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About the The Allyn &...
About the Book
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The Allyn & Bacon Handbook is designed as a superior resource for
classroom and reference use, and is distinguished by its coverage of critical
thinking and academic reading, writing, and thinking.
The handbook is uniquely suited to students learning how to write in college
settings, both in and beyond their freshman composition courses. Its opening
chapters on "Critical Thinking and Writing" provide a foundation for
decision-making skills from the invention and planning stages, to whole essay
development, to the design of sentences. Writing and argument-as-a-way-of-knowing
is developed from early chapters through to the three unique chapters on writing
and reading in the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.
Features
- A unique foundation in critical thinking, in Chapters 1 & 2, helps
students develop an academic awareness needed for successfully completing
college-level assignments.
- "Critical Decision" boxes throughout the text show students how they
can apply critical thinking skills at every level of the writing and research
process.
- "Spotlight on Common Errors" - a unique, quick-recognition system
for trouble spots in grammar and usage - offers help for busy students to
identify and zero-in on editing remedies.
- "Across the Curriculum" boxes throughout the text show students how
the principles of effective writing are applied in other disciplines.
- An adapted Toulmin model of argumentation helps students develop
and support an argument. Distinctive applications of the Toulmin model are
described in each of the three discipline chapters, where students are shown-with
discipline-specific illustrations-how experts think, pose questions, and make
a case.
- Research paper coverage offers exceptional depth in evaluating, quoting,
summarizing, and paraphrasing sources to advance a student's original
thinking.
- Internet-based research is covered extensively, including material
on evaluating Web-based sources, making multiple searches with differing search
engines, and locating discipline-related Web sites.
- Non-standard and regional dialect issues are addressed throughout.
The text clearly shows techniques for avoiding biased or sexist language in
key areas - notably pronoun usage.
- Three ESL chapters offer quick-reference help for international students.
Useful
- "ESL Notes" are included throughout the text to remind students of
potential trouble spots. Help for instructors on ESL topics is strongly supported
in IAE annotations.
- Three chapters on Writing and Reading in the Disciplines introduce
students to the thinking, reading, and writing that will be expected as they
move beyond freshman composition. Specific coverage includes writing and reading
in the humanities (with full treatment of writing about literature-short story
by Kate Chopin provided), in the social sciences, and in the natural sciences.
Each chapter introduces arguments and typical assignments in the discipline
New to this Edition
- More than 25 additional "Across the Curriculum" and "Critical Decisions"
boxes have been added.
- A totally revised Chapter 41, Writing for the Web, provides students
with the latest strategies for devising and producing effective Web pages.
- A new Chapter 45 is devoted to making oral presentations. Theory-based
and at the same time practical, the chapter helps students draft, rehearse,
and deliver effective presentations.
- Totally revised cross-curricular chapters feature a new, more open
and accessible format, new example readings, and two new example research
papers on Child Labor (Chapter 39, Social Science) and Black Hole Flares
(Chapter 40, Science).
- A new student essay (on Reducing Teenage Smoking) illustrates the process
of writing and revision. Developed through four chapters, the paper takes
students through the process of reading, thinking, drafting, and revision
necessary for producing competent, college-level work. The paper shows
examples of Internet sources in use.
- A new student essay in the Research section (Chapters 33-36) presents
a detailed look at the researching and writing of a paper on Computer-Mediated
Communication (a.k.a. online dating and romance). On- and off-line research
strategies are demonstrated, as are techniques for using and evaluating sources,
formatting papers, and avoiding plagiarism. Conforms to style and editorial
guidelines in the new (2001) APA Publication Manual.
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