuasive Brochure
Major Attractions
Towns in the Region
Services and Shopping
Recreation and Sightseeing
Climate
A letter from the Executive Director of USAR Business Relations
Information about the Big Bend Area Tourism Council
A Letter from the president of the Chamber of Commerce
Map and Photos
Help a Neighbor Learn to Read: An Informational Home Page
Statement of Philosophy and Purpose
Programs and Services
Details about the Tutoring Program
Funding
Volunteering at Literacy Memphis
Contact Information
An Article from the Memphis Defender
Data on Illiteracy in the U.S. and Around the World
Clip Art
Assessing the “Most Feared Man in Hollywood": An Academic Review
Two Typical Tables of Contents
A Letter to Contributors from the Magazine’s Editors
A Timeline Noting the Significant Events in Knowles’s Life and Career
An Annotated Bibliography of Articles Addressing Knowles’s career
A Typical Review from College Review
Requesting Funds for a Student Organization: An Application Letter
Weight Loss Surgery: Facts and Definitions
Annotated Bibliography of Online Obesity Resources
Biography and Speaker Information
Newspaper Article
University Mission Statement and student enrollment figures by major
Future Medical Professionals Society Treasurer's Report and Resolution on Dr. Raimes
Email from Professor Dan Jackson, School of Nursing, Larchmont University
Editorial in the Larchmont Student News
Fund Application Guidelines
Tracking Sales, Profits, and Customers: A Report on a Promotional Campaign
About Monty's Family Restaurants
Memo from Monty’s CEO
Newspaper Advertisement: "Wing it Over to Monty's!"
Chart: Average Daily Sales before and during promotion—Stores 1, 2, and 3
Charts: Average Hourly Sales before and during promotion—Stores 1, 2, and 3
Chart: Average Daily Traffic before and during promotion—Stores 1, 2, and 3
Chart: Average Ticket Size per Table before and during promotion—Stores 1, 2, and 3
Chart: Average Weekly Profits before and during promotion—Stores 1, 2, and 3
Interviews with manager and wait staff -- Store #1
Interviews with manager and wait staff -- Store #2
Interviews with manager and wait staff -- Store #3
Feedback from customer comment cards
The Perseid Meteors: An Informative News Feature
About the Magazine
Feature Article Writer’s Guidelines
Meteors and Their Sources
Comets
Viewing the Perseids
Press Release from the Regional Amateur Astronomy Club
Email from Dr. Louise Smith, Professor of Astronomy , Union College
Photographing meteor showers
Photos, diagrams, and image links
Active Kids Summer Sports Camp: A Promotional Booklet
Pedestrian Safety: A Cost-Benefit Analysis and Report
Letter from Donella Peterson, parent of preschool student
Petition from Patrons of Southbend Senior Activity Center
Letter from Principal of Junior High School
Scale Diagram and Description of the Intersection
Photos of the Intersection, Vehicular and Pedestrian Traffic
MUTCD Warrants
Warrant 1 and Results
Warrant 4 and Results
Warrant 5 and Results
Warrant 7 and Results
Engineer's Report
Cost estimates
Pedestrian Safety: A Cost-Benefit Analysis and Report
Writing and Researching Worksheets
Student Writing Samples with Audio Commentary
Using Databases: A Tutorial
Introduction
Step 1: Determine the Information You Need
Step 2: Choose a Database
Step 3: Construct Effective Searches
Step 4: Understand Elements of a Citation
Creating a Web Site: A Tutorial
Introduction
Getting Started
Getting space on a web server
Creating a blank web page
Working in a Web Editor
Creating your home page
Adding pictures
Customizing a page
Giving your page a title
How HTML Tags Work
Viewing your page with a browser
Fonts in HTML
Adding Links and Images
Absolute versus relative links
Adding images
When to hand-code HTML
Organizing Your Web Site
Putting your Web page on the server
Structuring your site
Common Errors Workbook
Grammar
Common Errors Workbook: Grammar
1. Agreement errors using each
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
2. Confusing the past tense and past participle forms of irregular verbs
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
3. Dangling and disruptive modifiers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
4. Empty intensifiers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
5. Faulty parallel structure
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
6. Fragments
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Sentence Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
7. Indefinite pronouns
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
8. Irregular adjectives and adverbs: good/well, bad/badly, real/really, fewer/less, and further/farther
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
9. Main clauses connected with conjunctive adverbs and transitional phrases
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
10. Missing verb endings
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
11. Passive voice
Introduction
Examples
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
12. Placement of limiting modifiers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
13. Problems created by the pronoun “one” used as a subject
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
14. Pronoun agreement with compound antecedents
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
15. Run-on sentences
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Sentence Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
16. Sentences that begin with infinitive phrases followed by a passive
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
17. Subjects separated from verbs
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
18. There is and It is sentences
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
19. To be verbs
Introduction
Examples
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
20. Unnecessary tense shift
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
21. Vague use of this
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
22. Who or Whom
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
Punctuation and mechanics
Common Errors Workbook: Punctuation and mechanics
23. Capitalizing with colons, parentheses, and quotations
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
24. Colons misused with lists
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
25. Comma splices
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Sentence Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
26. Commas with long introductory modifiers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
27. Commas with that and which clauses
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
28. Contractions
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercises 1
Sentence Exercises 2
29. Do not use a comma to set off a because clause that follows a main clause
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
30. Do not use an apostrophe to make a noun plural
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
31. Do not use dashes as periods
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice
Paragraph Practice 2
32. Hyphens with numbers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice
Paragraph Practice
33. Identifying compound sentences that require commas
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
34. Making abbreviations and acronyms plural
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice
Paragraph Practice
35. Possessive forms of personal pronouns never take the apostrophe
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
36. Punctuation of abbreviations and acronyms
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice
Paragraph Practice
37. Quotations within quotations
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
38. Semicolons
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
39. The art of typing a dash
40. Using periods, commas, colons, and semicolons with parentheses
Spelling and words
Common Errors Workbook: Spelling and words
41. Bias-free language
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
42. Commonly misspelled words
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 4
Paragraph Practice 5
43. Words often confused
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
Writing and research
Common Errors Workbook: Writing and research
44. Confusing narrator with author
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
45. Overwriting
Introduction
Examples
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
46. Plagiarism in college writing
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Practice 1
Sentence Practice 2
Sentence Practice 3
Paragraph Practice 1
Paragraph Practice 2
Paragraph Practice 3
47. Proofreading and computers
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercise 1
Sentence Exercise 2
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
48. Rules and pet peeves
Introduction
Examples
Sentence Exercises 1
Sentences Exercises 2
Paragraph Exercises 1
Paragraph Exercises 2
49. Speech versus writing
Examples
Introduction
Paragraph Exercise 1
Paragraph Exercise 2
Sentence Exercise 1
Punctuation Personality Quiz
Punctuation Personality Quiz
Punctuation Personality Profiles
Common ESL Errors Workbook
Reference Tools for Non-native Speakers of English
Instructor Resources
Web Resources
Instructor's Manual
Message Board
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