Give students big writing help in a small package with POCKET KEYS FOR WRITERS. This indispensable pocket-style handbook addresses the essentials of the writing process. It takes students through the research process, includes the mechanics of writing and using punctuation, and explains the evaluation and documentation of both print and electronic source materials. Concise, up-to-date, and practical, this edition is easier to use than ever before with a new full-color design that helps students find the material they need easily and quickly when they need it. Renowned for her work in ESL instruction, author Ann Raimes provides useful Language and Culture boxes throughout the text as well as a dedicated ESL section covering issues of culture, varieties of English, and Standard Written English in relation to the vernacular. This edition has been updated to reflect guidelines from the 2009 MLA HANDBOOK FOR WRITERS OF RESEARCH PAPERS, Seventh Edition. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

Encouraging you to be an inventive thinker and writer, THE COMPOSITION OF EVERYDAY LIFE, Concise, connects the act of writing to your daily life. It helps you to uncover meaning, rethink the world around you and invent ideas. With 36 reading selections by both professional and student writers, this book is designed to help you develop focused and distinctive academic essays. It gives you great preparation for the reading and writing activities you'll encounter throughout your college experience and beyond.

Newly updated with the 2003 MLA documentation standards, the spiral-bound version of this landmark student reference combines 20 years of research into writing in college with the most extensive technological support available to form an indispensable resource for learning, writing, researching, and editing in the Composition classroom and beyond.