The Norton Field Guide to Writing with 2016 MLA Update

by Richard Bullock, Maureen Daly Goggin, Francine Weinberg

The Norton Field Guide to Writing's flexibility and ease of use have made it the leading rhetoric text on the market--and a perfect choice for committees representing varying teaching styles. With just enough detail -- and color-coded links that send students to more detail if they need it -- this is the rhetoric that tells students what they need to know but resists the temptation to tell them everything there is to know. The Fourth Edition includes new chapters on summarizing and responding, on developing academic habits of mind, and on writing literary analysis.

The Norton Field Guide to Writing is also available with a handbook, an anthology, or both. To make the book more helpful for multilingual writers, the versions with the handbook include new chapters on idioms, prepositions, and Englishes; to accommodate instructors and programs teaching literary analysis, the versions with the anthology include two student essays that analyze literature and five short stories and poems for analysis. All versions are available as low-cost ebooks and in mobile-compatible formats for smart phones and tablets.

Genres: Writing, Reference, Nonfiction, Textbooks, School

704 pages, Paperback

Published August 2, 2016

Reviews

[yasmine skalli]

I did not spend a semester reading this book for English for it to not count towards my Goodreads goal

[amelia elizabeth]

English 101 was not fun and this book was not helpful lol

[Arielle Niklawski]

This was not fun. Some of the writing was good, but otherwise, LAME.

[Ashley Lynn]

Reference guide. Very useful.

[Erin]

This is a fieldguide. It doesn't go into detail. It merely scratches the surface. At least it is a textbook that I can use with my students. However, I have to supplement it a lot because it doesn't hav enough information to provide much help. I teach intro to writing and hope that we will use a different book next year.

[Peejay(Pamela)]

This book was assigned reading for a masters degree class in creative nonfiction writing. Personally, I feel that using a book clearly intended for high school students or, at best, college freshman was a bad choice for a masters level course. It does not teach much of anything that post graduate students should already know.

[D'Anne]

This is one of the books I'm using in my class this coming semester. I like it thus far. Now we'll see how teaching with it goes.

[Garrett]

This is one great textbook for teaching writing.

Very concise and well-designed.

The only thing I wanted was more explanation or examples of some of the topics, just for clarity.

[Ryan Liu]

This book is pretty helpful on how to write in certain types of ways. A very useful book so far for my English class.

[Shannon]

Though it is a textbook this was one that I could not have done without. I kept the book as it was so useful I would like to reference it in the future.

[Mia]

Exceptional resource for English Literature scholars or Creative Writers. Highly recommend to undergraduate level students.

[Tatum]

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