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Rules for writers / Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers ; contributing ESL specialist, Kimberli Huster.

By: Hacker, Diana, 1942-2004 [author.]Contributor(s): Sommers, Nancy I [author.] | Huster, Kimberli [author.]Material type: Text

TextEdition: Ninth editionDescription: xxxi, 621 p. : ill.; 21 cmISBN: 9781319057428 (spiral bound); 131905742X (spiral bound); 9781319102739; 1319102735; 9781319083496; 1319083498; 9781319318567; 1319318568Subject(s): English language -- Rhetoric -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | English language -- Grammar -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Report writing -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | English language -- Grammar | English language -- Rhetoric | Report writingGenre/Form: Handbooks and manuals.DDC classification: 808.042 LOC classification: PE 1408, | .H277 2019

Contents:

A process for writing -- Academic reading and writing -- Clarity -- Grammar -- Multilingual writers and ESL topics -- Punctuation -- Mechanics -- Grammar basics -- Research -- Writing papers in MLA style -- Writing papers in APA style.

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Reference Material	MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY LIBRARY Reference	PE 1408 .H277 2019 (Browse shelf (Opens below))	Not for loan		23709

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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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