Trimmer, Joseph F

Defines the Modern Language Association guidelines for documentation in research papers, with examples and tips on note taking, summarizing, incorporating questions, paraphrasing, and ways to avoid plagiarism; and includes an appendix on APA style, along with a list of publisher abbreviations and a sample outline and research paper.

Writing with a Purpose has always been distinguished by its emphasis on the role of purpose in the writing process, its comprehensive coverage of the materials and problems basic to the introductory writing course, and its effective use of examples and exercises to illustrate how writers make decisions that produce successful writing. Although the revisions embodied in the Ninth Edition retain and reinforce these traditional features of the text, they also introduce and incorporate the best of contemporary theory and practice in the teaching of writing. The result is a blend of familiar and new material invigorated by fresh approaches and examples and enlivened by student writing that evolves through the various stages of the writing process.

Defines the Modern Language Association guidelines for documentation in research papers, with examples and tips on note taking, summarizing, incorporating questions, paraphrasing, and ways to avoid plagiarism; and includes an appendix on APA style, along with a list of publisher abbreviations and a sample outline and research paper.

Summarizes the documentation style of the Modern Language Association of America as it pertains to writing research papers, providing information on how to prepare a bibliography, how to document sources within the text of a paper, when and how to use footnotes and endnotes, and how to avoid plagiarizing.