More detailed than a pocket handbook yet briefer than a concise handbook HARBRACE ESSENTIALS 3rd Edition provides all the authority of the Harbrace tradition in an ideal length and portable format Clear and concise explanations outline the essentials students need to write their papers including instruction on the rhetorical contexts that affect their choice of grammatical constructions style punctuation and mechanics as well as strategies for writing paragraphs and essays conducting research and documenting sources This edition includes knowledge transfer exercises throughout that show students how to apply the skills they re learning to other courses and contexts More detailed than a pocket handbook yet briefer than a concise handbook HARBRACE ESSENTIALS 3rd Edition provides all the authority of the Harbrace tradition in an ideal length and portable format Clear and concise explanations outline the essentials students need to write their papers including instruction on the rhetorical contexts that ...affect their choice of grammatical constructions style punctuation and mechanics as well as strategies for writing paragraphs and essays conducting research and documenting sources This edition includes knowledge transfer exercises throughout that show students how to apply the skills they re learning to other courses and contexts