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The Writing Process | |
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Getting Started and Finding a Focus | |
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Reading, thinking, writing | |
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Purpose and audience | |
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Explorations | |
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Topic and focus | |
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Thesis or claim | |
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Outlines | |
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Writer's block | |
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Collaborative writing | |
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Six tips for writing drafts | |
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Developing Paragraphs and Essays | |
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Paragraph basics | |
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Unified paragraphs | |
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Developing ideas | |
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Transitions and links for coherence | |
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Introductions and conclusions | |
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Revising, Editing, and Formatting | |
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Strategies for revising and managing drafts | |
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Giving and getting feedback | |
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Title | |
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Editing, proofreading, and using computer tools | |
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Sample student revision | |
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Formatting a college essay | |
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Writing an Argument | |
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Features of a good argument | |
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Choice of topic | |
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Thinking critically | |
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The claim (thesis) | |
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Reasons and evidence | |
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Audience: Appeals and common ground | |
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Opposing views | |
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Toulmin's four questions | |
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Deductive and inductive reasoning | |
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Flaws in logic | |
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Structures for an argument essay | |
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Visual arguments | |
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Sample argument essay | |
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Writing in All Your Courses | |
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Essay exams and short-answer tests | |
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Writing about literature | |
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Writing about community service | |
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Lab reports | |
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Writing in the disciplines | |
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tDoing Research/ Evaluating Sources | |
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Beginning a Research Project | |
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Guide to writing a research paper | |
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Schedule | |
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Research question | |
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Primary and secondary sources | |
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A working thesis | |
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Purpose statement, proposal, and outline | |
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Finding Sources | |
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Basic reference works | |
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Indexes and databases | |
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Online searching: keywords and search engines | |
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Print sources: books and periodical articles | |
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Online sources | |
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A student's search | |
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Sources in 27 subject areas | |
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Evaluating Sources | |
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Reading critically | |
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Recognizing a scholarly article | |
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Evaluating works originating in print | |
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Evaluating Internet sources | |
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Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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What is plagiarism? | |
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How to avoid even the suspicion of plagiarism | |
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Keeping track of sources | |
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Setting up a working bibliography | |
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Annotating and taking notes | |
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Summarizing and paraphrasing | |
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What to cite | |
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Indicating the boundaries of a citation | |
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Writing the Research Paper | |
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Guidelines for writing drafts | |
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Getting mileage out of your sources | |
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Putting yourself in your paper and synthesizing | |
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Driving the organization with ideas, not sources | |
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Introducing and integrating source material | |
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Quoting | |
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Researching across the curriculum | |
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tMLA Documentation | |
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Citing Sources, MLA Style | |
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Two basic MLA features | |
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FAQs about MLA in-text citations | |
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Sample author/page citations | |
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Explanatory footnotes and endnotes | |
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MLA List of Works Cited | |
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List format and organization | |
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Guidelines for listing entries | |
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Print books and parts of books | |
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Print articles in periodicals | |
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Internet and other electronic sources | |
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Miscellaneous sources | |
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Sample Documented Paper, MLA Style | |
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Documentation: APA, CBE/CSE, Chicago, and CGOS Styles | |
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Citing Sources, APA Style | |
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Two basic APA features | |
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Author/year in-text citations | |
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Notes, tables, and figures | |
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APA List of References | |
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List format and organization | |
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Guidelines for listing authors | |
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Print books and parts of books | |
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Print articles in periodicals | |
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Internet and other electronic sources | |
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Miscellaneous sources | |
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Sample Documented Paper, APA Style | |
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CBE/CSE Style of Documentation | |
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Two basic CBE/CSE features | |
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In-text citations | |
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Guidelines for listing CBE/CSE references | |
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Examples of entries in list | |
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Chicago Manual of Style: Endnotes, Footnotes, and Bibliography | |
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Two basic features | |
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In-text citations, notes, and bibliography | |
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Guidelines for notes | |
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Print books and parts of books | |
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Print articles in periodicals | |
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Internet and electronic sources | |
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Miscellaneous sources | |
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Chicago bibliography guidelines and sample | |
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CGOS Style for Online Sources | |
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Two basic features: CGOS humanities style | |
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Sample entries: humanities style | |
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Two basic features: CGOS scientific style | |
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Sample entries: scientific style V. Document Design/ Online and Workplace | |
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Design Tools, Design Features | |
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Basic design functions in Word | |
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Typefaces | |
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Color | |
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Headings | |
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Lists | |
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Columns | |
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Visuals | |
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Tables | |
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Graphs and charts | |
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Illustrations, clip art, Web downloads, and copyright issues | |
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Online Communication | |
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E-mail style and mechanics | |
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E-mail discussion lists, bulletin boards, and discussion boards | |
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Newsgroups, blogs, and synchronous communication | |
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Web Site Design | |
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Planning and organizing a Web site | |
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Tips for Web site design | |
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Useful resources | |
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Sample student Web site | |
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Academic Writing Online | |
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Hypertext | |
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HTML | |
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Guidelines for posting academic writing online | |
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Flyers, Brochures, and Newsletters | |
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Design principles for flyers, brochures, newsletters | |
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Sample community brochure | |
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Reacute;sumeacute;s and Letters of Application | |
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How to write a reacute;sumeacute; | |
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Sample print or Web page reacute;sumeacute; | |
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An electronic reacute;sumeacute; | |
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Sample electronic reacute;sumeacute; | |
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Cover letter and sample | |
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Business Letters and Memos | |
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Features of a business letter | |
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Sample business letter | |
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Technical requirements of a business letter | |
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Basic features of a memo | |
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Sample memo | |
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Oral and Multimedia Presentations | |
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Preparing an oral presentation | |
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Speaking from notes or manuscript | |
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Practicing and presenting | |
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Using presentation aids and multimedia | |
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Using PowerPoint | |
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A student's PowerPoint slides | |
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Style The Five C's of Style | |
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The First C: Cut | |
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Repetition and wordiness | |
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Formulaic phrases | |
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References to your intentions | |
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Redundancy | |
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The Second C: Check for Action | |
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Who's doing what? | |
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Sentences beginning with there or it | |
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Unnecessary passive voice | |
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The Third C: Connect | |
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Consistent subjects and topic chains | |
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Old/new information and emphasis | |
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Options: coordination, subordination, and transitions | |
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Beginning a sentence with and or but | |
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Paragraph connections | |
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The Fourth Cut: Commit | |
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Personal presence | |
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Appropriate and consistent tone | |
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Confident stance | |
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The Fifth C: Choose Your Words | |
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Word choice checklist | |
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Dictionary and thesaurus | |
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Exact words and connotations | |
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Language of speech, region, and workplace | |
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Figurative language | |
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Avoiding biased and exclusionary language | |
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Avoiding clicheacute;s and pretentious language Style in Action | |
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Sentence Variety | |
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Sentence length | |
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Statements, questions, commands, and exclamations | |
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Types of sentences | |
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Inverted word order | |
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Sentence beginnings | |
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Revising for Style: A Student's Drafts | |
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Style Tips | |
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tCommon Sentence Problems | |
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Troublespots and Terms | |
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Students' frequently asked questions | |
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Teachers' top ten sentence problems | |
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Standard English | |
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Terms for the parts of a sentence | |
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Sentence Fragments | |
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Phrases | |
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Dependent clauses | |
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Missing verb | |
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Missing subject | |
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Intentional use | |
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Run-ons and Comma Splices | |
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Identifying | |
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Correcting | |
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Transitions | |
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Sentence Snarls | |
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Fu | |