Rules for Writers (9th Edition)

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Students who are just starting out in college writing come from a diverse range of communities and backgrounds. In addition, for many students, academic reading and writing are skills that they need to develop further through practice. Enter Rules for Writers. It is a comprehensive composition tool that is simple to use, and it has the quality that you would expect from authors that you have confidence in. Students are given more agency as a result of being instructed on how to meet new expectations and being provided with the practice that helps build confidence.

Rules for Writers is a trusted resource that offers advice for writing well, reading critically, and working with sources. It now includes even more assistance for underprepared and inexperienced writers, including sentence guides that foster an academic voice, tips for spotting fake news and misleading sources, additional information on paraphrasing, and fifteen new “how-to” pages that offer practical help for writing challenges. It is a cheap solution that offers a significant amount of value, particularly when coupled with LaunchPad Solo for Hacker Handbooks, a cutting-edge practice solution that is offered at no additional cost when packaged with a new text. Together, these two products create an exceptional value proposition.