The best-selling Scott Foresman Handbook has proven again with this edition that it is still the most comprehensive and innovative writing handbook available. Examples of real writers at work gives this book human expression and reinforces key points about writing, style, and mechanics. Readers using The Scott Foresman Handbook will know what good writing means today and what they will need to know in the future. It incorporates the latest theories and technologies, including civic literacy, visual rhetoric, online research, and service learning and other emerging trends. Topics include the writing process (finding and exploring a topic, focus and organization, drafting and revising, editing and proofreading, and evaluation); writing for academic and public forums; style (crafting opening and closing paragraphs, what kinds of language to use, effective sentences, and stylish sentences); visual design (documents, web sites); grammar, punctuation, and mechanics; research and writing; and documentation. An excellent reference resource for anyone needing to learn effective writing skills, whether for college, business, or other areas.
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The Scott Foresman Handbook is designed to anticipate the questions of student writers and answer them clearly, fully, and imaginatively. This innovative resource is known for addressing the multiple dimensions of a writer’s work - including language, reading, argument, research, technology, visual learning and more.
The eighth edition of Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers continues to break new ground by thinking about how writers may respond to the emerging technologies and theories that impact communication. It is a valuable resource and the ideal guide to help students write in the college classroom and beyond.
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JOHN J. RUSZKIEWICZ (1950-) was born in Cleveland, Ohio, where he attended Benedictine High School. He received his BA from St. Vincent College (1972) and his PhD in English from The Ohio State University (1977). He is currently a professor at the University of Texas at Austin where he has taught literature, rhetoric, and writing for more than thirty years. A winner of the President's Associates Teaching Excellence Award, he was instrumental in creating the Department of Rhetoric and Writing in 1993 and directed the unit from 2001-05. He has also served as president of the Conference of College Teachers of English (CCTE) of Texas. He has written a wide range of books for college writers, from "Beyond Words" and "Everything's an Argument" to "How to Write Anything." When not teaching or writing, he's reading mystery novels about the American Southwest or ancient Rome. He spends his summers in Alpine, Texas, enjoying its proximity to Big Bend National Park.
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This review is from: The Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers (8th Edition) (MyCompLab Series) (Hardcover)
This is an excellent book, but not a text that you would read straight through; it is more of a reference book. From dangling modifiers to choosing a strong thesis, this book has the information you need. The table of contents and index are laid out nicely, and it is quite easy to find what you are looking for.
I would recommend this book to anyone who needs a good reference book on English grammar.
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Use Strunk & White + Diana Hacker instead!,
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This review is from: The Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers (8th Edition) (MyCompLab Series) (Hardcover)
This book is not conducive to a writing class. Diana Hacker's reference books are slimmer and easier to read for citation/formatting help. Stunk and White is, as always, the best, and FAR more affordable for students. This book is heavy, laborious to look through, full of useless images to "pretty up" grammar, and too expensive for a student. Using, for example, Purdue University's online writing website is a free and useful alternative. The only worthwhile chapter is Chapter 5 on Revising, Editing, and Proofreading.
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This review is from: The Scott Foresman Handbook for Writers (8th Edition) (MyCompLab Series) (Hardcover)
This system has been the worst system for writing I have ever... EVER... used! If your a teacher don't put yourself and your stuents through this writing hell! Mycomplab will make a simple assignment into an all night project. Their software cannot upload any document properly.
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