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A Writer's Reference

by Hacker; Sommers

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7th

ISBN13:

9780312601430

ISBN10:

0312601433

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Pub. Date:

10/25/2010

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Bedford/St. Martin's

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Summary

A Writer's Reference, the most widely adopted handbook in the United States, continues to be groundbreaking in its simplicity, offering the right content in an accessible format. New coauthor Nancy Sommers's own research, campus travel, and classroom experience keep the handbook in tune with the needs of academic writers. In a trusted quick-reference format, the seventh edition delivers advice on all the right topics: working with sources, revising with comments, preparing a portfolio, and more. A Writer's Reference offers unprecedented flexibility with several versions to choose from -- a handbook that's truly at your service.

“When students become familiar with their handbook, it's faster than high-speed internet.”- Kelli Wood, El Paso Community College

C Composing and revising
     C1 Planning
     C2 Drafting
     C3 Revising
*new section on portfolio keeping
     C4 Writing paragraphs
     C5 Designing documents
     C6 Writing with technology (*new chapter)

A Academic writing
     A1 Writing about texts
*new annotated advertisement
     A2 Constructing reasonable arguments
*new argument paper
     A3 Evaluating arguments
     A4 Writing in the disciplines

S Sentence style
     S1 Parallelism
     S2 Needed words
     S3 Problems with modifiers
     S4 Shifts
     S5 Mixed constructions
     S6 Sentence emphasis
     S7 Sentence variety

W Word choice
     W1 Glossary of usage
     W2 Wordy sentences
     W3 Active verbs
     W4 Appropriate language
     W5 Exact language
     W6 The dictionary and thesaurus

G Grammatical sentences
     G1 Subject-verb agreement
     G2 Verb forms, tenses, and moods
     G3 Pronouns
     G4 Adjectives and adverbs
     G5 Sentence fragments
     G6 Run-on sentences

M Multilingual writers and ESL challenges
     M1 Verbs
     M2 Articles
     M3 Sentence structure
    M4 Using adjectives
     M5 Prepositions and idiomatic expressions

P Punctuation and mechanics
     P1 The comma
   P2 Unnecessary commas
   P3 The semicolon and the colon
    P4 The apostrophe
    P5 Quotation marks
    P6 Other punctuation marks
    P7 Spelling and hyphenation
     P8 Capitalization
    P9 Abbreviations and numbers
    P10 Italics

B Basic grammar
     B1 Parts of speech
     B2 Parts of sentences
    B3 Subordinate word groups
   B4 Sentence types

R Researching
   R1 Conducting research
     R2 Evaluating sources
*new feature on scholarly vs. popular sources
*new feature on evaluating Web sites
    R3 Managing information; avoiding plagiarism
*new sample annotated bibliography
*new box on avoiding plagiarism
    R4 Choosing a documentation style

MLA papers
     MLA-1 Supporting a thesis
    MLA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
     MLA-3 Integrating sources
*new coverage of synthesis
   MLA-4 Documenting sources
*new annotated documentation models
    MLA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper
*new research case study
    SAMPLE PAPER

APA and CMS papers
     APA-1 Supporting a thesis
   APA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
     APA-3 Integrating sources
*new coverage of synthesis
    APA-4 Documenting sources
*new annotated documentation models
     APA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper
     SAMPLE PAPER

     CMS-1 Supporting a thesis
     CMS-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
     CMS-3 Integrating sources
     CMS-4 Documenting sources
*new Citations at a glance
     CMS-5 Manuscript format; sample pages
     SAMPLE PAGES

*new to this edition