The St. Martin's Handbook
by Andrea A. Lunsford
9th Edition
Publisher: Bedford/St. Martin's
Book Details
| Print ISBN | 9781319107536 |
| eText ISBN | 9781319107567 |
| Publisher | Bedford/St. Martin's |
| Publishing Year | 2021 |
| Edition | 9th Edition |
| Language | English |
The St. Martin's Handbook, 9th Edition, is a composition handbook written by Andrea A. Lunsford and published by Bedford/St. Martin's. This text provides reference support for fundamental writing processes, rhetorical analysis, and source documentation across academic, professional, and multimodal contexts.
The handbook structures its coverage around initial composition phases, beginning with exploring ideas, structural planning, and developing focused paragraphs. It outlines procedures for revising drafts, reviewing work with others, executing edits, and engaging in self-reflection. Dedicated units detail critical reading strategies, argument analysis, and the construction of persuasive claims. To support research workflows, the volume guides users through project preparation, source collection, source evaluation, note-taking, source integration, and plagiarism prevention. Explicit chapters also explain citation conventions for MLA, APA, Chicago, and CSE documentation styles.
Additionally, the material offers targeted instruction for designing print layouts, organizing oral presentations, and adapting communication for various digital and alternative media platforms.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: A Quick Guide to Editing Your Writing
Chapter 2: Expectations for College Writing
Chapter 3: Rhetorical Situations
Chapter 4: Exploring, Planning, and Drafting
Chapter 5: Developing Paragraphs
Chapter 6: Revising, Reviewing, and Editing
Chapter 7: Reflecting
Chapter 8: Working with Others
Chapter 9: Reading Critically
Chapter 10: Analyzing Arguments
Chapter 11: Constructing Arguments
Chapter 12: Preparing for a Research Project
Chapter 13: Conducting Research
Chapter 14: Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
Chapter 15: Integrating sources
Chapter 16: Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
Chapter 17: Writing a Research Project
Chapter 18: MLA Style
Chapter 19: APA Style
Chapter 20: Chicago Style
Chapter 21: CSE Style
Chapter 22: Design for Print and Digital Writing
Chapter 23: Presentations
Chapter 24: Communicating in Other Media
Chapter 25: Writing Well in Any Discipline or Profession
Chapter 26: Writing in the Humanities
Chapter 27: Writing in the Social Sciences
Chapter 28: Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences
Chapter 29: Writing in Professional Settings
Chapter 30: Essay Exams
Chapter 31: Portfolios
Chapter 32: Writing to Make Something Happen in the World
Chapter 33: Language and Identity
Chapter 34: Language Varieties
Chapter 35: Writing to the World
Chapter 36: Language that Builds Common Ground
Chapter 37: Words Matter!
Chapter 38: Concise Writing
Chapter 39: Coordination and Subordination
Chapter 40: Sentence Variety
Chapter 41: Memorable Prose
Chapter 42: Confusing Shifts
Chapter 43: Parallelism
Chapter 44: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Chapter 45: Fragments
Chapter 46: Modifier Placement
Chapter 47: Consistent and Complete Structures
Chapter 48: Parts of Speech
Chapter 49: Parts of Sentences
Chapter 50: Nouns and Noun Phrases
Chapter 51: Verbs
Chapter 52: Subject-Verb Agreement
Chapter 53: Pronouns
Chapter 54: Adjectives and Adverbs
Chapter 55: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
Chapter 56: Commas
Chapter 57: Semicolons
Chapter 58: End Punctuation
Chapter 59: Apostrophes
Chapter 60: Quotation Marks
Chapter 61: Other Punctuation Marks
Chapter 62: Capital Letters
Chapter 63: Abbreviations and Numbers
Chapter 64: Italics and Hyphens
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