Full Description
For courses in First-Year Composition. This version of The Writer's FAQs: A Pocket Handbook has been updated to reflect the 8th Edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016)*
Writing techniques, organized by student questions
This pocket-sized handbook is an easy-to-use, go-to guide that answers questions students have about grammar, punctuation, and research. Clear explanations are supplemented with engaging visual aids. Its lucid instruction, visual design, and authentic examples make The Writer's FAQs a favorite among those instructors who want their students to have a useful handbook that fits (in) their pocket. The Sixth Edition engages students with new illustrations, explanations, and research aids that strengthen practical writing skills useful in any future career.
* The 8th Edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the "increasing mobility of texts," MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation, beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes, then, align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following.
Contents
Part 1: Composing, Conversing, Collaborating
1. Writing Processes and Strategies
2. Arguments
3. Writing about Literature
4. Document Designs
5. Multimedia Projects
Part 2: Sentence Choices with Style
6. Clarity
7. Variety
8. Conciseness
9. Active/Passive Verbs
10. Voice, Formality, and Word Choice
11. General and Specific Language
12. Inclusive Language
13. Transitions
Part 3: Sentence Grammar
14. Fragments
15. Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
16. Subjects and Verbs
17. Pronouns
18. Adjectives and Adverbs
19. Modifiers
20. Shifts
21. Parallelism
Part 4: Punctuation
22. Sentence Punctuation Patterns (for Commas and Semicolons)
23. Commas
24. Apostrophes
25. Semicolons
26. Quotation Marks
27. Other Punctuation
