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Writing and Revising

A Portable GuideSecond Edition ©2015 Marcia F. Muth; X. J. Kennedy; Dorothy M. Kennedy

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Documenting Sources in MLA Style

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A concise and affordable yet thorough writing guide, Writing and Revising offers a true alternative to larger and more expensive texts. Widely adopted in the first edition, it's flexible enough to be used in a variety of courses, as a classroom text, or as a quick reference. Whether students are writing brief papers or more complicated essays drawing on multiple sources, Writing and Revising can help.

Features

Exceptional value and flexibility. With a low price—and a significant discount when packaged with most Bedford/St. Martin's titles—Writing and Revising is an ideal text for value-minded instructors and students. The process-oriented coverage of critical thinking, reading, writing, and researching accommodates a variety of different teaching needs.

Concise but thorough coverage of writing. The text offers clear guidance on every stage of the writing process, from generating ideas and planning to revising and editing.

Practical coverage of argument. A full chapter on argument covers all the fundamentals of writing persuasively, with advice on choosing the best evidence to support claims.

Helpful advice on evaluating and using sources. Two full chapters emphasize the importance of evaluating sources for reliable evidence and integrating them into the paper. MLA and APA documentation models help students cite a wide range of sources.

An abundance of helpful visuals. Checklists, tables, charts, and other visuals help clarify important processes and concepts and serve as a quick reference for review.

A focus on revising and editing. One full chapter emphasizes revising for purpose, thesis, audience, structure, and support. A separate chapter on editing focuses on finding and fixing common problems with grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.

New to This Edition

New final chapter on crediting sources provides dozens of new examples showing how to cite and list sources in both the MLA and APA documentation styles and expands upon the coverage previously offered in Chapter 11 with more documentation models for multimodal sources.

Revised writing samples and visuals offer students fresh examples on composition techniques and strategies. New excerpts include writing from wide-ranging sources and writers, contemporary and classic.

Stronger reading-writing connections including a full-length professional writing sample—journalist Clive Thompson’s essay on "The New Literacy," a new section on Reading Online and Multimodal Texts, and a new student revision in response to a peer review.

Seventeen new examples of student writing processes, including an online threaded discussion with an instructor and five students, a formal outline for organizing a research paper on wetlands, a selection from a student interview essay, and a student’s accompanying critical response to Clive Thompson’s piece.

More advice on writing in the digital age, ranging from a new section on Reading Online and Multimodal Texts to generating ideas through e-journals and blogs to citing E-books. 　

New editing advice in sections on Refining Your College Voice and Polishing Your College Style.

Easier Quick References Numbering of the Activities and flagged Quick Editing Guide makes these features easier to find and easier to assign during class or for outside writing.
"Not just the size, but the conciseness of this book is an incredible (and rare) virtue."
—Paul Zajac, The Pennsylvania State University

"It has straightforward, commonsense advice, and covers the main methods of writing, so the book is easy for students to use from Day 1 of class. It meets my needs by giving me a writing book with MLA rules and basic proofreading tips."
—Amy Norton, Pierce College

"Precise, accessible, yet not overly simplistic, and not too many distracting elements.... I appreciate that it is concise and focused. It’s a book students can read, understand, benefit from across multiple levels of preparation, and continue to make use of beyond the class."
—Bob Nowlan, University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

"I particularly appreciate [this book’s] ability to talk globally about writing.… It looks more at commonalities in all types of writing… which ultimately our students need."
—Polly Buckingham, Eastern Washington University

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Marcia F. Muth

Marcia F. Muth teaches, writes, and edits.  She has taught first-year writing at The Ohio State University and other introductory courses at St. Peter's College (Englewood Cliffs).  Her many writing workshops have been sponsored by　Fordham University, the University of Colorado Colorado Springs, and currently　the School of Education and Human Development at the University of Colorado Denver.  She is the author or coauthor of many composition textbooks and ancillaries, including The Bedford Guide for College Writers, The Concise Bedford Guide for Writers, Writing and Revising: A Portable Guide, Researching and Writing: A Portable Guide, and The St. Martin's Pocket Guide to Research and Documentation (all from Bedford/St. Martin's).  Her projects as a writer and an editor have included Harold D. Lasswell: An Annotated Bibliography as well as many grant proposals, textbooks, ancillaries, reports, and other publications.  She continues to learn how to write clearly and effectively from her students, editors, reviewers, and writing colleagues.

X. J. Kennedy

X. J. Kennedy is an acclaimed poet, children’s author, college teacher, and textbook author. He has taught freshman composition at the University of Michigan; the University of North Carolina, Greensboro; and Tufts University. More than 2 million students have used his introductory literature texts and The Bedford Reader, now in its fourteenth edition.

Dorothy M. Kennedy

Dorothy M. Kennedy was a writer and editor whose articles and reviews have appeared in both professional and academic journals. She taught composition at the University of Michigan and Ohio University and, with X. J. Kennedy, was the recipient of the NCTE Teacher's Choice Award for Knock at a Star: A Child's Introduction to Poetry.