
GET FREE SHIPPING!
Use Promo Code SHIPFREE at Step 4 of checkout.
*Free Shipping only applicable to US orders. Restrictions apply.
The St. Martin's Handbook with 2016 MLA Update
Eighth EditionAndrea A. Lunsford
©2018Andrea Lunsford’s comprehensive advice in The St. Martin’s Handbook with 2016 MLA Update, Eighth Edition, supports you as you move from informal, social writing to both effective academic writing and to writing that can change the world.
This handbook shows you how to reflect on the writing skills you already have and put them to use both in traditional academic work and in multimodal projects like blog posts, websites, and presentations. Integrated advice on U.S. academic genres and language will help you to improve your understanding of academic English, whether you are a student from an international background or a native speaker.
Throughout The St. Martin’s Handbook with 2016 MLA Update, Andrea Lunsford encourages you to learn everything you need to communicate effectively with the diverse people sharing your classroom, workspace, and civic life.
Table of Contents
PART ONE—The Art and Craft of Writing
1. Expectations for College Writing
2. Rhetorical Situations
3. Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
4. Reviewing, Revising, and Editing
5. Developing Paragraphs
6. Working with Others
PART TWO—Critical Thinking and Argument
7. Reading Critically
8. Analyzing Arguments
9. Constructing Arguments
PART THREE—Doing Research and Using Sources
10. Preparing for a Research Project
11. Conducting Research
12. Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
13. Integrating Sources into Your Writing
14. Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
15. Writing a Research Project
PART FOUR—Designing and Performing Writing
16. Design for Writing
17. Oral and Multimedia Presentations
18. Communicating in Other Media
PART FIVE—Academic and Professional Writing
19. Academic Work in Any Discipline
21. Writing for the Social Sciences
22. Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences
23. Writing for Business
24. Essay Examinations
25. Portfolios
26. Writing to Make Something Happen in the World
PART SIX—Effective Language
27. Writing to the World
28. Language That Builds Common Ground
29. Language Variety
30. Word Choice
31. Dictionaries, Vocabulary, and Spelling
PART SEVEN—Documenting Sources
32. MLA Style
33. APA Style
34. Chicago Style
35. CSE Style
PART EIGHT—Sentence Grammar
36. Grammatical Sentences
37. Clauses and Sentences
38. Nouns and Noun Phrases
39. Verbs
40. Verbs and Verb Phrases
41. Subject-Verb Agreement
42. Pronouns
43. Adjectives and Adverbs
44. Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
PART NINE—Sentence Clarity
45. Confusing Shifts
46. Parallelism
47. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
48. Sentence Fragments
49. Modifier Placement
50. Consistent and Complete Structures
PART TEN—Sentence Style
51. Concise writing
52. Coordination and Subordination
53. Sentence Variety
54. Memorable Prose
PART ELEVEN—Punctuation
55. Commas
56. Semicolons
57. End Punctuation
58. Apostrophes
59. Quotation Marks
60. Other Punctuation Marks
PART TWELVE—Mechanics
61. Capital Letters
62. Abbreviations and Numbers
63. Italics
64. Hyphens