Published in 2018 (first published 1985)
656 pages
Diana Hacker (1942-2004) taught English Composition and tutored in the writing center at Prince George’s Community College for 35 years. During her years at PGCC, she personally class-tested her handbooks with nearly four thousand students. First and foremost a teacher, she was clear about why her handbooks work: They give students practical solutions to real writing problems. Hacker handbooks, used at almost half of the colleges and universities in the country, are the most widely adopted in America. Diana Hacker’s handbooks include A Writer’s Reference, Rules for Writers, A Pocket Style Manual, and The Bedford Handbook.
What is this book about?
Beginning college writers come from a wide range of backgrounds and communities. And for many, academic reading and writing skills are ones they must learn and practice. Enter Rules for Writers. It’s an easy-to-use, comprehensive composition tool with the quality you expect from authors you trust. It empowers students by teaching them how to meet new expectations and by giving them the practice that builds confidence.
With trusted advice for writing well, reading critically, and working with sources, Rules for Writers now has even more help for underprepared and inexperienced writers―sentence guides that foster an academic voice, tips for spotting fake news and misleading sources, more on paraphrasing, and fifteen new “how-to” pages that offer practical help for writing challenges.
