The College Writer's Reference: With E-Book and Mla Update - Softcover

Fulwiler, Toby; Hayakawa, Alan R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130922269 ISBN 13: 9780130922267

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2002

Synopsis

The College Writer's Reference offers you a brief writing guide and complete handbook reference in one easy-to-use book. In addition, you also receive a free one-year online subscription to the "Me, Myself, and I" book, which includes: *The College Writer's Reference, Fourth Edition i-Book *The New York Times Archive *The Financial Times Archive *25,000 Journal Articles *Understanding Plagiarism Tutorial *Self-graded Exercises and Diagnostic Tests *Tutor Center by e-mail, fax, or phone Simply subscribe at www.prenhall.com/fulwiler

About this title

From the Publisher

A progressive alternative to traditional handbooks, this compact reference for writers offers concise yet thorough coverage of all handbook concerns, with material uniquely organized around the stages of the writing process. Traditional topics on issues of style, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics are presented as "editing" choices students make in the final stage of the writing process. With composition expert Toby Fulwiler's advice on writing, The College Writer's Reference offers the only teachable treatment of the writing process available in a brief handbook. The four–color text design, lay–flat spiral binding, and abundant use of student writing and hand-edited examples all make information easy to find, use, and understand.

From the Back Cover

A progressive alternative to traditional handbooks, this compact reference offers concise yet thorough coverage of all writing issues, with material uniquely organized around the stages of the writing process. Organized around planning drafting, revising, editing, and researching; this book covers traditional topics, such as grammar, punctuation, and mechanics as ÒeditingÓ choices writers make to effectively communicate with their readers. The focus here is not on arbitrary rules, but on communicating powerfully through good writing and to improving that communication. The bookÕs abundant hand-edited examples illustrate how writers revise and edit by showing a problem and its solution at a single glance. The book also covers research early in the writing process as an integral part of every type of writing and presents both field research and library research. Finally, it addresses computers and the writing process in a special section with valuable word-processing tips that show how computers can aid writers at every stage of the writing process. The second edition of The College WriterÕs Reference has been revised to include an expanded and up-to-date discussion of Internet research and documentation convention in both MLA and APA formats as well as new writing samples. An essential reference for every writer.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0130922269
• ISBN 13: 9780130922267
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 205