A Writer's Reference with 2016 MLA Update

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THIS TITLE HAS BEEN UPDATED TO REFLECT THE 2016 MLA UPDATES! Our editorial team has updated this text based on content from The MLA Handbook 8th Edition. Browse our catalog or contact your representative for a full listing of updated titles and packages or to request a custom ISBN.For success in college no skill is more critical than writing; its the very core of a students academic experience. Tested and trusted A Writers Reference is an essential tool for students who are strengthening habits and skills that will support them throughout college. In an April 2014 survey of first-year writers 75 percent reported that using a Hacker handbook made them a more confident academic writer. Whats more A Writers Reference has been a powerful tool for change across college campuseshelping to create a culture of writing at many schools by supporting a common language for talking about academic writing. In that way A Writers Reference is uniquely positioned to help transform attitudes about the value of writing instruction and the role that writing plays in academic work and in higher learning. With this eighth edition of the handbook author Nancy Sommers invites you to be part of a community of those who teach and assign writing; who believe that critical reading analytical writing responsible research and clarity are at the center of effective writing across the academy; and who use the nations best-selling and most responsive handbook to support the development of the college writer. LaunchPad LaunchPad combines an interactive e-book with high-quality multimedia content and ready-made assessment options including LearningCurve adaptive quizzing. Pre-built units are easy to assign or adapt with your own material such as readings videos quizzes discussion groups and more. LaunchPad also provides access to a grade book that provides a clear window on performance for your whole class for individual students and for individual assignments. The result is superior book specific content in a breakthrough user interface in which power and simplicity go hand in hand. To package LaunchPad free with A Writers Reference Eighth Edition use ISBN 978-1-319-00920-5.