The Brief Penguin Handbook [with MyCompLab & eText Access Code]

by Lester Faigley

This package contains the following components:

-0205648606: MyCompLab with Pearson eText

-0205743404: Brief Penguin Handbook, The: MLA Update

Genres: Reference, Writing, Language, Textbooks, Nonfiction

Spiral-bound

First published December 1, 2002

Reviews

[Rebekah · Rating 4 out of 5]

Had to use this book for my college writing course and i actually enjoyed reading it. It helped a lot to improve my skills.

[Bernie4444 · Rating 5 out of 5]

Double plus good

When I went through school all we had were drills and more drills. My participle was dangling all the time. By the time I got to college, we branched out with such things as “Aims of Discourse” and broke free of trying to force U.S. English into old Latin. Infinitives were made to be split.

But nothing in my formal education has prepared me for this animal. Yep, now we can look at writing in a new way. The first chapter gives it away as “Composing in a Visual Era.”

I looked at both the hardback and paperback versions. I found the paperback to be too unwieldy. I evaluated the book in places where I knew the information and it was confirmed. So, I feel comfortable learning added information. The book is more geared to research and documentation from the web vs. my trusty dusty library.

Even if you are a professional there are plenty of eye-openers in this book. I wish I had stumbled upon it earlier. Oh well better late than never (cliché time)

[Jenny]

This is the handbook my freshmen use, so it's on the desk, too.

[J · Rating 3 out of 5]

I like assigning readings from this for my students, that is. Reading myself ... it's not bad.