If you currently use the eighth edition of The Bedford Handbook, this document can help you adapt your teaching materials easily to the ninth edition. Contact Michelle Clark ( mclark@bedfordstmartins.com
) or Kylie Paul ( kpaul@bedfordstmartins.com
) with questions.
Introduction: A Letter from the Author
PART I. THE WRITING PROCESS
1. Exploring, planning, and drafting
(“Generate ideas and sketch a plan” in 8/e)
2. Revising, editing, and reflecting
(“Make global revisions; then revise sentences” in 8/e)
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New student introduction p. 10: Becoming a College Writer: Choose topics you care about
New “As you write” writing activities in the e-Pages help students apply handbook advice to their own writing p. 12: New focus on “genre” in the Checklist for Assessing the Writing Situation p. 19: New subsection: “Genre” p. 37: New subsection: “When to use an informal outline” p. 41: New box: “Strategies for drafting an introduction” p. 43, 46: New subsections: “Adding visuals as you draft” and “Considering design as you draft” pp. 44-45: New table: “Choosing visuals to suit your purpose” p. 47: New box: “Strategies for drafting a conclusion” p. 48: New section: “Manage your files” p. 56: Becoming a College Writer: Form a community of readers around you p. 57: New section: “Develop strategies for revising with comments” p. 67: New box: “Excerpt from an online peer review session” p. 74: New box: “Creating a personal editing log” p. 74: New section: “Student writing: literacy narrative,” including new sample student essay p. 84: New Writing Guide: Literacy Narrative p. 87: New sample reflective letter for a portfolio p. 90: New Writing Guide: Reflective Letter
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3. Building effective paragraphs
PART II. ACADEMIC READING AND
WRITING
4. Reading and writing critically
(Writing about texts” in 8/e)
5. Reading and writing about images and multimodal texts
6. Reading and writing arguments
(Combined from Ch. 5, “Writing arguments,” and Ch. 6, “Evaluating arguments,” in 8/e)
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“Drafting an analytical thesis statement” p. 122: New Writing Guide: Analytical Essay
New chapter
7. Reading and writing about literature
(Ch. 55 “Writing about literature” in 8/e)
PART III. CLEAR SENTENCES
8. Prefer active verbs.
9. Balance parallel ideas.
10. Add needed words.
11. Untangle mixed constructions.
12. Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers.
13. Eliminate distracting shifts.
14. Emphasize key ideas.
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Coverage from 8 th edition Chapter 7, “Writing in the disciplines,” has been moved to Part XI (p. 789).
Some exercise items have moved to the e-Pages.
New: LearningCurve game-like adaptive quizzes. Visit hackerhandbooks.com/bedhandbook. p. 205, p. 206: New subsections: “Headings” and “Lists”
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15. Provide some variety.
PART IV. WORD CHOICE
16. Tighten wordy sentences.
17. Choose appropriate language.
18. Find the exact words.
PART V. GRAMMATICAL SENTENCES
19. Repair sentence fragments.
20. Revise run-on sentences.
21. Make subjects and verbs agree.
22. Make pronouns and antecedents agree.
23. Make pronoun references clear.
24. Distinguish between pronouns such as I and me.
25. Distinguish between who and whom.
26. Choose adjectives and adverbs with care.
27. Choose appropriate verb forms, tenses, and moods in standard English.
PART VI. MULTILINGUAL WRITERS
AND ESL CHALLENGES
28. Verbs
29. Articles
30. Sentence structure
31. Prepositions and idiomatic expressions
PART VII. PUNCTUATION
32. The comma
33. Unnecessary commas
34. The semicolon
35. The colon
36. The apostrophe
37. Quotation marks
38. End punctuation
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39. Other punctuation marks
PART VIII. MECHANICS
40. Abbreviations
41. Numbers
42. Italics
43. Spelling
44. The hyphen
45. Capitalization
PART IX. GRAMMAR BASICS
(Part XI in 8/e)
46. Parts of speech
(Ch. 61 in 8/e)
47. Sentence patterns
(Ch. 62 in 8/e)
48. Subordinate word groups
(Ch. 63 in 8/e)
49. Sentence types
(Ch. 64 in 8/e)
PART X. RESEARCHED WRITING
(Part IX in 8/e)
50. Thinking like a researcher, gathering sources
(Ch. 46 “Conducting research” in 8/e)
51. Managing information; taking notes responsibly
(Ch. 48 “Managing information; avoiding plagiarism” in 8/e)
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52. Evaluating sources
(Ch. 47 in 8/e)
Writing MLA Papers
53. Supporting a thesis (MLA)
(Ch. 50 in 8/e)
54. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
(MLA)
(Ch. 51 in 8/e)
55. Integrating sources (MLA)
(Ch. 52 in 8/e)
56. MLA documentation style
(Ch. 53 in 8/e)
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Citation guidelines and models throughout chapter have been updated, expanded, and reorganized. p. 601: New table: “General guidelines for the works cited list” pp. 604-605: New box: “How to answer the basic question ‘Who is the author?’” pp. 638-639: New box: “How to cite course materials” pp. 642-643: New box: “How to cite a source reposted from another source”
57. MLA manuscript format; sample research paper
(Ch. 54 in 8/e)
Writing APA Papers
58. Supporting a thesis (APA)
(Section 56a in 8/e)
59. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
(APA)
(Section 56b in 8/e)
60. Integrating sources (APA)
(Section 56c in 8/e)
61. APA documentation style
(Section 56d in 8/e)
62. APA manuscript format; sample APA research paper
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Citation guidelines and models throughout chapter have been updated, expanded, and reorganized. pp. 692-693: New table: “General guidelines for the reference list” p. 724: New subsection: “Footnotes”
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(Sections 56e and 56f in 8/e)
Writing Chicago Papers
63. Chicago Papers
(Ch. 57 in 8/e)
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DISCIPLINES
(Ch. 7 in 8/e)
64. Learning to write in a discipline
(Sections 7a – 7e in 8/e)
65. Approaching writing assignments in the disciplines
(Section 7f “Responding to writing assignments in the disciplines” in 8/e)
Appendix: A document design gallery
(Part X “Document Design” in 8/e)
Glossary of Usage
Answers to Lettered Exercises
Index
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Streamlined coverage of academic and business formats.
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Throughout the book, cross-references direct students to additional material in the integrated media. The “e” icon and the checkmark icon indicate exercises, quizzes, models, and activities available at hackerhandbooks.com/bedhandbook.
5 & 5 = In the 8/e, this exercise featured 10 items. In the 9/e, 5 items are in the print book, and 5 items are in the e-Pages.
All exercises not marked 5 & 5 are unchanged from the 8/e.
Part I: The Writing Process
Exercise 1-1
Exercise 1-2
Exercise 1-4 (Exercise 1-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 3-1
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Exercise 6-1
Part III: Clear Sentences
Exercise 8-1
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Exercise 10-1
Exercise 11-1
Exercise 12-1
Exercise 12-4 (Exercise 12-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 13-1
Exercise 13-2
Exercise 13-5 (Exercise 13-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 13-6 (Exercise 13-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 14-1
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Exercise 14-2
Exercise 14-8 (Exercise 14-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 14-10 (Exercise 14-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 15-1
Exercise 15-2
Part IV: Word Choice
Exercise 16-1
Exercise 16-2
Exercise 17-1
Exercise 17-2
Exercise 17-5 (Exercise 17-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 17-6 (Exercise 17-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 17-7 (Exercise 17-5 in 8/e)
Exercise 18-1
Exercise 18-2
Exercise 18-5 (Exercise 18-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 18-8 (Exercise 18-4 in 8/e)
Part V: Grammatical Sentences
Exercise 19-1
Exercise 19-2
Exercise 20-1
Exercise 20-2
Exercise 20-3
Exercise 21-1 (21-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 21-2 (21-1 in 8/e)
Exercise 22-1
Exercise 22-2
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Exercise 24-1
Exercise 24-2
Exercise 25-1
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Exercise 27-1
Exercise 27-5 (Exercise 27-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 27-9 (Exercise 27-3 in 8/e)
Part VI: Multilingual Writers and ESL
Challenges
Exercise 28-1
Exercise 28-4 (Exercise 28-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 28-7 (Exercise 28-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 28-10 (Exercise 28-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 29-1
Exercise 29-2
Exercise 30-1
Exercise 30-4 (Exercise 30-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 30-7 (Exercise 30-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 30-10 (Exercise 30-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 31-1
Part VII: Punctuation
Exercise 32-1
Exercise 32-2
Exercise 32-5 (Exercise 32-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 32-6 (Exercise 32-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 32-9 (Exercise 32-5 in 8/e)
Exercise 32-11 (Exercise 32-6 in 8/e)
Exercise 32-12 (Exercise 32-7 in 8/e)
Exercise 33-1
Exercise 33-2
Exercise 34-1
Exercise 34-2
Exercise 35-1
Exercise 36-1
Exercise 36-2
Exercise 37-1
Exercise 37-2
Exercise 38-1
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Exercise 39-1
Part VIII: Mechanics
Exercise 40-1
Exercise 41-1
Exercise 42-1
Exercise 43-1
Exercise 44-1
Exercise 45-1
Part IX: Grammar Basics (Part XI in 8/e)
Exercise 46-1 (Exercise 61-1 in 8/e)
Exercise 46-5 (Exercise 61-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 46-9 (Exercise 61-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 46-13 (Exercise 61-4 in 8/e)
Exercise 47-1 (Exercise 62-1 in 8/e)
Exercise 47-5 (Exercise 62-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 47-6 (Exercise 62-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 48-1 (Exercise 63-1 in 8/e)
Exercise 48-6 (Exercise 63-2 in 8/e)
Exercise 48-10 (Exercise 63-3 in 8/e)
Exercise 49-1 (Exercise 64-1 in 8/e)
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