What’s in LaunchPad for The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, 8th Edition?
LaunchPad for The Concise St. Martin's Guide to Writing, 8th Edition is packed with digital content that works with your textbook to help you sharpen your ability to read analytically and write successfully in first-year composition and in your coursework across campus. Whether your instructor assigns the resources in LaunchPad or encourages you to work with the material at your own pace, we’re confident that LaunchPad will help you develop the skills you need to succeed in college and beyond. For help using LaunchPad, please 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 screen.
E-book
In the e-book you’ll find all the great content and activities from the printed book, including:
- Acclaimed Guides to Writing that help you internalize a systematic yet flexible approach to composing that can be transferred to any writing situation
- Sustained attention to critical reading, with guides that help you hone your ability to read like a writer
- A new Chapter 1, "Composing Literacy," on writing a literacy narrative
- A new assignment chapter (Ch. 5) on analyzing and synthesizing opposing arguments.
- A new chapter (Ch. 13) on analyzing and composing multimodal texts.
- Two chapters on working with sources, covering MLA and APA documentation styles (Chs. 16 and 17).
Interactive content and tutorials
Comprehension quizzes, summary activities, and synthesis activities on every reading selection in the book help you to assess your reading and understanding. In addition, you’ll find helpful tutorials on topics such as reading critically, working with and citing sources, and using digital writing tools.
LearningCurve
Developed in light of the latest advances in learning research, LearningCurve is a game-like adaptive quizzing program that covers topics from grammar and usage to reading critically and argument. The less you know about a topic, the more LearningCurve focuses on it, and the better you do, the more challenging the questions become, helping you concentrate on exactly what you need to learn.
