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The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update Andrea A. Lunsford

The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update By Andrea A. Lunsford

The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update by Andrea A. Lunsford


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A comprehensive handbook that 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.

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The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update Summary

The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update by Andrea A. Lunsford

A comprehensive handbook that 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.

Offers support for all students as they move from informal, social writing to effective academic writing and influential in the public sphere.

About Andrea A. Lunsford

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).

Table of Contents

PART ONE-The Art and Craft of Writing.- PART ONE-The Art and Craft of Writing.- 1. Expectations for College Writing.- 2. Rhetorical Situations.- 3. Exploring, Planning, and Drafting.- 4. Reviewing, Revising, and Editing.- 5. Developing Paragraphs.- 6. Working with Others.- PART TWO-Critical Thinking and Argument.- 7. Reading Critically.- 8. Analyzing Arguments.- 9. Constructing Arguments.- PART THREE-Doing Research and Using Sources.- 10. Preparing for a Research Project.- 11. Conducting Research.- 12. Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes.- 13. Integrating Sources into Your Writing.- 14. Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism.- 15. 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 Writing.- 19. Academic Work in Any Discipline.- 21. Writing for the Social Sciences.- 22. Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences.- 23. Writing for Business.- 24. Essay Examinations.- 25. Portfolios.- 26. Writing to Make Something Happen in the World.- PART SIX-Effective Language.- 27. Writing to the World.- 28. Language That Builds Common Ground.- 29. Language Variety.- 30. Word Choice.- 31. Dictionaries, Vocabulary, and Spelling .- PART SEVEN-Documenting Sources.- 32. MLA Style.- 33. APA Style.- 34. Chicago Style.- 35. CSE Style.- PART EIGHT-Sentence Grammar.- 36. Grammatical Sentences.- 37. Clauses and Sentences.- 38. Nouns and Noun Phrases.- 39. Verbs.- 40. Verbs and Verb Phrases.- 41. Subject-Verb Agreement.- 42. Pronouns.- 43. Adjectives and Adverbs.- 44. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases.- PART NINE-Sentence Clarity.- 45. Confusing Shifts.- 46. Parallelism.- 47. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences.- 48. Sentence Fragments.- 49. Modifier Placement.- 50. Consistent and Complete Structures.- PART TEN-Sentence Style.- 51. Concise writing.- 52. Coordination and Subordination.- 53. Sentence Variety.- 54. Memorable Prose.- PART ELEVEN-Punctuation.- 55. Commas.- 56. Semicolons.- 57. End Punctuation.- 58. Apostrophes.- 59. Quotation Marks.- 60. Other Punctuation Marks.- PART TWELVE-Mechanics.- 61. Capital Letters.- 62. Abbreviations and Numbers.- 63. Italics.- 64. Hyphens.

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CIN1319120253G
9781319120252
1319120253
The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA update by Andrea A. Lunsford
Used - Good
Hardback
Macmillan Learning
20170715
912
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