Rules for Writers 8e with 2016 MLA Update & LaunchPad Solo for Rules for Writers 8e (Twelve Month Access) - Softcover

Hacker, Diana; Bernhardt, Stephen A.; Sommers, Nancy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1319086918 ISBN 13: 9781319086916

Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2016

Synopsis

THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATES! Our editorial team has updated this text based on content from The MLA Handbook, 8th Edition. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages, or to request a custom ISBN.

When students routinely use their handbook in the course, they see its value, find that it’s a faster way to get answers than search engines like Google, learn to rely on it as a reference, and are more likely to achieve the goals of the course. And when that handbook is Rules for Writers, you can be sure the advice they find is practical and reliable—with help for composing and revising, writing arguments, analyzing texts, using grammar and punctuation correctly, and working with sources. In revising the eighth edition, Nancy Sommers has woven a new emphasis on reading critically throughout the first section of the handbook, introduced advice for analyzing multimodal texts, and added help for public speaking. New practical Writing Guides support students working through college assignments in a variety of genres. And new peer review advice helps students effectively comment on drafts and apply feedback to revisions of their own work. All of these improvements help student writers—but they also save you time and effort. You can draw from Rules for Writers for planning class discussions, conducting in-class workshops, and providing feedback on student work that they can easily apply. Rules for Writers even comes with a complete instructor’s manual, Teaching with Hacker Handbooks, with stepped-out lesson plans to customize and sample assignments, syllabi, and rubrics from your peers.

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About the Author

NANCY SOMMERS is the Sosland Director of Expository Writing at Harvard, where she directs both the freshman writing program and the writing across the disciplines program. She has published widely on the theory and practice of teaching writing and has been awarded two Braddock Awards for her research, plus numerous grants and fellowships, including a fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for her longitudinal research of college writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1319086918
• ISBN 13: 9781319086916
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 672