A Writer's Reference

For more than 25 years, A Writer’s Reference has allowed students to build confidence and take ownership of their college writing experience. The ninth edition is reimagined to help students target their needs and see their successes, offering innovative practice with writing, reading, thinking, and research.Easy to use and easy to understand. The handbook’s explanations are brief, accessible, and illustrated by examples, most by student writers. Boxes, charts, checklists, and menus are designed to help users find what they need quickly.Authoritative, trustworthy instruction. Provides students with reference content and instruction that has been class-tested by students and instructors. New to this edition:A new how-to approach. Fourteen new step-by-step boxes offer the straightforward help that instructors and students want—how to go beyond a Google search, how to write better peer review comments, and more.Writer’s choice boxes on grammar and style offer opportunities for students to practice critical thinking at the sentence level, and a new rhetorical approach emphasizes decision making based on a writer’s purpose and audience.More help for research writers in the form of up-to-date citation and formatting guidelines, and ample instruction in conducting responsible research.Useful chapter previews direct students to specific help within the writing and research chapters.