The Little Seagull Handbook

Name: The Little Seagull Handbook
Price: 33 USD
Availability: InStock
ISBN: 9781324060000

by Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, Francine Weinberg

5th Edition

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

(0 reviews)

Composition & Creative Writing

Compare Prices

VitalSourceLifetime Access$33.00 AmazonKindle$33.00 Best PriceAlibris180 Day Rental$27.50

Book Details

Print ISBN	9781324060000
eText ISBN	9781324060031
Publisher	W. W. Norton & Company
Publishing Year	2024
Edition	5th Edition
Language	English
Pages	544

The Little Seagull Handbook, 5th Edition is a concise composition reference designed to assist high school students, college students, and developing writers with foundational writing projects. Created to address academic composition needs, this guide supplies direct explanations covering writing processes, rhetorical contexts, research methods, and sentence editing.

The handbook synthesizes composition instruction across several key areas, guiding readers from reading strategies and academic habits of mind into specific formats like personal narratives, literary analyses, reports, proposals, annotated bibliographies, and abstracts. Additional sections detail systematic research techniques, including evaluating sources, synthesizing evidence, and integrating sources to avoid plagiarism.

To support practical application, the volume provides complete model student essays formatted in MLA and APA styles. Published by W. W. Norton & Company as a 544-page paperback volume, this edition functions as an accessible reference for educators and students working across diverse secondary and postsecondary academic settings.

Chapter W-1: Rhetorical Contexts
- • a. Purpose
- • b. Audience
- • c. Genre
- • d. Topic
- • e. Stance and Tone
- • f. Media/Design
Chapter W-2: Academic Contexts
Chapter W-3: Reading Strategies
Chapter W-4: Writing Processes
- • a. Generating Ideas
- • b. Organizing and Drafting
- • c. Giving and Getting Response
- • d. Taking Stock and Revising
- • e. Editing and Proofreading
- • f. Reflecting on Your Work
- • g. Collaborating
- • h. Compiling a Portfolio
Chapter W-5: Parts of the Essay
- • a. Beginning
- • b. Crafting a Thesis Statement
- • c. Ending
- • d. Choosing a Title
Chapter W-6: Developing Paragraphs
Chapter W-7: Designing What You Write
- • Giving Presentations [ebook only]
Chapter W-8: Building Up Academic Habits of Mind
Chapter W-9: Arguments
- • Abby Tabas, “Social Media Activism: Changing the World from the Couch”
Chapter W-10: Rhetorical Analyses
- • Pierce Rendall, “Hip-Hop’s Potential Impact”
Chapter W-11: Personal Narratives
- • Mohammed Masoom Shah, “One Last Ride”
Chapter W-12: Summary/Response Essays
- • Jacob MacLeod, “Guns and Cars Are Different”
Chapter W-13: Literary Analyses
- • Laurel Henning, “Hidden Images: H.D.’s Imagist Mastery Revealed in ‘Sea Rose’”
Chapter W-14: Reports
Chapter W-15: Proposals
Chapter W-16: Reflections
Chapter W-17: Annotated Bibliographies
Chapter W-18: Abstracts
Chapter R-1: Doing Research
- • a. Thinking about What You Already Know and Believe
- • b. Considering the Context for Your Research, Choosing a Topic
- • c. Narrowing Your Topic’s Focus
- • d. Posing a Research Question, Drafting a Tentative Thesis
- • e. Finding Relevant Sources
- • f. Using Popular Sites And Search Engines
- • g. Using Library Resources
- • h. Narrowing Search Results
- • i. Doing Field Research
Chapter R-2: Evaluating Sources
- • a. Deciding If a Source Might Be Useful
- • b. Fact-Checking Popular Sources Online
- • c. Reading Sources with a Critical Eye
Chapter R-3: Synthesizing Ideas
Chapter R-4: Integrating Sources, Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter S-1: Elements of a Sentence
Chapter S-2: Sentence Fragments
Chapter S-3: Comma Splices, Fused Sentences
Chapter S-4: Verbs
Chapter S-5: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter S-6: Pronouns
Chapter S-7: Parallelism
Chapter S-8: Coordination, Subordination
Chapter S-9: Shifts
Chapter L-1: Well-Chosen Words
Chapter L-2: Precise Words
Chapter L-3: Idioms
Chapter L-4: Words Often Confused
Chapter L-5: Prepositions
Chapter L-6: Unnecessary Words
Chapter L-7: Adjectives & Adverbs
Chapter L-8: Articles: “A,” “An,” or “The”?
Chapter L-9: Respectful & Inclusive Language
Chapter L-10: Pronouns & Gender
Chapter L-11: Englishes
Chapter P-1: Commas
Chapter P-2: Semicolons
Chapter P-3: End Punctuation
Chapter P-4: Quotation Marks
Chapter P-5: Apostrophes
Chapter P-6: Other Punctuation
Chapter P-7: Hyphens
Chapter P-8: Capitalization
Chapter P-9: Italics
Chapter P-10: Abbreviations
Chapter P-11: Numbers