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Rules for Writers 6TH Editionby Diana Hacker
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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 todays college students. Together they give us a new edition that provides more help with academic writing and research and one that works better for a wider range of multilingual students. Flexible content options in print and online allow students to get more than they pay for. About the AuthorDIANA HACKER personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over 35 years at Prince Georges Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Other Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martins, include The Bedford Handbook, Seventh Edition (2006); A Writers Reference, Sixth Edition (2007); and A Pocket Style Manual, Fifth Edition (2008). ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS NANCY SOMMERS, Sosland Director of Expository Writing at Harvard University, has also taught composition at Rutgers University and at Monmouth College and has directed the writing program at the University of Oklahoma. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well-known for her research and publications on student writing. Her recent work involves a longitudinal study of undergraduate writing. Nancy Sommers is co-author of Fields of Reading, Eighth Edition (2007) for Bedford/St. Martins. TOM JEHN teaches composition and directs the Writing Across the Disciplines program at Harvard University. A recipient of numerous teaching awards both at Harvard and at the University of Virginia, he also leads professional development seminars on writing instruction for public high school teachers. JANE ROSENZWEIG teaches composition and directs the writing center at Harvard University. She has also taught writing at Yale University and the University of Iowa. MARCY CARBAJAL VAN HORN, Assistant Professor of English and ESL at Santa Fe Community College (FL), teaches composition to native and nonnative speakers of English and teaches the Advanced ESL Writing course. Table of ContentsPreface for Instructors
How to Use This Book THE WRITING PROCESS 1. Generate ideas and sketch a plan. 2. Rough out an initial draft. 3. Make global revisions; then revise sentences. 4. Build effective paragraphs. DOCUMENT DESIGN 5. Become familiar with the principles of document design. 6. Use standard academic formats. 7. Use standard business formats. CLARITY 8. Prefer active verbs. 9. Balance parallel ideas. 10. Add needed words. 11. Untangle mixed constructions. 12. Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers. 13. Eliminate distracting shifts. 14. Emphasize key ideas. 15. Provide some variety. 16. Tighten wordy sentences. 17. Choose appropriate language. 18. Find the exact words. GRAMMAR 19. Repair sentence fragments. 20. Revise run-on sentences. 21. Make subjects and verbs agree. 22. Make pronouns and antecedents agree. 23. Make pronoun references clear. 24. Distinguish between pronouns such as I and me. 25. Distinguish between who and whom. 26. Choose adjectives and adverbs with care. 27. Choose appropriate verb forms, tenses, and moods in standard English. ESL CHALLENGES 28. Verbs 29. Articles and types of nouns 30. Sentence structure 31. Prepositions and idiomatic expressions PUNCTUATION 32. The comma 33. Unnecessary commas 34. The semicolon 35. The colon 36. The apostrophe 37. Quotation marks 38. End punctuation 39. Other punctuation marks: the dash, parentheses, brackets, the ellipsis mark, the slash
MECHANICS 40. Abbreviations 41. Numbers 42. Italics (underlining) 43. Spelling 44. The hyphen 45. Capital letters ACADEMIC WRITING 46. Writing about texts 47. Constructing reasonable arguments 48. Evaluating arguments RESEARCH 49. Conducting research 50. Evaluating sources 51. Managing information; avoiding plagiarism WRITING MLA PAPERS 52. Supporting a thesis 53. Avoiding plagiarism 54. Integrating sources 55. Documenting sources 56. Manuscript format; sample paper WRITING APA PAPERS 57. Supporting a thesis 58. Avoiding plagiarism 59. Integrating sources 60. Documenting sources 61. Manuscript format; sample paper THE BASICS 62. Parts of speech 63. Sentence patterns 64. Subordinate word groups 65. Sentence types Glossary of Usage Answers to Tutorials and Lettered Exercises Index ESL Menu What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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