A Pocket Style Manual - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1457663090 ISBN 13: 9781457663093

Synopsis

Your students need clear, complete answers to their questions about research, writing, and grammar and they often need them at a moment s notice. As their teacher, you are their greatest resource, but you can t be available 24/7. For help with work in class and at home and especially for questions at odd hours, students can turn to "A Pocket Style Manual." The thoughtfully revised seventh edition makes it even easier for students to effectively and independently address their writing and research challenges. With 325 documentation models in four styles and coverage of drafting thesis statements, writing correctly and effectively, finding and evaluating sources, and writing research papers, "A Pocket Style Manual" supports writers across the disciplines. Our newest set of online materials, LaunchPad Solo, provides all the key tools and course-specific content that you need to teach your class. The "LaunchPad Solo for A Pocket Style Manual" includesexercises, sample student writing, and LearningCurve game-like adaptive quizzing.To package LaunchPad Solo free with "A Pocket Style Manual," use ISBN 978-1-319-01282-3."

About this title

About the Author:

NANCY SOMMERS is the Sosland Director of Expository Writing at Harvard, where she directs both the freshman writing program and the writing across the disciplines program. She has published widely on the theory and practice of teaching writing and has been awarded two Braddock Awards for her research, plus numerous grants and fellowships, including a fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation for her longitudinal research of college writing.

About this edition

• ISBN 10: 1457663090
• ISBN 13: 9781457663093
• Binding: Spiral-bound