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Second Edition©2015 Diana Hacker; Stephen A. Bernhardt; Nancy Sommers
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Writing well is critical to college success. Over two or more years, students are asked to write in multiple genres and for a wide range of purposes, audiences, and courses. They need a resource that's easy to use and that gets what they're looking for. Enter Writer’s Help, a powerful online resource with "the simplicity and usability of Google," according to one student user, but with the instruction that free online resources lack. Its trusted content, from the widely used Hacker Handbooks, helps students whether they are searching for writing advice on their own or as part of an assignment. Its tools, built around a smart search that recognizes nonexpert terminology, are as simple as they are innovative. Writer’s Help also saves teachers time by helping them assign pages and track progress, providing a window into student use and achievement. User-friendly help for college writers also means useful data for instructors and administrators—two benefits of Writer's Help 2.0.
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Writer's Help
Search for help with your writing, quiz yourself to improve your grammar, and check out sample papers to help you learn more and improve your writing.
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Getting StartedDiagnosticsGrammar diagnostic AGrammar diagnostic BReading diagnostic AReading diagnostic BLearningCurveActive and passive voiceApostrophesArticles and types of nouns for multilingual writersCapitalizationCommasCoordination and subordinationCritical readingModifiersNouns and pronounsParallelismPatterns of organizationPrepositions and conjunctionsPrepositions for multilingual writersPronoun agreement and pronoun referenceQuotation marks and italicsReading and writing argumentsRun-on sentencesSemicolons and colonsSentence fragmentsSentence structure for multilingual writersShiftsSubject-verb agreementTopics and main ideasTopic sentences and supporting detailsVerbsVerbs, adjectives, and adverbsVerbs for multilingual writersWord choice and appropriate languageWorking with sources (APA)Working with sources (MLA)Exercises: Writing, Research, and GrammarExercises: Composing and revising [8 exercises] Exercises: Academic reading, writing, and speaking [1 exercise]Exercises: Writing about literature [1 exercise]Exercises: Research [1 exercise]Exercises: MLA papers [19 exercises]Exercises: APA papers [27 exercises]Exercises: Chicago papers [24 exercises]Exercises: Writing effective sentences [19 exercises]Exercises: Avoiding sentence problems [30 exercises]Exercises: Writing correct sentences [35 exercises]Exercises: Choosing words appropriately [15 exercises]Exercises: Basic grammar [39 exercises]Exercises: Punctuation [28 exercises]Exercises: Mechanics [11 exercises]Exercises: Multilingual writers and ESL challenges [23 exercises]Composing and revisingPlanningDrafting the paperReviewing, revising, and editingPreparing a portfolioBuilding effective paragraphsWriting with technologyAcademic Reading, Writing, and SpeakingReading and writing criticallyReading and writing about images and multimodal textsReading argumentsWriting argumentsWriting specific genres Writing guides for analysis essay, annotated bibliography, argument essay, literacy narrative, and reflective letter for a portfolioSpeaking confidentlyWriting about LiteraturePlanning an interpretation of literatureWriting a literature paperObserving the conventions of literature papersIntegrating quotations from a literary workUsing MLA style for citing literary worksDocumenting secondary sourcesAvoiding plagiarism in literature papersSample literature papersUnderstanding and Composing Multimodal ProjectsIntroduction to multimodal textsAnalyzing written wordsAnalyzing soundAnalyzing static imagesAnalyzing moving imagesAnalyzing multimodal textsStarting your own multimodal projectConsidering your purpose and audience for a multimodal projectPlanning your multimodal projectManaging your multimodal projectOrganizing your multimodal projectEmphasizing important information in your multimodal projectRevising and editing your multimodal projectIntegrating and documenting sources in your multimodal projectPresenting or publishing your multimodal projectDirectory to activities for multimodal projectsDesigning DocumentsPage layout and formattingText formattingUsing visualsDocument design galleryResearchManaging a research projectMapping out a search strategyManaging information responsiblyEvaluating sourcesDocumentation stylesHighlights of one student’s research processMLA Papers Directory to MLA in-text citation models Directory to MLA works cited models Directory to Citation at a glance: MLA style Directory to MLA sample student writingMLA papers: OverviewForming and supporting a thesis (MLA)Avoiding plagiarism (MLA)Integrating sources (MLA)Citing sources, MLA style: OverviewMLA in-text citationsMLA list of works citedMLA information notes (optional)MLA research paper format; sample student writingAPA Papers Directory to APA in-text citation models Directory to APA reference list models Directory to Citation at a glance: APA style Directory to APA sample student writingAPA papers: OverviewForming and supporting a thesis (APA)Avoiding plagiarism (APA)Integrating sources (APA)Citing sources, APA style: OverviewAPA in-text citationsAPA list of referencesAPA paper format; sample student writingChicago Papers Directory to Chicago notes and bibliography entries Directory to Citation at a glance: Chicago style Directory to Chicago sample student writingChicago papers: OverviewForming and supporting a thesis (Chicago)Avoiding plagiarism (Chicago)Integrating sources (Chicago)Citing sources, Chicago style: OverviewChicago notes and bibliography Chicago manuscript format; sample student writingCSE Documentation Directory to CSE reference list modelsCSE documentation: OverviewCSE in-text citationsCSE reference listCSE paper format; sample student writingWriting in the DisciplinesWriting in the disciplines: OverviewWriting in specific disciplinesWriting in the biological sciencesWriting in businessWriting in criminal justice and criminologyWriting in educationWriting in engineeringWriting in historyWriting in musicWriting in nursingWriting in psychologyWriting Effective SentencesSentence emphasisStrong, active verbs Quick help: Strong, active verbsParallelism Quick help: ParallelismSentence varietyAvoiding Sentence ProblemsSentence fragments Quick help: Sentence fragmentsRun-on sentences Quick help: Run-on sentencesAwkward modifiers Quick help: Awkward modifiersDangling modifiers Quick help: Recognizing dangling modifiers Quick help: Repairing dangling modifiersShifts Quick help: ShiftsMixed constructionsWriting Correct SentencesMaking subjects and verbs agree Quick help: Subject-verb agreementUsing verbs correctly Quick help: VerbsUsing pronouns correctly Quick help: PronounsUsing adjectives and adverbs appropriately Quick help: Adjectives and adverbsUsing needed words Quick help: Needed wordsChoosing words appropriatelyWriting concise sentences Quick help: Concise languageUsing appropriate language Quick help: Appropriate languageUsing exact language Quick help: Exact languageConsulting the dictionary and the thesaurusBasic GrammarParts of speechParts of sentencesSubordinate word groupsSentence typesPunctuationThe commaQuick help: CommasUnnecessary commasQuick help: Unnecessary commasThe semicolonQuick help: SemicolonsThe colonQuick help: ColonsThe apostropheQuick help: ApostrophesThe periodThe question markThe exclamation pointThe dashParenthesesBracketsThe ellipsis markThe slashMechanicsSpellingHyphensCapitalizationAbbreviationsNumbersItalicsMultilingual Writers and ESL ChallengesVerbs for multilingual writers Quick help: ESL challenges with verbsSentence structure for multilingual writers Quick help: Sentence structure for multilingual writersArticles for multilingual writers Quick help: ArticlesAdjectives for multilingual writers Quick help: Adjectives for multilingual writersPrepositions and idioms for multilingual writers Quick help: Prepositions and idiomatic expressionsAcademic Resources for ESL and Multilingual WritersCollege-level expectationsImproving your academic EnglishAcademic writing and cultural expectationsPractice exercisesStrategies for Online LearnersPreparing to learn onlineBecoming familiar with your online courseParticipating actively in online coursesContributing appropriate content in online coursesFinding extra helpA brief glossary of online learning terminologyGlossary of UsageGlossary of TermsAssignment modulesModule: Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papersModule: Editing for concise writingModule: Freewriting and listingModule: Using signal phrases in APA papersModule: Using signal phrases in MLA papersAssignable writing promptsWriting prompts: Composing and revisingWriting prompts: Academic reading, writing, and speakingWriting prompts: Research
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.
Stephen A. Bernhardt
Stephen A. Bernhardt is Professor of English and the Andrew B. Kirkpatrick Chair in Writing at the University of Delaware, where he teaches composition, grammar, and technical writing. His professional interests include computers in composition/distance education, writing across the curriculum, professional and technical communication, and visual rhetoric. He has also taught at New Mexico State University and at Southern Illinois University. The author of many journal articles and technical reports, Bernhardt is also the author of Writing at Work (1997) and coeditor of Expanding Literacies: English Teaching and the New Workplace (1998). Bernhardt designed the research plan and reworked content for Writer's Help.
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).