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Synopsis
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 St. Martin's Handbook offers students more help than ever before with meeting the expectations of college work.
About the Author
ANDREA A. LUNSFORD is Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English and director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University and also teaches at the Bread Loaf School of English. A past chair of CCCC, she has won the major publication awards in both the CCCC and MLA. For Bedford/St. Martin's, she is also the author of
Easy Writer (2006), and
The Everyday Writer (2005);
The Presence of Others (2004) and
Everything's an Argument (2007) with John Ruszkiewicz; and
Everything's an Argument with Readings (2007) with John Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters.
EDITORIAL ADVISERS: Nora Bacon, University of Nebraska at OmahaRick Cole, Boston UniversityJudith M. Davis, Hampton UniversityChristy Desmet, University of GeorgiaJudith G. Gardner, University of Texas at San AntonioSara Jameson, Oregon State UniversityMichael A. Keller, South Dakota State UniversityWinnie M. Kenney, Southwestern Illinois CollegeHeidi L. Kolk, Washington University, St. LouisCarole P. Lane, University of Arkansas, FayettevilleStephen M. Levin, Georgia Institute of TechnologyAnnie Perkins, Norfolk State UniversityEileen B. Seifert, DePaul UniversityAnne E. Raines, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville
Table of Contents
PART I. THE ART AND CRAFT OF WRITING 1. Expectations for College Writing
2. Reading, Writing, and Research
3. Considering Rhetorical Situations
4. Thinking Visually
5. Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
6. Developing Paragraphs
7. Reviewing, Revising, and Editing
8. Working with Others
PART II. CRITICAL THINKING AND ARGUMENT
9. Analyzing Arguments
10. Considering Visual Arguments
11. Constructing Arguments
PART III. DOING RESEARCH AND USING SOURCES
12. Preparing for a Research Project
13. Conducting Research
14. Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
15. Integrating Sources into Your Writing
16. Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
17. Writing a Research Project
18. MLA Documentation
19. APA Documentation
20. Chicago Documentation
21. CSE Documentation
PART IV. PRINT, ELECTRONIC, AND OTHER MEDIA
22. Computer Basics
23. Document Design
24. Online Texts
25. Oral and Multimedia Presentations
PART V. EFFECTIVE LANGUAGE
26. Writing to the World
27. Language That Builds Common Ground
28. Language Variety
29. Word Choice
30. Dictionaries, Vocabulary, and Spelling
PART VI. SENTENCE: GRAMMAR
31. Grammatical Sentences
32. Verbs
33. Subject-Verb Agreement
34. Pronouns
35. Adjectives and Adverbs
PART VII. SENTENCE: CLARITY
36. Shifts
37. Parallelism
38. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
39. Sentence Fragments
40. Modifier Placement
41. Consistent and Complete Structures
PART VIII. SENTENCE: STYLE
42. Effective Sentences
43. Coordination and Subordination
44. Varied Sentences
45. Memorable Prose
PART IX. PUNCTUATION
46. Commas
47. Semicolons
48. End Punctuation
49. Apostrophes
50. Quotation Marks
51. Other Punctuation Marks
PART X. MECHANICS
52. Capitals
53. Abbreviations and Numbers
54. Italics
55. Hyphens
PART XI. FOR MULTILINGUAL WRITERS
56. Writing for a U.S. Academic Audience
57. Clauses and Sentences
58. Nouns and Noun Phrases
59. Verbs and Verb Phrases
60. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
PART XII. ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL WRITING
61. Understanding Disciplinary Discourse
62. Writing for the Humanities
63. Writing for the Social Sciences
64. Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences
65. Writing for Business
66. Essay Examinations and Portfolios