Rules for Writers, Seventh Edition Diana Hacker Nancy Sommers

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1 Rules for Writers, Seventh Edition Diana Hacker Nancy Sommers What s new on the companion Web site? hackerhandbooks.com/rules The companion Web site for Rules for Writers, Seventh Edition, now provides even more help for college writers in any discipline. 34 new exercises 22 new student papers and other model documents Nancy Sommers videos New help with revision New support for instructors 34 new exercises. New interactive grammar, writing, and research exercises provide even more opportunities for student writers to practice everything from sentence clarity to documenting sources in MLA and APA styles. Page 1 of 8

2 Fourteen new model papers and eight other documents in four citation styles. Papers are now organized in two ways: by documentation style and by genre. New MLA-style papers: argument paper, concert review, paper-in-progress (draft and final), outline, and portfolio cover letter New APA-style papers: literature review, business proposal, nursing practice paper, business report, reflective essay, and crime report New CSE-style paper: lab report New USGS-style paper: report A collection of professional models such as résumés and business memos Nancy Sommers videos. These new videos feature author Nancy Sommers addressing topics such as revision, reading and responding, teacher comments, argument, and the composing process. New section on revising. Here you ll find sample revisions, revision checklists, student papers (rough and final), and a revising with comments feature designed to help students understand and apply their teachers feedback as they start to rework their papers. Page 2 of 8

3 What if I m still using the sixth edition? You can still use the Web site for the sixth edition. You can get there two ways: 1. Use the direct URL: You may bookmark this site for your convenience. 2. You can also link to the sixth edition site from the seventh edition site. See the link on the left side of the page. Except for the new URL, the sixth edition site is unchanged. Using the Sixth Edition? Page 3 of 8

4 Note for exercise users: Data from the sixth edition site (such as student exercise results) are not accessible through the seventh edition site. Users of Rules for Writers, Seventh Edition, can still access the sixth edition site in one of the ways noted on page 3. Instructors teaching with the sixth edition site can still access their students scores on that site. Do the new exercises function like the others? As on the Web site for Rules for Writers, Sixth Edition, students must log in to complete exercises. For instructors to have access to students scores, students must record their instructor s address with their student profile. Students will be prompted to enter this information when they log in. What s new for instructors? Visit hackerhandbooks.com, our new Web site dedicated to providing instructors with information and ideas from coauthor Nancy Sommers, other teachers of writing, and the Hacker handbooks editors at Bedford/St. Martin s. You ll also find Teaching with Hacker Handbooks available for download. Instructor resources are protected so that students cannot gain access to them; instructors must log in to access these resources. Have the exercise numbers changed? Most exercise numbers have changed. The changes are detailed in the following chart, with numbers and titles of new exercises in bold. RULES 6/e Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, Rules for Writers 7th edition vs. 6th edition exercise numbers Purpose and audience Thesis statements 2-3 Thesis statements Introductions Topic sentences Transitions Identifying active and passive voice 8-3 Active vs. passive voice Active vs. be verbs Active verbs 9-2 Identifying parallel structure Parallelism Parallelism Parallelism Needed words 10-3 Needed words Page 4 of 8

5 RULES 6/e Needed words Mixed constructions 11-3 Mixed constructions Mixed constructions Misplaced modifiers 12-4 Misplaced modifiers Misplaced modifiers Dangling modifiers 12-7 Dangling modifiers Dangling modifiers Shifts: person and number Shifts: tense 13-7 Shifts: mood and voice, questions and quotations Shifts Shifts Combining choppy sentences Identifying sentence emphasis Using coordination and subordination 14-8 Combining choppy sentences Wordy sentences 16-4 Wordy sentences Wordy sentences Wordy sentences Jargon Sexist language 17-8 Sexist language Misused words Standard idioms Clichés and mixed metaphors Sentence fragments 19-4 Sentence fragments Sentence fragments Sentence fragments Run-on sentences 20-5 Run-on sentences Run-on sentences Run-on sentences Subject-verb agreement Subject-verb agreement Subject-verb agreement Pronoun-antecedent agreement Pronoun-antecedent agreement Pronoun-antecedent agreement Pronoun reference Page 5 of 8

6 RULES 6/e Pronoun reference Pronoun reference Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) who and whom Pronoun case: review 25-4 Pronoun case: review Adjectives and adverbs Adjectives and adverbs Irregular verbs 27-5 Irregular verbs Standard English verb forms 27-7 Standard English verb forms Verb tense and mood 27-9 Verb tense and mood Verb forms and tenses Verb forms with modals Conditional sentences Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives 28-9 Using verbs: review Using articles 29-4 Using articles Articles and types of nouns Omissions and repetitions Sentence structure Present vs. past participles Order of cumulative adjectives Prepositions showing time and place Major uses of the comma Major uses of the comma All uses of the comma Misuses of the comma 33-4 Misuses of the comma The semicolon and the comma The semicolon and the comma The colon, the semicolon, and the comma The apostrophe 36-4 The apostrophe Quotation marks 37-4 Quotation marks Other punctuation marks Abbreviations Numbers Italics Page 6 of 8

7 RULES 6/e The hyphen Capital letters Parts of speech: nouns 46-6 Parts of speech: nouns Parts of speech: pronouns 46-8 Parts of speech: pronouns Parts of speech: verbs Parts of speech: verbs Parts of speech: adjectives Parts of speech: adjectives Parts of speech: adverbs Parts of speech: adverbs All parts of speech All parts of speech Subjects Subjects Subject complements and direct objects Indirect objects and object complements 47-8 All objects and complements Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs Prepositional phrases Prepositional phrases Objects of prepositions Verbal phrases Verbal phrases Subordinate clauses Subordinate clauses Subjects of subordinate clauses Phrases and clauses Sentence types Research questions Thesis statements in MLA papers 56-2 Thesis statements in MLA papers Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers Recognizing common knowledge in MLA papers Integrating sources in MLA papers Integrating sources in MLA papers Integrating sources in MLA papers Integrating sources in MLA papers MLA documentation: in-text citations Page 7 of 8

8 RULES 6/e MLA documentation: in-text citations 59-3 MLA documentation: in-text citations MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources MLA documentation: works cited MLA documentation: works cited 59-7 MLA documentation: works cited MLA documentation Thesis statements in APA papers 61-2 Thesis statements in APA papers Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers Recognizing common knowledge in APA papers Integrating sources in APA papers Integrating sources in APA papers Integrating sources in APA papers Integrating sources in APA papers APA documentation: in-text citations APA documentation: in-text citations APA documentation: in-text citations APA documentation: identifying elements of sources APA documentation: reference list 64-6 APA documentation: reference list 64-7 APA documentation: reference list APA documentation 67-1 Thesis statements in literature papers Page 8 of 8