Rules for Writers

Name: Rules for Writers
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ISBN: 9780312452766

ISBN-10: 0312452764

ISBN-13: 9780312452766

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig, Marcy Carbajal Van Horn

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"Rules for Writers" succeeds because it has always been grounded in classroom experience. By looking at her own students' needs, Diana Hacker created an affordable and practical classroom tool that doubles as a quick reference. Developed with the help of instructors from two- and four-year schools, the sixth edition gives students quick access to the information they need to solve writing problems in any college course. In the Hacker tradition, the new contributing authors -- Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig, and Marcy Carbajal Van Horn -- have crafted solutions for the writing problems of today's college students. Together they give us a new edition that provides more help with…

Book details

List price: $36.99
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 10/3/2007
Binding: Comb Bound
Pages: 626
Size: 5.50" wide x 7.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English



Preface for Instructors


How to Use This Book


The Writing Process



Generate ideas and sketch a plan



Rough out an initial draft



Make global revisions; then revise sentences



Build effective paragraphs


Document Design



Become familiar with the principles of document design



Use standard academic formats



Use standard business formats


Clarity



Prefer active verbs



Balance parallel ideas



Add needed words



Untangle mixed constructions



Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers



Eliminate distracting shifts



Emphasize key ideas



Provide some variety



Tighten wordy sentences



Choose appropriate language



Find the exact words


Grammar



Repair sentence fragments



Revise run-on sentences



Make subjects and verbs agree



Make pronouns and antecedents agree



Make pronoun references clear



Distinguish between pronouns such as I and me



Distinguish between who and whom



Choose adjectives and adverbs with care



Choose appropriate verb forms, tenses, and moods in standard English


ESL Challenges



Verbs



Articles and types of nouns



Sentence structure



Prepositions and idiomatic expressions


Punctuation



The comma



Unnecessary commas



The semicolon



The colon



The apostrophe



Quotation marks



End punctuation



Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash


Mechanics



Abbreviations



Numbers



Italics (underlining)



Spelling



The hyphen



Capital letters


Academic Writing



Writing about texts



Constructing reasonable arguments



Evaluating arguments


Research



Conducting research



Evaluating sources



Managing information; avoiding plagiarism


Writing MLA Papers



Supporting a thesis



Avoiding plagiarism



Integrating sources



Documenting sources



Manuscript format; sample paper


Writing APA Papers



Supporting a thesis



Avoiding plagiarism



Integrating sources



Documenting sources



Manuscript format; sample paper


The Basics



Parts of speech



Sentence patterns



Subordinate word groups



Sentence types


Glossary of Usage


Answers to Tutorials and Lettered Exercises


Index


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