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| Preface for Instructors | |
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| Introduction for Students | |
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| Researching and Writing | |
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| Finding a Topic | |
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| Understanding the Assignment | |
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| Prewriting | |
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| Developing a Working Thesis | |
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| Conducting Traditional Academic Research | |
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| Navigating the Library | |
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| Library Catalog Searches | |
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| Online Periodical Databases | |
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| Government Publications | |
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| The Internet | |
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| Interviews, Surveys, and Field Research | |
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| Conducting Other Types of Research | |
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| The World Wide Web | |
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| Print Media and News | |
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| Television, Radio, and Broadcast News | |
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| Evaluating Sources and Reading Critically | |
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| Types of Sources | |
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| Popular vs. Scholarly: How to Tell the Difference | |
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| Evaluating an Author | |
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| Evaluating a Periodical | |
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| Evaluating a Book | |
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| Evaluating an Online Source | |
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| Evaluating Content | |
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| Active Reading | |
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| Finding Main Ideas | |
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| Annotating a Text | |
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| SASE | |
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| Double-Column Note Taking | |
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| The Rhetorical Pr�cis | |
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| Understanding Argument and Persuasion | |
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| Inductive and Deductive Arguments | |
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| Approaches to Argument and Persuasion | |
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| Ethos, Logos, and Pathos | |
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| The Toulmin Method | |
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| The Rogerian Argument | |
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| Logical Fallacies | |
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| Navigating the Writing Process | |
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| Learning Styles | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Prewriting | |
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| Researching and Note Taking | |
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| Outline | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Revising and Editing | |
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| Revision Checklist | |
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| Editing Checklist | |
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| Know Thyself | |
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| Organizing the Essay | |
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| Introductions | |
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| The Body of the Essay | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Visual Paper Structure | |
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| Rhetorical Modes of Writing | |
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| Integrating Sources into Writing | |
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| Summary, Synthesis, and Critical Thought | |
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| Presenting Information: Summaries, Paraphrases, and Direct Quotations | |
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| How to Incorporate Sources into Your Papers | |
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| Introducing Your Sources | |
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| Analyzing and Interpreting Information from Sources | |
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| Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Types of Plagiarism | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Common Knowledge Exceptions | |
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| Improving Style, Punctuation, and Grammar | |
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| Punctuation Pattern Sheet | |
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| Twenty-Five Common Punctuation and Grammar Errors to Avoid | |
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| Recognizing Independent Clauses | |
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| Punctuating Independent Clauses | |
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| Common Conjunctions | |
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| Recognizing and Punctuating Dependent Clauses and Phrases | |
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| Punctuating Restrictive and Nonrestrictive Elements | |
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| Using Commas | |
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| Using Semicolons | |
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| Using Colons | |
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| Using Apostrophes | |
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| Using Quotation Marks | |
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| Using Dashes | |
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| Using End Punctuation | |
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| Using Hyphens | |
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| Using Ellipsis Marks | |
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| Using Parentheses and Brackets | |
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| Using the Slash | |
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| Making Subjects and Verbs Agree | |
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| Using Correct Verb Tenses | |
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| Understanding Pronouns | |
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| Suggestions for Improving Writing Style | |
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| Web Address For Exercises | |
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| Handbook for Documentation | |
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| Formatting the MLA Style Paper | |
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| MLA Document Guidelines | |
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| Sample Student Paper | |
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| Creating MLA Style Parenthetical Citations | |
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| When You Should Use Parenthetical Citations | |
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| Placement of Parenthetical Citations | |
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| Directory of Sample Parenthetical Citations | |
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| Preparing the MLA List of Works Cited | |
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| Directory of Sample Works Cited Entries | |
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| Arrangement of Entries on the Works Cited Page | |
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| Works-Cited Entries for Books, Works in Books, and Plays | |
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| Periodical Print Publications | |
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| Works Cited Entries for Works from Reference Databases | |
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| Works Cited Entries for Internet Sources | |
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| Works Cited Entries for Other Sources | |
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| Annotated Bibliographies | |
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| Using APA Style | |
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| Formatting the APA Style Paper | |
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| Creating APA Style Parenthetical Citations | |
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| Preparing the List of References | |
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| Sample Student Paper | |
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| Anthology of Readings | |
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| Introduction to Anthology of Readings | |
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| Information Competency and Popular Culture | |
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| Television | |
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| "The Triumph of Popular Culture: Situation Comedy, Postmodernism, and The Simpsons." | |
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| "Real or Not, It Doesn't Matter." | |
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| "The Fast-Forward, On-Demand, Network-Smashing Future of Television." | |
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| "Entertainment Wars: Television Culture After 9/11." | |
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| A Casebook on 24: | |
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| "Does '24' Encourage US Interrogators to 'Torture' Detainees?" | |
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| "Stranger than Fiction: Does 24 Inspire Real Life Torture?" | |
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| "Watching Torture in Prime Time." | |
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| Film | |
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| "Are Movies Art?" | |
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| "To Kill A Mockingbird." | |
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| "The Godfather Goes Interactive." | |
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| "From Nerds to Napoleons: Thwarting Archetypical Expectaqtion in High School Films." | |
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| "Sex and the Cinema: What American Pie Teaches the Young." | |
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| "Raising the Dead: Unearthing the Nonliterary Origins of Zombie Cinema." | |
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| The Internet | |
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| "Network Economics" from Out of Control: The Biology of Machines, social Systems, and the Economic World. | |
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| "Cyber-Bullying: Creating a Culture of Respect in a Cyber World." | |
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| "You Tube: The Evolution of Media?" | |
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| "Can Grand Theft Auto Inspire Professors?" | |
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| "A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source." | |
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| "The Amorality of Web 2.0" | |
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| "Educators Explore ‘Second Life' Online." | |
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| "Second Life Just Like the First." | |
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| "Harsh Words Die Hard on the Web: Law Students Feel Lasting Effects of Anonymous Attacks." | |
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| Advertising | |
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| "New Branded World" from No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bulllies | |
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| "The Future of Advertising is Here." | |
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| "But First a Word from our Sponsors." | |
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| "Stealth TV: Channel One Delivers News and Advertising to the Classroom." | |
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| "Students for Sale - How Corporations Are Buying Their Way into America's Classrooms" | |
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| "Group Wants Shrek off Anti-Obesity Campaign" and Barbara F. Meltz, "Fighting Obesity but Fronting for Junk Food." | |
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| Media Multinationals | |
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| From: Corporate Media and the Threat to Democracy | |
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| "Address to the Third National Conference on Media Reform." | |
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| "Grand Theft: The Conglomeratization of Media and the Degradation of Culture: (25 Years Of Monitoring The Multinationals)." | |
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| "Rupert Murdoch's Cool New Thing (MySpace.com)." | |
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| "Statement of Commissioner Jonathan S. Adalstein." | |
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| "Remarks of Commissioner Michael J. Copps: FCC Hearing on Media Ownership: Los Angeles, California, October 3, 2006." | |
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| News Media | |
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| "War Takes up Less Time on Fox News." | |
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| "AP: We Ignored Paris Hilton." And John Rogers, "US Weekly Blacks out Hilton Coverage" | |
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| "Rediscovering the World: 9/11 Showed all Too Clearly What a Terrible Mistake it was for America's News Media to Largely Ignore Foreign News." | |
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| "What the Mainstream Media Can Learn from Jon Stewart." | |
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| "Address to RTDNA" | |
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| "Address at RTDNA Awards Dinner." | |
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| Corporate America | |
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| "The Most Dangerous Job," From Fast Food Nation. | |
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| "The Unofficial History of America™" from Culture Jam | |
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| "Business as Usual" from The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit and Power. | |
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| "Industrial Diarrhea" from Affluenza: The All-Consuming Epidemic. | |
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| "Junk Food's Health Crusade: How Ronald McDonald Became a Health Ambassador, and Other Stories." | |
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| "Bottom Line: What are the True Costs of Wal-Mart's Low Prices?" | |
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| "Wal-Mart Sets the Record Straight." | |
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| Appendix: List of Commonly Confused Words and Phrases | |
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| Appendix or Inside Cover: Common Essay Correction Marks | |