A writer's reference
Subtitle: with Writing about literature
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
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 509
ISBN-13: 9780312664763
Subjects: Report writing; Rhetoric; Grammar; English language; Textbooks for foreign speakers; Handbooks, manuals
Other titles: Writing about literature
Notes: Includes index.

"Includes 2009 MLA & 2010 APA updates"
Table of contents: title: Composition/style.  C. Composing and revising; title: C1. Planning; title: C2. Drafting; title: C3. Revising; title: C4. Writing paragraphs; title: C5. Designing documents .; title: A. Academic writing; title: A1. Writing about texts; title: A2. Constructing reasonable arguments; title: A3. Evaluating arguments; title: A4. Writing in the disciplines; title: S. Sentence style; title: S1. Parallelism; title: S2. Needed words; title: S3. Problems with modifiers; title: S4. Shifts; title: S5. Mixed constructions; title: S6. Sentence emphasis; title: S7. Sentence variety; title: W. Word choice; title: W1. Glossary of usage; title: W2. Wordy sentences; title: W3. Active verbs; title: W4. Appropriate language; title: W5. Exact language; title: W6. The dictionary and thesaurus; title: G. Grammatical sentences; title: G1. Subject-verb agreement; title: G2. Other problems with verbs; title: G3. Problems with pronouns; title: G4. Adjectives and adverbs; title: G5. Sentence fragments; title: G6. Run-on sentences; title: ESL challenges; title: E1. Verbs; title: E2. Sentence structure; title: E3. Articles and types of nouns; title: E4. Using adjectives; title: E5. Prepositions and idiomatic expressions; title: Punctuation. P1. The comma; title: P2. Unnecessary commas; title: P3. The semicolon; title: P4. The colon; title: P5. The apostrophe; title: P6. Quotation marks; title: P7. Other marks; title: Mechanics. M1.  Spelling; title: M2. The hyphen; title: M3. Capitalization; title: M4. Abbreviations; title: M5. Numbers; title: M6. Italics; title: Researching; title: R1. Conducting research; title: R2. Evaluating sources; title: R3. Managing information ; Avoiding plagiarism; title: R4. Choosing a documentation style; title: MLA papers; title: MLA-1. Supporting a thesis; title: MLA-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism; title: MLA-3. Integrating sources; title: MLA-4. Documenting sources; title: MLA-5. Manuscript format; sample paper; title: APA and CMS papers; title: APA-1. Supporting a thesis; title: APA-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism; title: APA-3. Integrating sources; title: APA-4. Documenting sources; title: APA-5. Manuscript format; sample paper; title: CMS-1. Supporting a thesis; title: CMS-2. Citing sources ; avoiding plagiarism; title: CMS-3. Integrating sources; title: CMS-4. Documenting sources; title: CMS-5. Manuscript format; sample pages; title: Index.  B. Basic grammar; title: B1. Parts of speech; title: B2. Parts of sentences; title: B3. Subordinate word groups; title: B4. Sentence types; title: Index.