New advice grounded in Andrea Lunsford’s experience and research guides students toward mastery of academic reading and writing.
- New "Talking the Talk" boxes answer real questions students ask about academic concepts.
- New "Common Assignments" boxes provide tips for succeeding with the kinds of writing projects today’s students are most likely to see.
- Unique coverage of peer review shows students how to benefit from comments, and how to offer useful comments, during every stage of the writing process.
- New coverage for multilingual writers clarifies U.S. academic writing for every student with a multilingual background.
- Integrated coverage of writing and media helps students understand that smarter rhetorical choices produce better writing, no matter what the genre or format.
A new Top Twenty based on new research. A new study by Andrea Lunsford and Karen Lunsford — revisiting Lunsford and Connors’ original 1986 research on student writing — shows the problems U.S. college students are most likely to have in their writing. The study’s results led to major changes in the section on the top twenty errors, reflecting students’ evolving use of technology (including spellcheckers) and an increasing emphasis on researched and documented writing in college.
A more visual approach to writing, research, and documentation. Fresh, fun new visual "game plans" help students take a hands-on approach to planning and developing their writing. Ample photographs and illustrations show as well as tell students how to make better choices throughout the writing process. And an updated design makes the look more student-friendly than ever.
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