Writing in the Disciplines with 2021 MLA Update
A Hacker Handbooks SupplementTenth Edition| ©2021 Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers; Jonathan S. Cullick; Terry Myers Zawacki
The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).
With practical advice and plenty of student models, Writing in the Dis...
The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).
With practical advice and plenty of student models, Writing in the Disciplines provides a jump start for writing college papers in nine disciplines — biology, business, criminal justice/criminology, education, engineering, history, music, nursing, and psychology. Each discipline section features information on audience expectations in that area of study, the types of questions asked, the types of documents produced, the kinds of evidence used, appropriate language conventions, and appropriate citation styles. Each section features a model student paper (two in business) written in response to a typical assignment in the discipline. Advice for writing in business, criminal justice, education, nursing, and psychology includes updated APA guidelines (2020).
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The ebook has been updated to give your students the latest guidance on documenting sources in MLA style and follows the guidelines set forth in the MLA Handbook, 9th edition (April 2021).
With practical advice and plenty of student models, Writing in the Disciplines provides a jump start for writing college papers in nine disciplines — biology, business, criminal justice/criminology, education, engineering, history, music, nursing, and psychology. Each discipline section features information on audience expectations in that area of study, the types of questions asked, the types of documents produced, the kinds of evidence used, appropriate language conventions, and appropriate citation styles. Each section features a model student paper (two in business) written in response to a typical assignment in the discipline. Advice for writing in business, criminal justice, education, nursing, and psychology includes updated APA guidelines (2020).
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Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers; Jonathan S. Cullick; Terry Myers Zawacki
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Writing in the Disciplines with 2021 MLA Update
Tenth Edition| 2021
Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers; Jonathan S. Cullick; Terry Myers Zawacki
Table of Contents
1 Find commonalities across disciplines.
2 Recognize the questions writers in a discipline ask.
3 Understand the kinds of evidence writers in a discipline use.
4 Become familiar with a discipline’s language conventions.
5 Use a discipline’s preferred citation style.
Writing in the Disciplines with 2021 MLA Update
Tenth Edition| 2021
Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers; Jonathan S. Cullick; Terry Myers Zawacki
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Diana Hacker
Diana Hacker personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students over thirty-five years at Prince George's Community College in Maryland, where she was a member of the English faculty. Hacker handbooks, built on innovation and on a keen understanding of the challenges facing student writers, are the most widely adopted in America. Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin's, include A Writer's Reference, Eleventh Edition (2025); A Pocket Style Manual, Tenth Edition (2025); The Bedford Handbook, Twelfth Edition (2023); Rules for Writers, Tenth Edition (2022); and Writer’s Help 2.0, Hacker Version.
Nancy Sommers
Nancy Sommers, who has taught composition and directed composition programs for thirty years, now teaches in Harvard's Graduate School of Education. She led Harvard's Expository Writing Program for twenty years, directing the first-year writing program and establishing Harvard's WAC program. A two-time Braddock Award winner, Sommers is well known for her research and publications on student writing. Her articles “Revision Strategies of Student and Experienced Writers” and “Responding to Student Writing” are two of the most widely read and anthologized articles in the field of composition. Recently she has been exploring different audiences through publishing in popular media. Sommers is the lead author on Hacker handbooks, all published by Bedford/St. Martin’s, and editor of Tiny Teaching Stories on Macmillan Learning's Bits Blog.
Jonathan S. Cullick
Terry Myers Zawacki
Writing in the Disciplines with 2021 MLA Update
Tenth Edition| 2021
Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers; Jonathan S. Cullick; Terry Myers Zawacki
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