What’s in LaunchPad for A Writer’s Reference, 9th edition?
LaunchPad for Writer’s Reference, 9th Edition, is packed with digital content that works with your textbook to help you sharpen your reading, writing, and critical thinking skills. Whether your instructor assigns the resources in LaunchPad or encourages you to work with the material at your own pace, LaunchPad will help you develop the skills you need to become a successful college writer. For help using LaunchPad, you can join the College Students Support Community or contact Tech Support. You can find Tech Support contact information by clicking “Help” in the upper right corner of your LaunchPad home screen.
Explore the features of LaunchPad for A Writer’s Reference.
A convenient e-book version of A Writer’s Reference. It offers writing advice that’s tested and trusted by college writing instructors and—better yet—it’s easy to use.
Practice exercises. Exercises in nearly every chapter in LaunchPad reinforce the lessons in the handbook and help you strengthen your editing skills.
Video tutorials. Check out the 24 video tutorials that can help you as you work on the writing assignments in your course (argument, analysis, and research/annotated bibliography) and as you cite sources in MLA and APA styles.
Grammar Girl podcasts. LaunchPad is full of resources to read, activities to do, and—now—content to listen to! Mignon Fogarty’s popular Grammar Girl podcasts pair conveniently with writing, grammar, and punctuation topics in LaunchPad for A Writer’s Reference. You can find the audio files at the ends of related chapters or by going to the “Grammar Girl Podcasts” unit in this main menu.
Writing Practice activities. Get extra practice applying what you’ve learned in the handbook directly to your own writing.
LearningCurve. LearningCurve is game-like adaptive quizzing on reading, writing, and grammar topics. The less you know about a topic, the more LearningCurve focuses on it. The better you do, the more challenging the questions become, helping you concentrate on exactly what you need to learn.
