Rules for writers : a brief handbook. / Diana Hacker.

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Hacker, Diana

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TextPublication details: Boston : Bedford Books of St. Martin's Press, 1996.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xxx, 495 p. : ill.; 21 cmISBN:

0312119666

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DDC classification:

808/.02 20

LOC classification:

PE1408.H27

Contents:

Contents: The writing process -- Paragraphs -- Clarity -- Grammar -- ESL grammar -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Argument -- Research guide -- The basics

Summary: "Beginning college writers come from a wide range of backgrounds and communities. And for many, academic reading and writing skills are ones they must learn and practice. Enter Rules for Writers. It's an easy-to-use, comprehensive composition tool with the quality you expect from authors you trust. It empowers students by teaching them how to meet new expectations and by giving them the practice that builds confidence. With trusted advice for writing well, reading critically, and working with sources, Rules for Writers now has even more help for underprepared and inexperienced writers--sentence guides that foster an academic voice, tips for spotting fake news and misleading sources, more on paraphrasing, and fifteen new "how-to" pages that offer practical help for writing challenges"--Amazon.com.

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Includes index.

"List of style manuals": p. 418-419.

Contents: The writing process -- Paragraphs -- Clarity -- Grammar -- ESL grammar -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Argument -- Research guide -- The basics

"Beginning college writers come from a wide range of backgrounds and communities. And for many, academic reading and writing skills are ones they must learn and practice. Enter Rules for Writers. It's an easy-to-use, comprehensive composition tool with the quality you expect from authors you trust. It empowers students by teaching them how to meet new expectations and by giving them the practice that builds confidence. With trusted advice for writing well, reading critically, and working with sources, Rules for Writers now has even more help for underprepared and inexperienced writers--sentence guides that foster an academic voice, tips for spotting fake news and misleading sources, more on paraphrasing, and fifteen new "how-to" pages that offer practical help for writing challenges"--Amazon.com.

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