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Andrea Lunsfords comprehensive advice in The St. Martins Handbook, Eighth Edition, supports students as they move from informal, social writing to both effective academic writing and to writing that can change the world.
Based on Andreas groundbreaking research on the literacy revolution, this teachable handbook shows students how to reflect on the writing skills they already have and put them to use both in traditional academic work and in multimodal projects like blog posts, websites, and presentations. Integrated advice on U.S. academic genres and language follows best practices for helping students from both international and native-speaker backgrounds improve their understanding of academic English.
Throughout The St. Martins Handbook, Andrea Lunsford encourages all of todays students to learn everything they need to communicate effectively with the diverse people sharing their classrooms, workspaces, and civic lives.
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Andrea Lunsford's comprehensive advice in The St. Martin's Handbook, Eighth Edition, supports students as they move from informal, social writing to both effective academic writing and to writing that can change the world.
Based on Andrea's groundbreaking research on the literacy revolution, this teachable handbook shows students how to reflect on the writing skills they already have and put them to use both in traditional academic work and in multimodal projects like blog posts, websites, and presentations. Integrated advice on U.S. academic genres and language follows best practices for helping students from both international and native-speaker backgrounds improve their understanding of academic English.
Throughout The St. Martin's Handbook, Andrea Lunsford encourages all of today's students to learn everything they need to communicate effectively with the diverse people sharing their classrooms, workspaces, and civic lives.
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About the Author
Andrea Lunsford, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English emerita and former Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, joined the Stanford faculty in 2000. Prior to this appointment, Lunsford was Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University (1986-2000). She has also been Associate Professor and Director of Writing at the University of British Columbia (1977-86). Currently a member of the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English, Professor Lunsford earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977). Professor Lunsford's scholarly interests include contemporary rhetorical theory, women and the history of rhetoric, collaboration and collaborative writing, current cultures of writing, intellectual property and composing, style, and technologies of writing. She has written or coauthored many books, including Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; and Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, as well as numerous chapters and articles. For Bedford/St. Martins, she is the author of The St. Martin's Handbook, The Everyday Writer, EasyWriter, and Writing in Action; the co-author (with John Ruszkiewicz) of Everythings an Argument and (with John Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters) of Everythings an Argument with Readings; and the co-author (with Lisa Ede) of Writing Together: Collaboration in Theory and Practice. Professor Lunsford has conducted workshops on writing and program reviews at dozens of North American universities, served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, as Chair of the Modern Language Association Division on Writing, and as a member of the MLA Executive Council
Table of Contents
PART ONE—The Art and Craft of Writing1. Expectations for College Writing2. Rhetorical Situations3. Exploring, Planning, and Drafting4. Reviewing, Revising, and Editing 5. Developing Paragraphs6. Working with Others
PART TWO—Critical Thinking and Argument7. Reading Critically8. Analyzing Arguments9. Constructing Arguments
PART THREE—Doing Research and Using Sources10. Preparing for a Research Project11. Conducting Research12. Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes13. Integrating Sources into Your Writing14. Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism15. Writing a Research Project
PART FOUR—Designing and Performing Writing 16. Design for Writing 17. Oral and Multimedia Presentations 18. Communicating in Other Media PART FIVE—Academic and Professional Writing19. Academic Work in Any Discipline21. Writing for the Social Sciences22. Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences23. Writing for Business24. Essay Examinations25. Portfolios26. Writing to Make Something Happen in the World PART SIX—Effective Language 27. Writing to the World 28. Language That Builds Common Ground29. Language Variety30. Word Choice31. Dictionaries, Vocabulary, and Spelling PART SEVEN—Documenting Sources32. MLA Style33. APA Style34. Chicago Style35. CSE Style PART EIGHT—Sentence Grammar 36. Grammatical Sentences37. Clauses and Sentences38. Nouns and Noun Phrases 39. Verbs40. Verbs and Verb Phrases 41. Subject-Verb Agreement42. Pronouns43. Adjectives and Adverbs44. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases PART NINE—Sentence Clarity45. Confusing Shifts46. Parallelism47. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences48. Sentence Fragments49. Modifier Placement50. Consistent and Complete Structures PART TEN—Sentence Style51. Concise writing52. Coordination and Subordination53. Sentence Variety54. Memorable Prose PART ELEVEN—Punctuation55. Commas56. Semicolons57. End Punctuation58. Apostrophes59. Quotation Marks60. Other Punctuation Marks PART TWELVE—Mechanics61. Capital Letters62. Abbreviations and Numbers63. Italics64. Hyphens