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| Grammar | |
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| Sentence Sense | |
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| Parts of speech | |
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| Subjects and predicates | |
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| Subjects and complements | |
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| Basic sentence patterns | |
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| Phrases | |
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| Clauses | |
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| Conjunctions and conjunctive adverbs | |
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| Sentence forms | |
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| Sentence functions | |
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| Sentence Fragments | |
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| Recognizing sentence fragments | |
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| Phrases as sentence fragments | |
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| Dependent clauses as sentence fragments | |
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| Comma Splices and Fused Sentences | |
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| Punctuating independent clauses | |
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| Methods for identifying comma splices and fused sentences | |
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| Revising comma splices and fused sentences | |
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| Divided quotations | |
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| Adjectives and Adverbs | |
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| Recognizing adjectives and adverbs | |
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| Comparatives and superlatives | |
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| Double negatives | |
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| Pronouns and Case | |
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| Recognizing pronouns | |
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| Pronoun case | |
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| Agreement | |
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| Subject-verb agreement | |
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| Pronoun-antecedent agreement | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Verb forms | |
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| Verb tenses | |
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| Voice | |
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| Mood | |
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| Mechanics | |
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| E-Documents | |
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| Document design and purpose | |
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| The conventions of document design | |
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| Design and function | |
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| Graphics and purpose | |
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| Composing Web documents | |
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| Visual elements and purpose | |
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| Capitals | |
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| Proper names | |
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| Titles and subtitles | |
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| Beginning a sentence | |
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| Computer terms | |
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| Unnecessary capitals | |
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| Italics | |
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| Works published separately | |
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| Foreign words | |
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| Legal cases | |
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| Names of ships | |
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| aircraft, etc | |
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| Words, letters, or figures referred to as such | |
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| Emphasizing words | |
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| Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers | |
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| Proper names | |
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| Addresses in correspondence | |
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| Abbreviations in source documentation | |
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| Acceptable abbreviations | |
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| Acronyms | |
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| General uses of numbers | |
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| Special uses of numbers | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| The Comma | |
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| Before a coordinating conjunction linking independent clauses | |
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| After introductory words, phrases, or clauses | |
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| Separating elements in a series | |
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| With nonessential elements | |
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| With geographical names and items in dates and addresses | |
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| With direct quotations | |
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| Unnecessary or Misplaced Commas | |
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| Not between subject and verb or verb and object | |
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| Not after coordinating conjunctions | |
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| Not between elements in a compound predicate | |
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| Not with restrictive (essential) words, phrases, or clauses | |
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| Not before the first or after the last item of a series | |
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| The Semicolon | |
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| Connecting independent clauses | |
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| Separating elements that contain commas | |
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| Revising common semicolon errors | |
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| The Apostrophe | |
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| Indicating ownership | |
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| Marking omissions | |
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| Forming certain plurals | |
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| Quotation Marks | |
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| Direct quotations | |
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| Titles of short works | |
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| For tone or unusual usage | |
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| With other punctuation marks | |
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| The Period and Other Marks | |
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| Period | |
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| Question mark | |
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| Exclamation point | |
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| Colon | |
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| The dash | |
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| Parentheses | |
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| Square brackets | |
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| Ellipsis points | |
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| Slash | |
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| Spelling and Diction | |
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| Spelling, the Spell Checker, and Hyphenation | |
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| Spell checker | |
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| Spelling and pronunciation | |
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| Words that sound alike | |
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| Prefixes and suffixes | |
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| Confusion of ei and ie | |
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| Hyphens | |
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| Good Usage | |
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| Usage and the rhetorical situation | |
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| Style | |
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| Word choice | |
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| Inclusive language | |
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| Dictionaries | |
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| Thesaurus | |
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| Exactness | |
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| Precise word choice | |
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| Evocative language | |
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| Idioms and collocations | |
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| First and second person | |
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| Clear definitions | |
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| Conciseness | |
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| Eliminating wordiness | |
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| Unnecessary repetition | |
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| Elliptical constructions | |
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| Clarity and Completeness | |
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| Including necessary words | |
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| Completing comparisons | |
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| Completing intensifiers | |
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| Effective Sentences | |
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| Sentence Unity | |
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| Choosing and arranging details | |
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| Revising mixed metaphors | |
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| Relating sentence parts | |
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| Subordination and Coordination | |
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| Using subordination | |
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| Using coordination | |
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| Avoiding faulty or excessive subordination and coordination | |
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| Misplaced Parts and Dangling Modifiers | |
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| Placement of modifiers | |
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| Dangling modifiers | |
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| Parallelism | |
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| Recognizing parallel elements | |
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| Repeating words and forms | |
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| Linking two or more sentences | |
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| Correlative conjunctions | |
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| Emphasizing key ideas | |
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| Consistency | |
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| Verb tense | |
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| Person and number | |
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| Tone and style | |
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| Pronoun Reference | |
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| Ambiguous references | |
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| Awkward references | |
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| Implied references | |
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| The impersonal pronoun it | |
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| Emphasis | |
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| Placement of words | |
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| Periodic and cumulative sentences | |
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| Ordering from least to most important | |
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| Repeating important words | |
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| Active and passive voice | |
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| Inverting word order | |
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| An occasional short sentence | |
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| Variety | |
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| Sentence length | |
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| Sentence openings | |
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| Questions, commands, and exclamations | |
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| Writing | |
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| The Rhetorical Situation | |
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| Understanding the rhetorical situation | |
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| Writing to an exigence | |
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| Writing with a specific purpose | |
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| Considering audience | |
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| Sending and receiving a message within a context | |
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| Reading Rhetorically | |
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| Previewing for an initial impression | |
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| Reading for content | |
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| Rereading for understanding | |
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| Recognizing a personal response | |
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| Writing daily about your reading | |
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| Planning and Drafting Essays | |
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| Selecting worthwhile subjects for writing | |
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| Focusing a subject idea into a specific topic | |
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| Conveying a clearly stated thesis | |
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| Arranging or outlining ideas | |
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| Getting your ideas into a first draft | |
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| Drafting well-developed paragraphs | |
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| Employing rhetorical methods of development | |
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| Revising and Editing Essays | |
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| The essentials of revision | |
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| Guiding readers with your introductions and conclusions | |
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| Revising for unified and coherent paragraphs | |
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| Transitions within and between paragraphs | |
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| The benefits of peer review | |
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| Editing for clearer ideas, sentences, and paragraphs | |
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| Proofreading for an error-free essay | |
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| The final draft | |
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| Writing Arguments | |
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| Determining the purpose of your argument | |
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| Considering differing viewpoints | |
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| Distinguishing between fact and opinion | |
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| Taking a position or making a claim | |
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| Providing evidence for an effective argument | |
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| Using the rhetorical appeals to ground your argument | |
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| Purposely arranging an effective argument | |
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| Using logic to argue effectively and ethically | |
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| Avoiding rhetorical fallacies | |
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| Studying a sample written argument of another student | |
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| Research And Documentation | |
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| Finding Sources Online, in Print, and in the Field | |
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| Research and the rhetorical situation | |
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| Finding books | |
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| Finding articles | |
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| Finding online sources | |
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| Field research | |
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| Evaluating Sources Online and in Print | |
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| Credibility of authors | |
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| Credibility of publishers | |
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| Online sources | |
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| Relevance and timeliness | |
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| Using Sources Responsibly | |
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| The rhetorical situation and the research paper | |
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| Organizing notes | |
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| Working bibliography | |
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| Integrating sources | |
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| Responding to sources | |
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| MLA Documentation | |
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| MLA in-text citations | |
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| MLA list of works cited | |
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| MLA paper | |
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| APA Documentation | |
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| APA in-text citations | |
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| APA reference list | |
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| APA paper | |
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| Writing about Literature | |
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| Literature and its genres | |
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| Vocabulary for discussing literature | |
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| Approaches to interpreting literature | |
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| Active reading and literary interpretation | |
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| Types of literary interpretation | |
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| Conventions for writing about literature | |
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| A student essay interpreting literature | |
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| Writing in Business | |
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| Special conventions | |
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| Business letters | |
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| Business memos | |
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| RTsumTs | |
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| Application letters | |
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| Business plans | |
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| Glossary of Usage | |
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| Glossary of Terms | |
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| Index | |