A Writer’s Reference has offered clear and quick answers to tough questions for millions of college writers. With a groundbreaking tabbed, lay-flat format and a first-of-its-kind directness, it has helped a generation of students engage in their own writing and meet the challenges of the composition course. Now in its 10th edition, this bestselling handbook allows students to build confidence and take ownership of their college writing experience. Emphasizing critical reading and writing, this how-to manual provides quick-access to the key answers, which helps students target their...
A Writer’s Reference has offered clear and quick answers to tough questions for millions of college writers. With a groundbreaking tabbed, lay-...
Writing about Literature is a practical guide to interpreting works of literature and to planning, composing, and documenting papers about literature. Students will find help with forming and supporting an interpretation, avoiding plot summary, integrating quotations from a literary work, observing the conventions of literature papers, and using secondary sources.
Writing about Literature also includes two sample student essays — one that uses only a primary source and one that uses primary and secondary sources.
Writing about Literature is a practical guide to interpreting works of literature and to planning, composing, and documenting papers about literatu...