TY - BOOK AU - Van Goor,Wanda AU - Hacker,Diana AU - Hacker,Diana AU - Sommers,Nancy I. TI - Developmental exercises for Hacker handbooks SN - 1319146317 AV - PE1408 .H2778 2018 Suppl. U1 - 428.2 23 PY - 2018///] CY - Boston, MA, New York PB - Bedford/St. Martin's, Macmillan Learning KW - English language KW - Rhetoric KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Grammar KW - Report writing KW - Academic writing KW - Composition and exercises KW - Textbooks for foreign speakers N2 - Developmental Exercises for Hacker Handbooks offers more than 175 class-tested exercise sets in a wide variety of formats, all designed for developing college writers. The exercises in each set include cross-curricular content and are thematically linked, usually focusing on the achievements of a famous person or group, so that students are reading real prose on inspiring topics rather than unrelated drill sentences. Most sections include practice and review exercises that identify problem areas and direct students to sections in their handbook for explanations and revision strategies. An answer key, in the back of the workbook, provides answers and feedback for practice exercises. Developmental Exercises for Hacker Handbooks supports the following handbook titles by Diana Hacker and Nancy Sommers: A Pocket Style Manual, Eighth Edition, A Writer’s Reference, Ninth Edition, and Rules for Writers, Ninth Edition ER -