Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA Update

Name: Writer's Reference with 2009 MLA Update
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ISBN: 9780312593322

ISBN-10: 0312593325

ISBN-13: 9780312593322

Edition: 6th 2009

Authors: Diana Hacker

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A Writer's Referenceis the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with academic writing, serves a wider range of multilingual students, and lends more support for college research all in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. Now for all the ways you teach your course, you can choose the classic version or choose from among 4 additional versions with varied content. A Writer's Reference with Exercisesis tailor-made for classroom use or for additional grammar practice with 86 integrated exercise sets. A Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplinesprovides help for college writing beyond composition…

Book details

List price: $61.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 7/6/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 6.75" wide x 8.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.650
Language: English



Composing and revising


Planning


Drafting


Revising


Writing paragraphs


Designing documents


Academic writing


Writing about texts


Constructing arguments


Evaluating arguments


Writing in the disciplines


Sentence style


Parallelism


Needed words


Problems with modifiers


Shifts


Mixed constructions


Sentence emphasis


Sentence variety


Word choice


Glossary of usage


Wordy sentences


Active verbs


Appropriate language


Exact language


The dictionary and thesaurus


Grammatical sentences


Subject-verb agreement


Other problems with verbs


Problems with pronouns


Adjectives and adverbs


Sentence fragments


Run-on sentences


ESL Challenges


Verbs


Sentence structure


Articles and types of nouns


Using adjectives


Prepositions and idiomatic expressions


Punctuation


The comma


Unnecessary commas


The semicolon


The colon


The apostrophe


Quotation marks


Other marks


Mechanics


Spelling


The hyphen


Capitalization


Abbreviations


Numbers


Italics (Underlining)


Researching


Conducting Research


Evaluating sources


Managing information; avoiding plagiarism


Choosing a style of documentation


MLA papers


Supporting a thesis


Avoiding plagiarism


Integrating sources


Documenting sources


Manuscript format


Student Essay


APA and CMS papers (coverage parallels MLA's)


APA-1 CMS-1


APA-2 CMS-2


APA-3 CMS-3


APA-4 CMS-4


APA-5 CMS-5


Student Essay Sample Pages


Basic grammar


Parts of speech


Parts of sentences


Subordinate word groups


Sentence types