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| Writing Processes and Products | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Choosing a Topic: Five Key Questions | |
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| Quick View: The Writing Process | |
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| What is the assignment? | |
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| What should I write about? | |
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| How can I limit my topic? | |
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| What is my purpose? | |
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| Who are my readers? | |
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| Quick View: Writing for an Academic Audience or for the Teacher as Audience | |
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| Prewriting: Developing Your Ideas | |
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| Listing | |
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| Freewriting | |
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| Looping | |
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| Reporters'' Questions | |
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| Paragraph Development Patterns | |
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| Observation | |
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| Interviews | |
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| Brainstorming and Peer Review | |
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| Critical Reading in Prewriting and Beyond | |
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| Before You Read: Previewing | |
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| As You Read: Annotating | |
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| After You Read: Summarizing and Analyzing | |
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| Planning: Thesis Statements and Outlines | |
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| Choosing a Main Idea or Thesis | |
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| Quick View: Revising Your Thesis Statement | |
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| Choosing an Organizational Pattern | |
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| Creating a Plan for the Paper | |
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| Quick View: Guidelines for Constructing Formal Outlines | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Finding the Best Time and Place | |
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| Starting Your First Draft | |
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| Writing Quickly | |
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| Getting Unstuck and Restarted | |
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| Before Leaving the Desk | |
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| Creating Effective Paragraphs | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Quick View: Introductions to Avoid | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Quick View: Conclusions to Avoid | |
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| Body Paragraphs | |
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| Revising | |
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| Evaluating Your Thesis and Supporting Information | |
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| Evaluating Your Organizational Pattern and Outline | |
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| Proofreading and Preparing the Final Manuscript | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| Quick View: Software Tools | |
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| Preparing the Final Manuscript | |
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| Student Sample: A First Draft and Completed Essay | |
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| Writing Assignments | |
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| Writing an Argument | |
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| Quick View: Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation | |
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| Choose a Thesis and Plan Key Assertions | |
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| Quick View: Four Criteria for a Good Argument Thesis | |
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| Create a Preliminary Outline | |
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| Analyze the Audience | |
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| Define Key Terms | |
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| Assemble Evidence | |
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| Conducting Research for Argument Papers | |
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| Evaluate the Reliability of Your Evidence | |
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| Include Appeals to Emotion | |
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| Acknowledge Opposing Views (Refutation) | |
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| Quick View: Building Consensus Rather Than Barriers | |
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| Check for Logical Fallacies | |
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| Student Sample: An Argument Paper | |
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| Writing about Literature | |
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| Prepare by Reading the Text Carefully | |
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| Prepare by Reading about the Text | |
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| Quick View: Tips for Reading about Literature | |
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| Choose a Focus | |
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| Formulate a Thesis | |
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| Quick View: Tips for Writing about Literature | |
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| Writing the Essay Exam | |
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| Prewriting | |
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| Planning and Writing | |
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| Essay Exam Checklist | |
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| Preparing an Oral Presentation | |
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| From Writing to Speaking | |
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| Planning Your Presentation | |
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| Preparing a Text for Presentation | |
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| Choosing Visuals to Accompany Your Talk | |
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| Practicing Your Talk | |
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| Delivering Your Talk | |
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| Answering Questions | |
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| Document and Web Design | |
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| Document Design | |
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| Formatting Basics | |
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| Document Design Principles | |
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| Quick View: Key Design Principles | |
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| Guidelines for Visuals | |
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| Quick View: Guidelines for Visuals | |
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| Types of Visuals | |
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| Web Design | |
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| Quick View: Web Glossary | |
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| Designing Web Pages | |
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| Quick View: Key Principles in Writing for the Web | |
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| Professional Correspondence | |
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| Form for Letters, E-mail, Faxes, and Memos | |
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| A Writing Process for Professional Correspondence | |
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| Types of Professional Correspondence | |
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| Quick View: Checklist for Professional Correspondence | |
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| Research Writing | |
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| Analyze the Assignment | |
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| Writing a Resea | |