| |
| |
| Note to Students | |
| |
| |
| Note to Instructors | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Essays | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone | |
| |
| |
| |
| Determining Your Purpose | |
| |
| |
| |
| Identifying Your Audience | |
| |
| |
| |
| Setting Your Tone | |
| |
| |
| |
| Reading Texts | |
| |
| |
| |
| Previewing a Text | |
| |
| |
| |
| Highlighting a Text | |
| |
| |
| |
| Annotating a Text | |
| |
| |
| |
| Reading Electronic Texts | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Critical Response | |
| |
| |
| |
| Reading Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Analyzing and Interpreting Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Previewing a Visual | |
| |
| |
| |
| Highlighting and Annotating a Visual | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning an Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding the Writing Process | |
| |
| |
| |
| Computers and the Writing Process | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Your Assignment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Choosing a Topic | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finding Something to Say | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using a Thesis to Shape Your Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Thesis and Support | |
| |
| |
| |
| Developing an Effective Thesis Statement | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Your Thesis Statement | |
| |
| |
| |
| Constructing an Informal Outline | |
| |
| |
| |
| Drafting and Revising | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Rough Draft | |
| |
| |
| |
| Moving from Rough Draft to Final Draft | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Specific Revision Strategies | |
| |
| |
| |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| |
| |
| |
| Preparing a Final Draft | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Paragraphs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Unified Paragraphs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Coherent Paragraphs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Well-Developed Paragraphs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Patterns of Paragraph Development | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Special Kinds of Paragraphs | |
| |
| |
| |
| Thinking Critically and Writing Arguments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Thinking Critically | |
| |
| |
| |
| Distinguishing Fact from Opinion | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Supporting Evidence | |
| |
| |
| |
| Detecting Bias | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Logic | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Inductive Reasoning | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Deductive Reasoning | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Toulmin Logic | |
| |
| |
| |
| Recognizing Logical Fallacies | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing an Argumentative Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning an Argumentative Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Evidence Effectively | |
| |
| |
| |
| Organizing an Argumentative Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing and Revising an Argumentative Essay | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Visuals as Evidence | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Doing Research | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Research Paper | |
| |
| |
| |
| Moving from Assignment to Topic | |
| |
| |
| |
| Doing Exploratory Research and Formulating a Research Question | |
| |
| |
| |
| Assembling a Working Bibliography | |
| |
| |
| |
| Developing a Tentative Thesis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Doing Focused Research | |
| |
| |
| |
| Taking Notes | |
| |
| |
| |
| Fine-Tuning Your Thesis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Constructing an Outline | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Rough Draft | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Your Drafts | |
| |
| |
| |
| Preparing a Final Draft | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finding Information | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finding Information in the Library | |
| |
| |
| |
| Finding Information on the Internet | |
| |
| |
| |
| Doing Field Research | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Library Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Internet Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Summarizing. Paraphrasing, and Quoting Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Summary | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Paraphrase | |
| |
| |
| |
| Quoting Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Integrating Source Material into Your Writing | |
| |
| |
| |
| Synthesizing Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Synthesis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing an Explanatory Synthesis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing an Argumentative Synthesis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Defining Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Unintentional Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Intentional Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Other Kinds of Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising to Eliminate Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| MLA Documentation Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using MLA Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| MLA-Style Manuscript Guidelines | |
| |
| |
| |
| Model MLA-Style Research Paper | |
| |
| |
| |
| Documenting Sources: APA and Other Styles | |
| |
| |
| |
| APA Documentation Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using APA Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| APA-Style Manuscript Guidelines | |
| |
| |
| |
| Model APA-Style Research Paper | |
| |
| |
| |
| Chicago Documentation Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Chicago Humanities Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| Chicago Humanities Manuscript Guidelines | |
| |
| |
| |
| Model Chicago Humanities Research Paper (Excerpts) | |
| |
| |
| |
| CSE and Other Documentation Styles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using CSE Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| CSE-Style Manuscript Guidelines | |
| |
| |
| |
| Model CSE-Style Research Paper (Excerpts) | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Other Documentation Styles | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in the Disciplines | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in the Humanities | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone | |
| |
| |
| |
| Collaborative Work | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Assignments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conventions of Style, Format, and Documentation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Literary Analysis | |
| |
| |
| |
| Reading Literature | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing about Literature | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing about Fiction | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing about Poetry | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing about Drama | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Literary Argument | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning a Literary Argument | |
| |
| |
| |
| Supporting Your Literary Argument | |
| |
| |
| |
| Organizing a Literary Argument | |
| |
| |
| |
| Model Literary Argument | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in the Social Sciences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone | |
| |
| |
| |
| Collaborative Work | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Assignments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conventions of Style, Format, and Documentation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in the Natural and Applied Sciences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Understanding Purpose, Audience, and Tone | |
| |
| |
| |
| Collaborative Work | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Assignments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conventions of Style, Format, and Documentation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Research Sources | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating Documents in a Digital Age | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in a Digital Environment | |
| |
| |
| |
| Considering Audience and Purpose | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing in a Wired Classroom | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Collaboratively Online | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Effective Documents | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating an Effective Visual Format | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Headings | |
| |
| |
| |
| Constructing Lists | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Desktop Publishing | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing a Web Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning a Web Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating a Web Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Selecting and Inserting Visuals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning Navigation | |
| |
| |
| |
| Linking Content | |
| |
| |
| |
| Editing and Proofreading | |
| |
| |
| |
| Posting Your Web Site | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating Wiki Web Sites | |
| |
| |
| |
| Developing Strategies for Academic and Professional Success | |
| |
| |
| |
| Creating a Writing Portfolio | |
| |
| |
| |
| Assembling a Print Portfolio | |
| |
| |
| |
| Assembling an Electronic Portfolio | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing a Reflective Statement | |
| |
| |
| |
| Evaluating Writing Portfolios | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Essay Exams | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning an Essay Exam Answer | |
| |
| |
| |
| Shaping an Essay Exam Answer | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing and Revising an Essay Exam Answer | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Paragraph-Length Essay Exam Answers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing for the Public and the Community | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Media Releases | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Proposals | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Brochures | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Flyers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing for Service-Learning Courses | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing for the Workplace | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Business Letters | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Letters of Application | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Follow-Up Emails | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Print Resumes | |
| |
| |
| |
| Designing Electronic Resumes | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Memos | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Emails and Using Voice Mail | |
| |
| |
| |
| Making Oral Presentations | |
| |
| |
| |
| Getting Started | |
| |
| |
| |
| Planning Your Speech | |
| |
| |
| |
| Preparing Your Presentation Notes | |
| |
| |
| |
| Preparing Visual Aids | |
| |
| |
| |
| Rehearsing Your Speech | |
| |
| |
| |
| Delivering Your Speech | |
| |
| |
| |
| Answering Audience Questions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Sentence Style | |
| |
| |
| |
| Building Simple Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Constructing Simple Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Identifying Phrases and Clauses | |
| |
| |
| |
| Expanding Simple Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Building Compound and Complex Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Building Compound Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Building Complex Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Varied Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Varying Sentence Length | |
| |
| |
| |
| Combining Choppy Simple Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Breaking Up Strings of Compound Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Varying Sentence Types | |
| |
| |
| |
| Varying Sentence Openings | |
| |
| |
| |
| Varying Standard Word Order | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Emphatic Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conveying Emphasis through Word Order | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conveying Emphasis through Sentence Structure | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conveying Emphasis through Parallelism and Balance | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conveying Emphasis through Repetition | |
| |
| |
| |
| Conveying Emphasis through Active Voice | |
| |
| |
| |
| Writing Concise Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Eliminating Wordiness | |
| |
| |
| |
| Eliminating Unnecessary Repetition | |
| |
| |
| |
| Tightening Rambling Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Solving Common Sentence Problems | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Fragments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Recognizing Fragments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Dependent Clause Fragments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Phrase Fragments | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Detached Compounds | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Fragments Intentionally | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Run-Ons | |
| |
| |
| |
| Recognizing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Correcting Comma Spikes and Fused Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Misplaced Modifiers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Intrusive Modifiers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Dangling Modifiers | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Faulty Parallelism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Parallelism Effectively | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Faulty Parallelism | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Awkward or Confusing Sentences | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Unwarranted Shifts | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Mixed Constructions | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Faulty Predication | |
| |
| |
| |
| Revising Incomplete or Illogical Comparisons | |
| |
| |
| |
| Using Worlds Effectively | |
| |
| |
| |
| Choosing Words | |