Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond MLA Update Edition

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NOTE: This edition features the same content as the traditional text in a convenient three-hole-punched loose-leaf version. Books a la Carte also offer a great value; this format costs significantly less than a new textbook. Before purchasing check with your instructor or review your course syllabus to ensure that you select the correct ISBN. Several versions of Pearsons MyLab & Mastering products exist for each title including customized versions for individual schools and registrations are not transferable. In addition you may need a Course ID provided by your instructor to register for and use Pearsons MyLab & Mastering products. For college courses in Composition and Rhetoric. This version of Writing: A Guide for College and Beyondhas been updated to reflect the 8th edition of the MLA Handbook (April 2016). The 8th edition introduces sweeping changes to the philosophy and details of MLA works cited entries. Responding to the increasing mobility of texts MLA now encourages writers to focus on the process of crafting the citation beginning with the same questions for any source. These changes then align with current best practices in the teaching of writing which privilege inquiry and critical thinking over rote recall and rule-following. Revealing the writing process through interactive learning Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond presents writing reading and research processes dynamically using a variety of visuals to illustrate how readers interact with texts and how writers compose. One of the first textbook authors to focus on multimedia composing Lester Faigley employs his own advice to engage students in every step of the writing processfor both college composition and everyday lifeand pulls back the curtain on how writers work. Aligned with the learning goals for a first-year college writing course identified in the 2014 Outcomes Statement from the Council of Writing Program Administrators Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond gives students the support they need to succeed in first-year composition in their other courses and in their careers. In the Fourth Edition students can also practice and explore what theyve learned chapter-by-chapter with interactive MyWritingLab tools assignments and projects.