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| Preface | |
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| Developing a Personal Style | |
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| The Writing Process | |
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| Box: Ten Tips for a Vigorous Style | |
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| Box: Tips on Polishing Your Prose | |
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| Matters of Style | |
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| Style: Words and Sentences | |
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| Box: Three Considerations for Style | |
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| Box: General Rules that Sometimes Work for Word Choice | |
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| Box: Rules that Sometimes Work for Paragraphs | |
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| Developing Your Own Sense of Style | |
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| How Writers Work | |
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| The Course in Advanced Writing | |
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| Writing the Personal Essay | |
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| Maintaining a Journal or Diary | |
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| Box: Tips for Keeping a Journal | |
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| Sample Journal Entries | |
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| The PErsonal Essay | |
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| "Accommodations" | |
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| Bos: Ford's Opening Sentences | |
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| The Search for Significance | |
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| Let Your Story Unfold | |
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| Box: Tips for Writing a Personal Essay | |
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| Writing the Biographical Essay | |
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| Another Person's Life | |
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| What We Learn from Writing About People | |
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| "Kara S. Hultgreen: The Short Flight of a Fighter Pilor" | |
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| Following Personal Interests | |
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| Gathering Sources for a Biography | |
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| Box: General Biographical Resources | |
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| Judging Someone's Life | |
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| Strategies for Writing About Another Person | |
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| Suggestions for Interesting Essays About Another Person | |
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| Box: Tips That Sometimes Work for Writing About People | |
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| Writing the Argumentative Essay | |
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| What Is an Argument and Why Argue? | |
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| Three Appeals in Argument | |
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| Argument as Information | |
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| Box: Argument as Information | |
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| "Redfellas" | |
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| Argument as Inquiry | |
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| "Were Custer's Men Brave?" | |
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| Persuasion Through Argument | |
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| The Tone of an Argument | |
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| Box: Argumentative Tone | |
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| Argument as Debate | |
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| "Subject to Debate" | |
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| "Welfare Feminism" | |
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| Writing Argumentative Essays | |
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| Box: Nine Sources for Arguments | |
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| Box: Generally Reliable Suggestions for the Structure of an Argument | |
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| Box: Nestorian Order | |
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| Box: Tips that Sometimes Workfor Writing Argumentative Essays | |
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| Writing the Familiar Essay | |
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| Beginning from Personal Experience | |
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| Concrete Details | |
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| "North" | |
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| Analyzing an Abstraction | |
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| Box: Generally Reliable Tips for Dealing with Abstraction | |
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| Familiar Style | |
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| "My Wood" | |
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| Anonymous | |
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| "Coping with Anger" | |
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| Box: Generally Reliable Tips for Discovering Significance in Events | |
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| "Malls and the Gender Gap" | |
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| Box: Tips That Usually Help in Writing Familiar Essays | |
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| Writing the Critical Essay | |
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| What Is the Critical Essay? | |
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| Thinking Critically About Ideas | |
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| Analyzing an Essay: Francis Bacon's "Of Studies" | |
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| Thinking Critically About the Arts | |
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| Analyzing a Poem: William Wordsworth's "The Sonnet" | |
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| Box: Some Usually Reliable Questions for Evaluating a Sonnet | |
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| Analyzing Texts | |
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| Box: Some Generally Useful Tips for Analyzing Texts | |
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| "The Prince" | |
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| The Structure of the Critical Essay | |
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| Box: Tips Often Useful concerning the Structure of the Critical Essay | |
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| "The Laugher" | |
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| Appendix: Modern Research Methods | |
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| Where to Begin | |
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| Box: Basic Print Reference Sources | |
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| Box: Special Online Resources | |
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| Box: CD-ROM Online Databases | |
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| Box: Print Resources | |
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| Choosing an Interesting Research Subject | |
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| Conducting a Search of the Online Catalog | |
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| "Gun Control" | |
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| The Importance of Your Research | |
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| Formal Considerations | |
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| Box: Tips that May Help as a Guide to Quoting from Sources | |