A Pocket Style Manual
by Diana Hacker, Nancy Sommers
9th Edition
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319169541 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319327569 |
| Publisher | Bedford/St. Martin's |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 9th Edition |
| Language | English |
| Pages | 352 |
Authored by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers, A Pocket Style Manual, 9th Edition, is an academic reference manual published by Bedford/St. Martin's. Designed to assist college students with core composition tasks, this volume offers practical instructions for writing across academic subjects. It helps students understand foundational principles of clear expression, sentence construction, and paper organization.
The manual covers key writing topics including grammar rules, stylistic choices, and punctuation conventions. Its organized chapters guide students through sentence revisions, word choice adjustments, and subject-verb agreement rules to help maintain writing clarity. Dedicated sections also address specific grammar topics to assist multilingual writers navigating college assignments.
A defining feature of the text includes step-by-step guidance to help students form research questions, locate relevant materials, evaluate evidence, and incorporate source content. These tools offer structured reference support for college students and multilingual writers completing research projects throughout their academic studies.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Tighten wordy sentences.
Chapter 2: Prefer active verbs.
Chapter 3: Balance parallel ideas.
Chapter 4: Add needed words.
Chapter 5: Eliminate distracting shifts.
Chapter 6: Untangle mixed constructions.
Chapter 7: Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers.
Chapter 8: Provide sentence variety.
Chapter 9: Find an appropriate voice.
Chapter 10: Make subjects and verbs agree.
Chapter 11: Be alert to other problems with verbs.
Chapter 12: Use pronouns with care.
Chapter 13: Use adjectives and adverbs appropriately.
Chapter 14: Repair sentence fragments.
Chapter 15: Revise run-on sentences.
Chapter 16: Consider grammar topics for multilingual writers.
Chapter 17: The comma
Chapter 18: The semicolon and the colon
Chapter 19: The apostrophe
Chapter 20: Quotation marks
Chapter 21: Other punctuation marks
Chapter 22: Capitalization
Chapter 23: Abbreviations, numbers, and italics
Chapter 24: Hyphenation
Chapter 25: Posing a research question
Chapter 26: Finding appropriate sources
Chapter 27: Managing information; avoiding plagiarism
Chapter 28: Evaluating sources
Chapter 29: Supporting a thesis
Chapter 30: Avoiding plagiarism
Chapter 31: Integrating sources
Chapter 32: Integrating literary quotations
Chapter 33: MLA documentation style
Chapter 34: MLA format; sample research paper
Chapter 35: Supporting a thesis
Chapter 36: Avoiding plagiarism
Chapter 37: Integrating sources
Chapter 38: APA documentation style
Chapter 39: APA format; sample research paper
Chapter 40: Supporting a thesis
Chapter 41: Avoiding plagiarism
Chapter 42: Integrating sources
Chapter 43: Chicago documentation style
Chapter 44: Chicago format; sample pages
Chapter 45: CSE documentation style
Chapter 46: CSE format
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