English
The Open Handbook: Keys for Writers, 1st Edition
ISBN-10: 0618607153 ISBN-13: 9780618607150
624 Pages
© 2007 Published
- Overview
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- About the Author
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- Table of Contents
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- Features
Features
- Two four-color chapters on document design and visual literacy feature examples of web sites, PowerPoint slides, academic essay design, and tables and charts, along with coverage of visual rhetoric, such as using visuals to make an argument.
- The author's popular language transfer guides--more practical than ever--focus on multilingual transfer errors.
- A practical, context-based discussion of plagiarism appears in Chapters 37 and 40 and includes key strategies for avoiding different types of plagiarism.
- Distinctive Language and Culture boxes examine cross-cultural and multicultural aspects of writing.
- Chapter 8, a full chapter on style, includes the exceptional and memorable 5 C's of Style (cut, check for action, connect, commit, and choose the right words), unique to the Raimes handbooks.
- The grammar section focuses on common errors students make; the author's tone is clear, direct, and coaching.
- Exercises based on diverse and engaging readings allow students to practice new writing skills.
- Coverage of writing across the curriculum, at work, and in the community appears in Part Nine, "Writing Throughout College--And Beyond." This section addresses a full spectrum of writing needs, including writing online in many contexts, writing in the disciplines, writing in the community, and writing résumés and personal statements.