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The St. Martin's Handbook (Paper Version)

Ninth Edition  ©2021 Andrea A. Lunsford Formats: E-book, Print

Authors

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    Andrea A. Lunsford

    Andrea Lunsford, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English emerita and former Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, joined the Stanford faculty in 2000. Prior to this appointment, she was Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University (1986-2000) and, before that, Associate Professor and Director of Writing at the University of British Columbia (1977-86) and Associate Professor of English at Hillsborough Community College. A frequent member of the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English, Andrea earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977). She holds honorary degrees from Middlebury College and The University of Ôrebro.

    Andreas scholarly interests include the contributions of women and people of color to rhetorical history, theory, and practice; collaboration and collaborative writing, comics/graphic narratives; translanguaging and style, and technologies of writing. She has written or coauthored many books, including Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; and Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, as well as numerous chapters and articles. For Bedford/St. Martin’s, she is the author of The St. Martins Handbook, The Everyday Writer, and EasyWriter; the co-author (with John Ruszkiewicz) of Everything’s an Argument and (with John Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters) of Everything’s an Argument with Readings; and the co-author (with Lisa Ede) of Writing Together: Collaboration in Theory and Practice. She is also a regular contributor to the Bits teaching blog on Bedford/St. Martin’s English Community site.

    Andrea has given presentations and workshops on the changing nature and scope of writing and critical language awareness at scores of North American universities, served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, as Chair of the Modern Language Association Division on Writing, and as a member of the MLA Executive Council. In her spare time, she serves on the Board of La Casa Roja’s Next Generation Leadership Network, as Chair of the Kronos Quartet Performing Arts Association--and works diligently if not particularly well in her communal organic garden.

Table of Contents

Brief Contents
 
Part 1: The Top Twenty
1 A Quick Guide to Editing Your Writing
 
Part 2: The Art and Craft of Writing
2 Expectations for College Writing
3 Rhetorical Situations
4 Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
5 Developing Paragraphs
6 Revising, Reviewing, and Editing
7 Reflecting
8 Working with Others
 
Part 3: Critical Thinking and Argument
9 Reading Critically
10 Analyzing Arguments
11 Constructing Arguments
 
Part 4: Doing Research and Using Sources
12 Preparing for a Research Project
13 Conducting Research
14 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
15 Integrating sources
16 Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
17 Writing a Research Project
 
Part 5: Documenting Sources
18 MLA Style
19 APA Style
20 Chicago Style
21 CSE Style
 
Part 6: Designing and Performing Writing
22 Design for Print and Digital Writing
23 Presentations
24 Communicating in Other Media
 
Part 7: Academic, Professional, and Public Writing
25 Writing Well in Any Discipline or Profession
26 Writing in the Humanities
27 Writing in the Social Sciences
28 Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences
29 Writing in Professional Settings
30 Essay Exams
31 Portfolios
32 Writing to Make Something Happen in the World
 
Part 8: Style: Effective Language
33 Language and Identity
34 Language Varieties
35 Writing to the World
36 Language that Builds Common Ground
37 Words Matter!
 
Part 9: Style: Effective Sentences
38 Concise Writing
39 Coordination and Subordination
40 Sentence Variety
41 Memorable Prose
 
Part 10: Clarity
42 Confusing Shifts
43 Parallelism
44 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
45 Fragments
46 Modifier Placement
47 Consistent and Complete Structures
 
Part 11: Grammar
48 Parts of Speech
49 Parts of Sentences
50 Nouns and Noun Phrases
51 Verbs
52 Subject-Verb Agreement
53 Pronouns
54 Adjectives and Adverbs
55 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
 
Part 12: Punctuation and Mechanics
56 Commas
57 Semicolons
58 End Punctuation
59 Apostrophes
60 Quotation Marks
61 Other Punctuation Marks
62 Capital Letters
63 Abbreviations and Numbers
64 Italics and Hyphens
 

Product Updates

An emphasis on being an open-minded learner  Based on new research with college writers and teachers of writing, a substantially revised “Expectations for College Writing” chapter provides a framework for developing the habits of open-minded readers, writers, listeners, and speakers. A new approach invites students to expect and engage difference and provides strategies for communicating respectfully with others and for stepping outside their social and ideological comfort zones. The ninth edition, featuring the voices of real students from across the country, helps writers think critically about the barriers to and benefits of openness—and better equips them for communicating in a global world.

New strategies for defensive reading, critical thinking, and fact checking  Writing with sources is a foundational skill for college, and too many students arrive with little experience in questioning the sources they read online and approaching them with skepticism. Revised advice for critical reading and evaluating and new tips for fact checking help students respond to the information and misinformation in news sources and in social media—and help them balance open-mindedness and skepticism as they evaluate sources.

A broader presentation of language use  Grounded in the argument that language is power, The St. Martin’s Handbook coaches students in both following and experimenting with conventions. A new chapter on language and identity helps students think more openly and carefully about language we use to present ourselves and language used to label us and others. A new reading by Andrea Lunsford explores the theme of “narrative justice,” the idea of giving people the opportunity to use their own language to control the narrative—the story—of their own experience. A revised chapter on language varieties fosters a new openness to translingual composition—with excerpts from student writing. Finally, attention to gender preference and pronoun use raises awareness about writing and speaking to include rather than exclude.

New examples of student writing that emphasize narrative elements, combine languages, and respond to common assignments  Some students come to college thinking of “academic writing” as boring and formulaic. New examples of student writing in the ninth edition defy that description, reimagining the role of narrative in argumentative and analytical writing and validating writing that brings in other languages for rhetorical effect.

Reorganized contents for academic writers  The ninth edition groups argument, critical thinking, research, and documentation together so that the instruction at the heart of the composition course is centralized in the handbook. In addition, we’ve grouped the language and style chapters together and have made the Top Twenty easier to find.
More help with field research  One way students can control the sources and data they use in their writing is to collect their own information with field research techniques such as polling, interviewing, and observing. The ninth edition includes new sample questions presented in visual format.


Up-to-date documentation help in four styles The St. Martin’s Handbook, offering guidance for writing in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles, serves as a useful and valuable companion throughout college and across the disciplines. The ninth edition includes the most recent Modern Language Association (2016), American Psychological Association (2020), University of Chicago (2017), and Council of Science Editors (2014) guidelines.

A new resource for developing college writers in corequisite composition  A new supplemental workbook for students in paired or corequisite composition sections provides a wide range of activities to help students practice the skills and habits they need to be successful academic writers. A Student’s Companion to Lunsford Handbooks is designed to help underprepared students improve their reading and writing performance—with college success material on time management and etiquette, substantial coverage of reading strategies, graphic organizers for visual learners, and more than 60 exercises on writing, research, and grammar.

Authors

  • Headshot of Andrea A. Lunsford

    Andrea A. Lunsford

    Andrea Lunsford, Louise Hewlett Nixon Professor of English emerita and former Director of the Program in Writing and Rhetoric at Stanford University, joined the Stanford faculty in 2000. Prior to this appointment, she was Distinguished Professor of English at The Ohio State University (1986-2000) and, before that, Associate Professor and Director of Writing at the University of British Columbia (1977-86) and Associate Professor of English at Hillsborough Community College. A frequent member of the faculty of the Bread Loaf School of English, Andrea earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Florida and completed her Ph.D. in English at The Ohio State University (1977). She holds honorary degrees from Middlebury College and The University of Ôrebro.

    Andreas scholarly interests include the contributions of women and people of color to rhetorical history, theory, and practice; collaboration and collaborative writing, comics/graphic narratives; translanguaging and style, and technologies of writing. She has written or coauthored many books, including Essays on Classical Rhetoric and Modern Discourse; Singular Texts/Plural Authors: Perspectives on Collaborative Writing; and Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the History of Rhetoric, as well as numerous chapters and articles. For Bedford/St. Martin’s, she is the author of The St. Martins Handbook, The Everyday Writer, and EasyWriter; the co-author (with John Ruszkiewicz) of Everything’s an Argument and (with John Ruszkiewicz and Keith Walters) of Everything’s an Argument with Readings; and the co-author (with Lisa Ede) of Writing Together: Collaboration in Theory and Practice. She is also a regular contributor to the Bits teaching blog on Bedford/St. Martin’s English Community site.

    Andrea has given presentations and workshops on the changing nature and scope of writing and critical language awareness at scores of North American universities, served as Chair of the Conference on College Composition and Communication, as Chair of the Modern Language Association Division on Writing, and as a member of the MLA Executive Council. In her spare time, she serves on the Board of La Casa Roja’s Next Generation Leadership Network, as Chair of the Kronos Quartet Performing Arts Association--and works diligently if not particularly well in her communal organic garden.

Table of Contents

Brief Contents
 
Part 1: The Top Twenty
1 A Quick Guide to Editing Your Writing
 
Part 2: The Art and Craft of Writing
2 Expectations for College Writing
3 Rhetorical Situations
4 Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
5 Developing Paragraphs
6 Revising, Reviewing, and Editing
7 Reflecting
8 Working with Others
 
Part 3: Critical Thinking and Argument
9 Reading Critically
10 Analyzing Arguments
11 Constructing Arguments
 
Part 4: Doing Research and Using Sources
12 Preparing for a Research Project
13 Conducting Research
14 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
15 Integrating sources
16 Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
17 Writing a Research Project
 
Part 5: Documenting Sources
18 MLA Style
19 APA Style
20 Chicago Style
21 CSE Style
 
Part 6: Designing and Performing Writing
22 Design for Print and Digital Writing
23 Presentations
24 Communicating in Other Media
 
Part 7: Academic, Professional, and Public Writing
25 Writing Well in Any Discipline or Profession
26 Writing in the Humanities
27 Writing in the Social Sciences
28 Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences
29 Writing in Professional Settings
30 Essay Exams
31 Portfolios
32 Writing to Make Something Happen in the World
 
Part 8: Style: Effective Language
33 Language and Identity
34 Language Varieties
35 Writing to the World
36 Language that Builds Common Ground
37 Words Matter!
 
Part 9: Style: Effective Sentences
38 Concise Writing
39 Coordination and Subordination
40 Sentence Variety
41 Memorable Prose
 
Part 10: Clarity
42 Confusing Shifts
43 Parallelism
44 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
45 Fragments
46 Modifier Placement
47 Consistent and Complete Structures
 
Part 11: Grammar
48 Parts of Speech
49 Parts of Sentences
50 Nouns and Noun Phrases
51 Verbs
52 Subject-Verb Agreement
53 Pronouns
54 Adjectives and Adverbs
55 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
 
Part 12: Punctuation and Mechanics
56 Commas
57 Semicolons
58 End Punctuation
59 Apostrophes
60 Quotation Marks
61 Other Punctuation Marks
62 Capital Letters
63 Abbreviations and Numbers
64 Italics and Hyphens
 

Product Updates

An emphasis on being an open-minded learner  Based on new research with college writers and teachers of writing, a substantially revised “Expectations for College Writing” chapter provides a framework for developing the habits of open-minded readers, writers, listeners, and speakers. A new approach invites students to expect and engage difference and provides strategies for communicating respectfully with others and for stepping outside their social and ideological comfort zones. The ninth edition, featuring the voices of real students from across the country, helps writers think critically about the barriers to and benefits of openness—and better equips them for communicating in a global world.

New strategies for defensive reading, critical thinking, and fact checking  Writing with sources is a foundational skill for college, and too many students arrive with little experience in questioning the sources they read online and approaching them with skepticism. Revised advice for critical reading and evaluating and new tips for fact checking help students respond to the information and misinformation in news sources and in social media—and help them balance open-mindedness and skepticism as they evaluate sources.

A broader presentation of language use  Grounded in the argument that language is power, The St. Martin’s Handbook coaches students in both following and experimenting with conventions. A new chapter on language and identity helps students think more openly and carefully about language we use to present ourselves and language used to label us and others. A new reading by Andrea Lunsford explores the theme of “narrative justice,” the idea of giving people the opportunity to use their own language to control the narrative—the story—of their own experience. A revised chapter on language varieties fosters a new openness to translingual composition—with excerpts from student writing. Finally, attention to gender preference and pronoun use raises awareness about writing and speaking to include rather than exclude.

New examples of student writing that emphasize narrative elements, combine languages, and respond to common assignments  Some students come to college thinking of “academic writing” as boring and formulaic. New examples of student writing in the ninth edition defy that description, reimagining the role of narrative in argumentative and analytical writing and validating writing that brings in other languages for rhetorical effect.

Reorganized contents for academic writers  The ninth edition groups argument, critical thinking, research, and documentation together so that the instruction at the heart of the composition course is centralized in the handbook. In addition, we’ve grouped the language and style chapters together and have made the Top Twenty easier to find.
More help with field research  One way students can control the sources and data they use in their writing is to collect their own information with field research techniques such as polling, interviewing, and observing. The ninth edition includes new sample questions presented in visual format.


Up-to-date documentation help in four styles The St. Martin’s Handbook, offering guidance for writing in MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE styles, serves as a useful and valuable companion throughout college and across the disciplines. The ninth edition includes the most recent Modern Language Association (2016), American Psychological Association (2020), University of Chicago (2017), and Council of Science Editors (2014) guidelines.

A new resource for developing college writers in corequisite composition  A new supplemental workbook for students in paired or corequisite composition sections provides a wide range of activities to help students practice the skills and habits they need to be successful academic writers. A Student’s Companion to Lunsford Handbooks is designed to help underprepared students improve their reading and writing performance—with college success material on time management and etiquette, substantial coverage of reading strategies, graphic organizers for visual learners, and more than 60 exercises on writing, research, and grammar.

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A handbook for mobile writers in a global world

Available as an e-book or print book, The St. Martin’s Handbook, the most rhetorically grounded comprehensive handbook for composition, continues to do what it has always done: Present Andrea Lunsford’s substantial and timely research with student writers for student writers. The Ninth Edition reflects a nationwide survey of students and teachers related to how young people interact with others from different language and cultural backgrounds and with people with whom they disagree. New material on college expectations helps students think critically about barriers to and benefits of open and respectful dialogue and offers strategies for communicating outside of one’s comfort zone. Attention to gender and pronouns and to language varieties and identities supports students as they learn to write to include rather than to exclude. And throughout the Ninth Edition, which assumes students are writing traditional and multimodal projects in a mobile world, Andrea Lunsford asks students to see themselves as communicators in a global world.

With new student writing, stronger coverage of argument, new material on defensive reading and fact checking, more visual help with field research, the most up-to-date citation models, and a range of practice activities, The St. Martin’s Handbook helps a wide variety of college writers succeed.

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