Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplines with 2016 MLA Update by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers - Eighth Edition, 2016 from Macmillan Student Store

Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplines with 2016 MLA Update

Eighth  Edition©2016  Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers

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Improve your writing skills for assignments outside of composition courses with Writer's Reference with Writing in the Disciplines with 2016 MLA Update. Combining practical advice and student models, the text prepares you to write college papers in nine different disicplines: biology, business, criminal justice/criminology, education, engineering, history, music, nursing, and psychology.

Table of Contents

C Composing and Revising

C1 Planning

C2 Drafting

C3 Reviewing, revising, and editing

C4 Preparing a portfolio; reflecting on your writing

C5 Writing paragraphs

C6 Document design: A gallery of models


A Academic Reading, Writing, and Speaking

A1 Reading and writing critically

A2 Reading and writing about images and multimodal texts

A3 Reading arguments

A4 Writing arguments

A5 Speaking confidently

A6 Writing in the disciplines


S Sentence Style

S1 Parallelism

S2 Needed words

S3 Problems with modifiers

S4 Shifts

S5 Mixed constructions

S6 Sentence emphasis

S7 Sentence variety


W Word Choice

W1 Glossary of usage

W2 Wordy sentences

W3 Active verbs

W4 Appropriate language

W5 Exact language

W6 The dictionary and the thesaurus


G Grammatical Sentences

G1 Subject-verb agreement

G2 Verb forms, tenses, and moods

G3 Pronouns

G4 Adjectives and adverbs

G5 Sentence fragments

G6 Run-on sentences


M Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges

M1 Verbs

M2 Articles

M3 Sentence structure

M4 Using adjectives

M5 Prepositions and idiomatic expressions

M6 Paraphrasing sources effectively


P Punctuation and Mechanics

P1 The comma

P2 Unnecessary commas

P3 The semicolon and the colon

P4 The apostrophe

P5 Quotation marks

P6 Other punctuation marks

P7 Spelling and hyphenation

P8 Capitalization

P9 Abbreviations and numbers

P10 Italics


B Basic Grammar

B1 Parts of speech

B2 Sentence patterns

B3 Subordinate word groups

B4 Sentence types


R Researching

R1 Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources

R2 Managing information; taking notes responsibly

R3 Evaluating sources


MLA Papers

MLA-1 Supporting a thesis

MLA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

MLA-3 Integrating sources

MLA-4 Documenting sources

MLA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper


APA and CMS Papers

APA-1 Supporting a thesis

APA-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

APA-3 Integrating sources

APA-4 Documenting sources

APA-5 Manuscript format; sample paper

CMS-1 Supporting a thesis

CMS-2 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

CMS-3 Integrating sources

CMS-4 Documenting sources

CMS-5 Manuscript format; sample paper

D1 Introduction: Writing in different disciplines

D2 Writing in the biological sciences

a Audience needs

b Forms of writing

c Questions biologists ask

d Kinds of evidence

e Writing conventions

f CSE system for citation

g Sample student paper:

Laboratory report

D3 Writing in business

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f APA or CMS system for citation

g Sample student papers: An investigative report and a proposal

D4 Writing in criminal justice and criminology

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f APA or CMS system for citation

g Sample student paper: Administrative report

D5 Writing in education

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f APA or CMS system for citation

g Sample student paper: Reflective essay

D6 Writing in engineering

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f CMS, IEEE, or USGS system for citation

g Sample student paper: Proposal

D7 Writing in history

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f CMS system for citation

g Sample student paper: Research essay

D8 Writing in music

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f MLA system for citation

g Sample student paper: Concert review

D9 Writing in nursing

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f APA system for citation

g Sample student paper: Nursing practice paper

D10 Writing in psychology

a–e Organization parallels that of D2-a to D2-e.

f APA system for citation

g Sample student paper: Literature review

Diana Hacker

Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George’s Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, include A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition (2018); A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition (2018); The Bedford Handbook, Tenth Edition (2017); Rules for Writers, Eighth Edition (2016); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.

Nancy Sommers

Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard’s Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard’s Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard’s WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through blogging and through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and is coauthor of Fields of Reading, Tenth Edition (2013).