A writer's reference
By: Diana Hacker ; contributing authors, Nancy Sommers, Tom Jehn, Jane Rosenzweig ; contributing ESL specialist, Marcy Carbajal Van Horn
Contributors: Sommers, Nancy I.; Jehn, Thomas Robert; Rosenzweig, Jane; Carbajal Van Horn, Marcy
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martins; Bedford/St. Martin's
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780312593322; 9780312593360
Subjects: Academic writing; Handbooks, manuals; English language; Rhetoric; Grammar; Report writing; Écriture savante; Guides, manuels; Anglais (Langue); Rhétorique; Rapports; Rédaction
Other titles: Writing about literature.
Description: A Writer's Reference is the most widely adopted college handbook ever published. The new edition is available in a classic version that provides more help with academic writing, serves a wider range of multilingual students, and lends more support for college research all in an easy-to-use quick-reference format. Now for all the ways you teach your course, you can choose the classic version or choose from among 4 additional versions with varied content. A Writer's Reference with Exercises is tailor-made for classroom use or for additional grammar practice with 86 integrated exercise sets. A Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplines provides help for college writing beyond composition with advice and models in six academic disciplines. A Writer's Reference with Writing about Literature includes an entire tabbed section on interpreting and writing about works of literature, with two annotated student essays. A Writer's Reference with Extra Help for ESL Writers includes an entire tabbed section for nonnative speakers of English; it offers targeted advice and strategies for college writing and research.
Notes: Includes index.

"With Writing about Literature"--Cover.

"2009 MLA update"--Cover.
Table of contents: title: Composing and revising; title: Academic writing; title: Sentence style; title: Word choice; title: Grammatical sentences; title: ESL challenges; title: Punctuation; title: Mechanics; title: Researching; title: MLA; title: APA/CMS; title: Basic grammar/index.