The Little Penguin Handbook
Lester Faigley, University of Texas at Austin

ISBN-10: 032124401X
ISBN-13: 9780321244017

Publisher: Longman
Copyright: 2007
Format: Spiral Bound; 288 pp
Published: 01/19/2006

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This inexpensive and very brief version of the best-selling Penguin Handbook offers the same student-friendly features: a highly visual design, cutting edge coverage of research, and the best presentation of documentation available.

 

With more visuals, photos, and sample documents than other essential handbooks, this handy full-color reference gives students just what they need to know about the writing and research processes, while providing extensive coverage of documentation and grammar.  Unique “Source Samples” in the documentation chapters give students pages from actual sources with notes explaining where to find the information to create a citation and unique “Common Errors” boxes in the grammar chapters provide quick guidance on key errors.  The Little Penguin Handbook will be an invaluable resource for students in composition courses and in courses across the curriculum. 

  • Practical, accessible coverage of grammar and style issues in “Common Errors” boxes–a key at the back of the book and boxes throughout the book make it easy for student writers to find guidance on the most common errors. Each box addresses a specific error with information on how to recognize, understand, and correct it.
  • Unique “Source Samples” in the documentation chapters give students pages from actual sources with notes explaining where to find the information to create a citation.  The number of Source Samples in each chapter are: 7 in MLA, 4 in APA, 2 in CMs, 2 in CSE.
  • Number of model citations in documentation chapters: 91 in MLA, 44 in APA,18 in CMS and 14 in CSE.
  • More coverage of how to use databases to find sources than similar handbooks.
  • With an emphasis on communication in many genres, this handbook includes concise, practical discussions of verbal, visual, and online texts, as well as detailed coverage of print texts in their many forms.

Contents

i. Brief Contents

ii. How to Use The Little Penguin Handbook

I. COMPOSING

1. The Rhetorical Situation

a. The rhetorical triangle

b. A writer’s audience

c. A writer’s credibility

d. A writer’s purpose

2. Communicating with Words, Images, and Graphics

a. Organization in Verbal Texts

b. Organization in Visual Texts

c. Point of view in Verbal Texts

d. Point of view in Visual Texts

3. Critical Reading and Viewing

a. Critical reading

b. Critical viewing

4. Planning

a. Look carefully at the assignment

b. Find a topic and write a working thesis

5. Drafting

a. Determine your organization

b. Compose a draft

6. Composing Paragraphs

a. Focus your paragraphs

b. Organize your paragraphs

c. Write effective beginning and ending paragraphs

7. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading

a. Evaluate your draft

b. Revise with your audience and purpose in mind

c. Edit for specific goals

d. Proofread carefully

8. Designing and Presenting

a. Design basics

b. Tables, charts, and graphs

II. RESEARCHING

9. Planning Your Research

a. Analyze the research task

b. Find a topic that interests you

c. Ask a question and draft a working thesis

d. Decide what kind of research you need to do

10. Finding Print Sources in Libraries

a. Determine what kinds of sources you will need

b. Identify keywords

c. Find books

d. Find journal articles

e. Find newspaper articles

f. Start a working bibliography

11. Finding Sources Online

a. Database sources versus Web sources

b. Find articles and other sources in library databases

c. Find information on the Web

d. Find visual sources online

12. Evaluating Sources

a. Determine the relevance of sources

b. Determine the reliability of print sources

c. Determine the reliability of Internet sources

13. Using Sources Ethically and Effectively

a. Avoid plagiarism

b. Quote sources without plagiarizing

c. Summarize and paraphrase sources without plagiarizing

d. Incorporate quotations, summaries, and paraphrases effectively

III. DOCUMENTATION

14. MLA Documentation

a. The elements of MLA documentation

b. Sample in-text citations

c. Books in MLA-style works cited

d. Journals and magazines

e. Newspapers

f. Government documents, pamphlets, dissertations, and letters

g. Online publications

h. CD-ROM, software, and unedited online sources

i. Visual sources

j. Multimedia sources

k. Sample research paper and works cited pages

15. APA Documentation

a. The elements of APA documentation

b. Sample in-text citations

c. Books and non-periodical sources

d. Periodical sources

e. Online sources

f. Visual, computer, and multimedia sources

g. Sample research paper and references pages

16. CMS Documentation

a. The elements of CMS documentation

b. Books and nonperiodical sources

c. Periodical sources

d. Online sources

e. Sample research paper and bibliography pages

17. CSE Documentation

a. The elements of CSE documentation

b. In-text citations

c. Books and non-periodical sources

d. Periodical sources

e. Online sources

IV. STYLE AND LANGUAGE

18. Write with Power

a. Recognize active and passive voice

b. Use action verbs

c. Name your agents

d. Vary your sentences

19. Write Concisely

a. Eliminate unnecessary words

b. Reduce wordy phrases

c. Simplify tangled sentences

20. Write with Emphasis

a. Manage emphasis within sentences

b. Forge links across sentences

c. Use parallel structure with parallel ideas

21. Find the Right Words

a. Recognize varieties of English

b. Be aware of levels of formality

c. Be aware of denotation and connotation

d. Use specific language

e. Write to be inclusive

V. GRAMMAR

22. Fragments, Run-ons, and Comma Splices

a. Fragments

b. Run-on sentences

c. Comma splices

23. Subject-Verb Agreement

a. Agreement in the present tense

b. Singular and plural subjects

c. Indefinite pronouns as subjects

d. Collective nouns as subjects

e. Inverted word order

f. Amounts, numbers, and pairs

24. Verbs

a. Basic verb forms

b. Irregular verbs

c. Transitive and intransitive verbs

25. Pronouns

a. Pronoun case

b. Pronoun agreement

c. Avoiding sexist pronouns

d. Vague reference

26. Shifts

a. Shifts in tense

b. Shifts in mood

c. Shifts in voice

d. Shifts in person and number

27. Modifiers

a. Choose the correct modifier

b. Place adjectives carefully

c. Place adverbs carefully

d. Hyphens with compound modifiers

e. Revise dangling modifiers

28. Grammar for Nonnative Speakers

a. Nouns

b. Articles

c. Verbs

d. English sentence structure

VI. PUNCTUATION AND MECHANICS

29. Commas

a. Commas with introductory elements

b. Commas with compound clauses

c. Commas with nonrestrictive modifiers

d. Commas with items in a series

e. Commas with coordinate adjectives

f. Commas with quotations

g. Commas with dates, numbers, titles, and addresses

h. Commas to avoid confusion

i. Unnecessary commas

30. Semicolons and Colons

a. Semicolons with closely related main clauses

b. Semicolons together with commas

c. Colons in sentences

d. Colons with lists

31. Dashes and Parentheses

a. Dashes and parentheses to set off information

b. Dashes and parentheses versus commas

c. Other punctuation with parentheses

32. Apostrophes

a. Possessives

b. Contractions and omitted letters

c. Plurals of letters, symbols, and words referred to as words

33. Quotation Marks

a. Direct quotations

b. Titles of short works

c. Other uses of quotation marks

d. Other punctuation with quotation marks

34. Other Punctuation Marks

a. Periods

b. Question marks

c. Exclamation points

d. Brackets

e. Ellipses

f. Slashes

35. Capitalization, Italics, Abbreviations, Numbers

a. Capital letters

b. Italics

c. Abbreviations

d. Acronyms

e. Numbers

Glossary of Grammatical Terms and Usage

 

Index

 

Revision Guide

    This very brief version of the best-selling Penguin Handbook offers the same student-friendly features and now includes expanded coverage of all documentation styles, research and writing across the curriculum.

     

    The Little Penguin Handbook continues to revolutionize the way brief handbooks present information.  With more visuals and sample documents than other essential handbooks, this handy full-color reference gives students just what they need to know about the writing and research processes, while providing extensive coverage of documentation and grammar.  “Source Samples” in the documentation chapters give students pages from actual sources with notes explaining where to find the information to create a citation. Unique “Common Errors” boxes in the grammar chapters provide quick guidance on key errors.  With a completely revised research section, a new visual five-step guide to the documentation process, and updated and expanded documentation coverage and a new section on writing in the disciplines, The Little Penguin Handbook will continue to be an invaluable resource for students in composition courses and in courses across the curriculum. 

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