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St. Martin's Handbook

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ISBN-10: 031244317X

ISBN-13: 9780312443177

Edition: 6th 2008

Authors: Andrea A. Lunsford

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Andrea A. Lunsford' s years of experience in the classroom and in the field have given her a unique understanding of how, what, where, and why today' s students write. For her research for The St. Martin' s Handbook -- ongoing for over two decades -- she has studied thousands of papers by composition students nationwide. Andrea Lunsford' s trademark attention to rhetorical choice, language and style, and critical thinking and argument have always made The St. Martin' s Handbook an accessible and thorough writing resource. Now informed by new research into student writing patterns and featuring expanded and more visual coverage of research, documentation, and writing in any discipline, The…    
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Book details

List price: $70.95
Edition: 6th
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Bedford/Saint Martin's
Publication date: 2/22/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 1056
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.914
Language: English

Andrea A. Lunsford is the Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English and Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University and a member of the faculty of The Bread Loaf Graduate School of English. She has designed and taught undergraduate and graduate courses in writing history and theory, rhetoric, literacy studies, and intellectual property and is the author or co-author of many books and articles, including The Everyday Writer; Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, Everything's an Argument, Exploring Borderlands: Composition and…    

The Art and Craft of Writing
Expectations for College Writing
Reading, Writing, and Research
Considering Rhetorical Situations
Thinking Visually
Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
Developing Paragraphs
Reviewing, Revising, and Editing
Working with Others
Critical Thinking and Argument
Analyzing Arguments
Considering Visual Arguments
Constructing Arguments
Doing Research and Using Sources
Preparing for a Research Project
Conducting Research
Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
Integrating Sources into Your Writing
Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Writing a Research Project
MLA Documentation
APA Documentation
Chicago Documentation
CSE Documentation
Print, Electronic, and Other Media
Computer Basics
Document Design
Online Texts
Oral and Multimedia Presentations
Effective Language
Writing to the World
Language That Builds Common Ground
Language Variety
Word Choice
Dictionaries, Vocabulary, and Spelling
Sentence: Grammar
Grammatical Sentences
Verbs
Subject-Verb Agreement
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Sentence: Clarity
Shifts
Parallelism
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Sentence Fragments
Modifier Placement
Consistent and Complete Structures
Sentence: Style
Effective Sentences
Coordination and Subordination
Varied Sentences
Memorable Prose
Punctuation
Commas
Semicolons
End Punctuation
Apostrophes
Quotation Marks
Other Punctuation Marks
Mechanics
Capitals
Abbreviations and Numbers
Italics
Hyphens
For Multilingual Writers
Writing for a U.S. Academic Audience
Clauses and Sentences
Nouns and Noun Phrases
Verbs and Verb Phrases
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Academic and Professional Writing
Understanding Disciplinary Discourse
Writing for the Humanities
Writing for the Social Sciences
Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences
Writing for Business
Essay Examinations and Portfolios