The Bedford Handbook

Preface for Instructors.- Introduction: Becoming a College Writer.- PART I: THE WRITING PROCESS.- 1. Exploring, Planning, and Drafting [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer: Choose Topics You Care About.- 2. Revising, Editing, and Reflecting [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer: Form a Community of Readers Around You.- 3. Building Effective Paragraphs [e-Pages].- PART II: ACADEMIC READING AND WRITING.- 4. Reading and Writing Critically [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer: Engage with the Texts You Read.- 5. Reading and Writing about Images and Multimodal Texts [e-Pages].- 6. Reading and Writing Arguments [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer.- 7. Reading and Writing about Literature [e-Pages].- PART III: CLEAR SENTENCES.- 8. Prefer Active Verbs [e-Pages, LC].- 9. Balance Parallel Ideas [e-Pages, LC].- 10. Add Needed Words.- 11. Untangle Mixed Constructions.- 12. Repair Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers [e-Pages].- 13. Eliminate Distracting Shifts [e-Pages, LC].- 14. Emphasize Key Ideas [e-Pages].- 15. Provide Some Variety [e-Pages].- PART IV: WORD CHOICE.- 16. Tighten Wordy Sentences [e-Pages, LC].- 17. Choose Appropriate Language [e-Pages, LC].- 18. Find the Exact Words [e-Pages, LC].- PART V: GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES.- 19. Repair Sentence Fragments [e-Pages, LC].- 20. Revise Run-on Sentences [e-Pages, LC].- 21. Make Subjects and Verbs Agree [e-Pages, LC].- 22. Make Pronouns and Antecedents Agree [e-Pages, LC].- 23. Make Pronoun References Clear [e-Pages, LC].- 24. Distinguish Between Pronouns such as I and Me [e-Pages].- 25. Distinguish Between Who and Whom [e-Pages].- 26. Choose Adjectives and Adverbs with Care [e-Pages].- 27. Choose Appropriate Verb Forms, Tenses, and Moods in Standard English [e-Pages, LC].- PART VI: MULTILINGUAL WRITERS AND ESL CHALLENGES.- 28. Verbs [e-Pages, LC].- 29. Articles [e-Pages, LC].- 30. Sentence Structure [e-Pages, LC].- 31. Prepositions and Idiomatic Expressions [e-Pages].- PART VII: PUNCTUATION.- 32. The Comma [e-Pages, LC].- 33. Unnecessary Commas [e-Pages].- 34. The Semicolon [e-Pages].- 35. The Colon [e-Pages].- 36. The Apostrophe [e-Pages, LC].- 37. Quotation Marks [e-Pages].- 38. End Punctuation.- 39. Other Punctuation Marks [e-Pages].- PART VIII: MECHANICS.- 40. Abbreviations [e-Pages].- 41. Numbers [e-Pages].- 42. Italics [e-Pages].- 43. Spelling.- 44. The Hyphen [e-Pages].- 45. Capitalization [e-Pages, LC].- PART IX: GRAMMAR BASICS.- 46. Parts of Speech [e-Pages, LC].- 47. Sentence Patterns [e-Pages].- 48. Subordinate Word Groups [e-Pages].- 49. Sentence Types [e-Pages].- PART X: RESEARCHED WRITING.- 50. Conducting Research [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer: Join a Research Conversation.- 51. Managing Information
 Taking Notes Responsibly [e-Pages].- 52. Evaluating Sources [e-Pages].- 53. Supporting a Thesis [e-Pages].- 54. Citing Sources
 Avoiding Plagiarism [e-Pages].- 55. Integrating Sources [e-Pages].- Becoming a College Writer: Provide Context for Sources.- 56. MLA Documentation Style [e-Pages].- 57. MLA Manuscript Format
 Sample Research Paper.- 58. Supporting a Thesis [e-Pages].- 59. Citing Sources
 Avoiding Plagiarism [e-Pages].- 60. Integrating Sources [e-Pages].- 61. APA Documentation Style [e-Pages].- 62. APA Manuscript Format
 Sample Research Paper.- 63. Chicago Papers [e-Pages].- PART XI: WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES.- 64. Learning to Write in a Discipline.- 65. Approaching Writing Assignments in the Disciplines.- Appendix: A Document Design Gallery.