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With the 2008 MLA Update edition, Writing Intensive continues to set the bar for contemporary handbooks. Writing and research have changed dramatically since the first hardcover handbooks appeared. Today's students don't rely on pens or typewriters: they use computers to write. They don't just do research: they find their way through a maze of online information. They don't just read print: they analyze visuals. They don't just come to class: they participate in an online learning community. These changes have put new demands on composition courses. With its focus on writing in today?s environment, integrated coverage of technology and visual rhetoric, hallmark coverage of writing across the curriculum, and pocket-sized format Writing Intensive has been designed to provide today?s students with a concise, convenient resource for writing in college and beyond.

Common Assignments across the Curriculum
Writing in College
Informative Reports
Understanding the assignment
Approaching writing an informative report as a process
Interpretive Analyses and Writing about Literature
Understanding the assignment
Approaching writing an interpretive analysis as a process
Arguments
Understanding the assignment
Approaching writing an argument as a process
Other Kinds of Assignments
Personal essays
Lab reports in the experimental sciences
Case studies in the social sciences
Essay exams
Oral presentations
Coauthored projects
Portfolios
Designing Documents for Page and Screen
Getting margins, spacing, type, and page numbers right
Thinking intentionally about design
Using and integrating visuals
Designing pages for the Web
Researching
Understanding the Purpose of Research Projects
Understanding primary and secondary research
Recognizing the connection between research and college writing
Choosing an interesting research question
Creating a research plan
Finding Print and Online Sources
Consulting sources
Using the library
Searching the Internet
Evaluating Your Sources
Print sources
Internet sources
Evaluating a source’s arguments
Conducting Research in the Archive, Field, and Lab
Adhering to ethical principles
Preparing for archival research
Planning your field research
Keeping a notebook when doing lab research
Working with Sources and Avoid Plagiarism
Maintaining a working bibliography
Note taking, paraphrasing, and summarizing
Avoiding plagiarism and copyright infringement
Taking stock
Writing the Paper
Planning and drafting
Integrating quotations, paraphrases and summaries
Documenting your sources
Discipline-Specific Resources in the Library and on the Internet
MLA Documentation Style
MLA Style: In-Text Citations MLA In-Text Citations: Directory to Sample Types
MLA Style: List of Works Cited MLA Works-Cited Entries: Directory to Sample Types
MLA Style: Explanatory Notes
MLA Style: Paper Format
Pages from a Student Paper in MLA Style
APA Documentation Style
APA Style: In-Text Citations APA In-Text Citations: Directory to Sample Types
APA Style: References APA In-Text Citations: Directory to Sample Types
APA Style: Paper Format
Pages from a Student Paper in APA Style
Other Documentation Styles
Chicago Documentation Style Chicago Style: Directory to Sample Note and Bibliography Entries
CSE Documentation Style CSE Name-Year Style: Directory to Sample Reference-List Entries CSE Number Style: Directory to Sample Reference-List Entries
Editing for Clarity
Avoid Wordiness
Redundancies and unnecessary modifiers
Wordy phrases
Roundabout sentences
Add Missing Words
Compound structures
The wordthat
Words in comparisons
The articlesa, an, the
Unscramble Mixed Constructions
Mixed-up grammar
Illogical predicates
Fix Confusing Shifts
Shifts in point of view
Shifts in tense
Shifts in mood and voice
Use Parallel Construction
Items in a series
Paired ideas
Fix Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Misplaced modifiers
Ambiguous modifiers
Disruptive modifiers
Split infinitives
Dangling modifiers
Use Coordination and Subordination Effectively
Coordination used for ideas of unequal importance
Major ideas in subordinate clauses
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