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Reference?  \nStudents who use Achieve alongwith their handbook have accessto the best reference book onthe market and to resources thatwill boost their engagement,their confidence as writers,andtheir success in the course.  \n● Diagnostic tests and studyplans personalize thehandbook's instruction.  \n·Writing tools makecomposing,revising,andgiving and seeking feedbackin a digital environment easy.  \n● LearningCurve activitiesfor reading,writing,andgrammar adapt(get harderor easier)depending on thestudent's progress.  \n● Interactive exercises,apowerful e-book,and aconvenient gradebook are alleasy to find and use.  \n● Engaging video tutorials onwriting and research topicsare paired with practiceactivities.  \nAchieve with AWriter's Referencecan be purchased on its own orpackaged with the print book foradditional savings.An activationcode is required.  \nMain Menu  \nC Composing andV BevisingC1 PlanningC2 Drafting  \nC3 Writing paragraphsC4 Reviewing,revising,and editing  \nC5 Reflecting on yourwriting;preparing aportfolio  \nAAcademic Reading,Writing,and Speaking  \nA1 Reading and writingcritically  \nA2 Reading and writingabout multimodal texts  \nA3 Reading arguments  \nA4 Writing arguments  \nA5 Speaking confidently  \nA6 Writing in the disciplines  \nResearched  \nR  \nWriting  \nR1 Thinking like aresearcher;gatheringsources  \nR2 Managing informationtaking notesresponsibly  \nR3 Evaluating sources  \nMLA MLA Style  \nMLA-1 Supporting a thesis  \nMLA-2 Citing sources;avoiding plagiarism  \nMLA-3 Integrating sources  \nMLA-4 Documentingsources  \nMLA-5 MLA format;sampleresearch paper  \n\n| APA  \u003Cbr>APA Style and  \u003Cbr>CMS Style  \u003Cbr>CMS  \u003Cbr>(Coverage parallels MLA's)  \u003Cbr>CMS-1  \u003Cbr>APA-1  \u003Cbr>CMS-2  \u003Cbr>APA-2  \u003Cbr>CMS-3  \u003Cbr>APA-3  \u003Cbr>CMS-4  \u003Cbr>APA-4  \u003Cbr>CMS-5  \u003Cbr>APA-5   |\n| --- |\n| S  \u003Cbr>Sentence Style  \u003Cbr>S1 Parallelism  \u003Cbr>S2 Needed words  \u003Cbr>S3 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