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Writing Matters (Comprehensive Edition with Exercises) with MLA Booklet 2016 and Connect Composition Access Card
This Comprehensive version of Writing Matters unites research, reasoning, documentation, grammar, and style into a cohesive whole, helping students see the conventions of writing as a network of responsibilities writers have…
… to other writers. Writing Matters emphasizes the responsibility writers share, whether collaborating online in peer review or conducting research with digital and print sources, to treat information fairly and accurately and to craft writing that is unique and original―their own!
… to the audience. Writing Matters emphasizes the need to use conventions appropriate to the readership, to write clearly, and to provide readers with the information and interpretation they need to make sense of a topic.
… to the topic. Writing Matters encourages writers to explore a topic thoroughly and creatively, to assess sources carefully, and to provide reliable information at a depth that does the topic justice.
… to themselves. Writing Matters encourages writers to take their writing seriously and to approach writing tasks as an opportunity to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students are more likely to write well when they think of themselves as writers rather than as error-makers.
… to other writers. Writing Matters emphasizes the responsibility writers share, whether collaborating online in peer review or conducting research with digital and print sources, to treat information fairly and accurately and to craft writing that is unique and original―their own!
… to the audience. Writing Matters emphasizes the need to use conventions appropriate to the readership, to write clearly, and to provide readers with the information and interpretation they need to make sense of a topic.
… to the topic. Writing Matters encourages writers to explore a topic thoroughly and creatively, to assess sources carefully, and to provide reliable information at a depth that does the topic justice.
… to themselves. Writing Matters encourages writers to take their writing seriously and to approach writing tasks as an opportunity to learn about a topic and to expand their scope as writers. Students are more likely to write well when they think of themselves as writers rather than as error-makers.
992 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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May 10, 2012
I love this writing handbook because it's big and colorful and has lots of glossy illustrations.
For all those reasons, it's also very expensive. I got the free instructor's edition, but it's perhaps less lovable for paying customers. Though very useful!
For all those reasons, it's also very expensive. I got the free instructor's edition, but it's perhaps less lovable for paying customers. Though very useful!
January 23, 2016
4 stars. Pretty useful and very technical guide to writing and grammar.
December 2, 2022
It feels like this book didn’t tell me anything I didn’t already know
November 24, 2013
This was a pretty good book talking about writing and everything. Not the most exciting thing that I've ever read, but it was very helpful when I needed to write papers this semester. Lots of stuff about how to cite specific things in different formats. Over all, very helpful
September 8, 2011
Worthless stupid class, but the book is decent. Every example quotes Harry Potter or something about Harry Potter lol
December 9, 2011
Useful writing handbook.
May 28, 2012
Latest textbook to use for freshmen comp. Not as user-friendly as Diana Hacker's but still worth reading.
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