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Title: A Writer's Reference, Fifth Edition by Diana Hacker ISBN: 0-312-39767-4 Publisher: Bedford Books Pub. Date: 01 October, 2002 Format: Plastic Comb Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $46.15 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.44 (25 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Excellent writing support...
Comment: All students at Manchester College, IN, (where I teach) are expected to own and use a copy of this extremely helpful, user friendly reference guide to writing. The spiral bound format of the book is outstanding, since someone can have it open as they type, or jot down notes, or thoughts.
The book is organized into three major sections: 1) Composition/Style, 2) Correctness, and 3) Format/Basic grammar. Each of those major sections are subdivided into four supporting subsections as follows:
Composition/Style -- 1) Composing and revising, 2) Research writing, 3) Effective sentences, and 4) Word Choice.
Correctness -- 1) Grammatical sentences, 2) ESL Trouble spots, 3) Punctuation, and 4) Spelling and mechanics.
Format/Basic Grammar -- 1) Document design, 2) MLA documentation, 3) Alternative styles of documentation, and 4) Basic grammar.
In addition to those sections, there are tutorials at the front of the book that helps the user get the best benefit from support available in the book. There are also ESL hints throughout the text, not just in the section dedicated to ESL challenges. The index is helpful, there are several URLs at the back of the book where a writer can go for more help, and there is even a page that shows revision symbols.
There are ample examples throughout, and anyone who conscientiously applies the lessons in this book will become a better writer.
This is a top-flight book with great things to offer everyone -- from struggling first-year college students taking their first composition class to the polished professional writer.
The strengths of this text made this book the top choice to support our writing across the curriculum program at Manchester College. Many other colleges and universities also use this great book.
5 stars for utility and support.
Alan Holyoak, Dept of Biology, Manchester College, IN
Rating: 3
Summary: Good handbook, except when it comes to revision
Comment: Hacker's text is exceptionally easy to use, but this edition (like past editions) fails to focus on techniques writers can employ for revising papers--one of the more difficult and mysterious stages of the writing process. Instead, Hacker briefly discusses ways to revise sentences and paragraphs without focusing on approaches to the global revision of ideas, thesis statements, and the overall direction of an essay. I have used Hacker's handbook in the college classes I teach for years, but I am always forced to supplement it extensively with resources for practicing revision. At a time when composition studies and composition specialists are focused on process-oriented and technology-driven writing instruction, this is a handbook that omits a crucial component of most composition instruction.
Rating: 4
Summary: Great reference
Comment: I purchased this book as a requirement for a college course -- and this is the only college "textbook" I haven't disposed of in some way. Its labeled tabs make it easy to access information with the flick of a finger, and the front and back menus make it somewhat easy to find the information you're looking for. My only complaint about this book is the lack of a comprehensive index. For instance, if I wanted to find information about comma usage, I cannot simply look up "comma". I must utilize the menu and think in a heirarchal way -- Punctiation --> The comma. There have also been times I was unable to find information because I was unable to categorize what I was looking for.
Another aspect of this book is the online help. The book provides a URL where you can find supplemental information about the book and take interactive quizzes to test your grammar knowledge.
Despite some of its quirks, I would highly recommend this book as a good reference.
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Title: Developmental Exercises to Accompany a Writers Reference by Diana Hacker, Wanda Van Goor ISBN: 0312196741 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $11.34 |
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Title: Research and Documentation in the Electronic Age by Diana Hacker, Barbara Fister ISBN: 0312258623 Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $10.65 |
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Title: The Mercury Reader: Art Institute Online Version by Shafer ISBN: 0536698678 Publisher: Pearson Custom Pub Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.52 |
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Title: Management Communication by Arthur H. Bell, Dayle M. Smith ISBN: 0471239712 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 08 January, 1999 List Price(USD): $62.95 |
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Title: Thinking in Writing: Rhetorical Patterns and Critical Response by Donald McQuade, Robert Atwan ISBN: 0070459835 Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages Pub. Date: 01 November, 1997 List Price(USD): $38.44 |
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