A writer´s reference / Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers

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C Composing and Revising.. C1 Planning.. C2 Drafting.. C3 Reviewing, revising, and editing.. C4 Preparing a portfolio; reflecting on your writing.. C5 Writing paragraphs.. C6 Document design: A gallery of models.. A Academic Reading, Writing, and Speaking.. A1 Reading and writing critically.. A2 Reading and writing about images and multimodal texts.. A3 Reading arguments.. A4 Writing arguments.. A5 Speaking confidently.. A6 Writing in the disciplines.. S Sentence Style.. S1 Parallelism.. S2 Needed words.. S3 Problems with modifiers.. S4 Shifts.. S5 Mixed constructions.. S6 Sentence emphasis.. S7 Sentence variety.. W Word Choice.. W1 Glossary of usage.. W2 Wordy sentences.. W3 Active verbs.. W4 Appropriate language.. W5 Exact language.. W6 The dictionary and the thesaurus.. G Grammatical Sentences.. G1 Subject-verb agreement.. G2 Verb forms, tenses, and moods.. G3 Pronouns.. G4 Adjectives and adverbs.. G5 Sentence fragments.. G6 Run-on sentences.. M Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges.. M1 Verbs.. M2 Articles.. M3 Sentence structure.. M4 Using adjectives.. M5 Prepositions and idiomatic expressions.. M6 Paraphrasing sources effectively.. P Punctuation and Mechanics.. P1 The comma.. P2 Unnecessary commas.. P3 The semicolon and the colon.. P4 The apostrophe.. P5 Quotation marks.. P6 Other punctuation marks.. P7 Spelling and hyphenation.. P8 Capitalization.. P9 Abbreviations and numbers.. P10 Italics.. B Basic Grammar.. B1 Parts of speech.. B2 Sentence patterns.. B3 Subordinate word groups.. B4 Sentence types.. R Researching.. R1 Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources.. R2 Managing information; taking notes responsibly.. R3 Evaluating sources.. MLA Papers.. MLA-1 Supporting a thesis.. MLA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism.. MLA-3 Integrating sources.. MLA-4 Documenting sources.. MLA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper.. APA and CMS Papers.. APA-1 Supporting a thesis.. APA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

APA-3 Integrating sources.. APA-4 Documenting sources.. APA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper.. CMS-1 Supporting a thesis.. CMS-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism.. CMS-3 Integrating sources.. CMS-4 Documenting sources.. CMS-5 Manuscript format; sample paper

For success in college, no skill is more critical than writing; it's the very core of a student's academic experience. Tested and trusted, A Writer's Reference is an essential tool for students who are strengthening habits and skills that will support them throughout college. In an April 2014 survey of first-year writers, 75 percent reported that using a Hacker handbook made them a more confident academic writer. What's more, A Writer's Reference has been a powerful tool for change across college campuses-helping to create a culture of writing at many schools by supporting a common language for talking about academic writing. In that way, A Writer's Reference is uniquely positioned to help transform attitudes about the value of writing instruction and the role that writing plays in academic work and in higher learning. With this eighth edition of the handbook, author Nancy Sommers invites you to be part of a community of those who teach and assign writing; who believe that critical reading, analytical writing, responsible research, and clarity are at the center of effective writing across the academy; and who use the nation's best-selling and most responsive handbook to support the development of the college writer. eng