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Getting Started: The Principles of Good Reading and Writing | |
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Critical Reading | |
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Why Read? | |
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Reading for Best Results | |
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Tips for Reading Critically | |
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Critical Reading in Action | |
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"The Shy, Egg-Stealing Neighbor You Didn't Know You Had" [Annotated professional essay] | |
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Reading as Inquiry | |
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Strategy Checklist: Reading Critically | |
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"A Hanging | |
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Reading Visual Images | |
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Reading a Photograph | |
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Tips for Reading Photographs | |
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Reading Advertisements | |
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Tips for Reading Advertisements | |
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Reading Graphs, Tables, and Charts | |
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Tips for Reading Graphs, Tables, and Charts | |
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Reading Cartoons | |
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Tips for Reading Cartoons | |
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Reading Web Sites | |
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Tips for Reading and Evaluating Web Sites | |
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Strategy Checklist: Reading and Evaluating Web Sites | |
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Models of Writing | |
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"Intimate Shopping: Should Everyone Know What You Bought Today? | |
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Strategy Checklist: Reading and Interpreting Visuals | |
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Active Writing | |
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Choosing a Good Topic | |
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Setting Limits on a Topic | |
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Narrowing a Topic in Stages | |
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Determining Your Purpose and Audience | |
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Prewriting | |
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Strategy Checklist: Prewriting | |
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Organizing Ideas | |
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Writing Drafts | |
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Tips for Writing a Rough Draft | |
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One Student Writing: First Draft | |
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First Draft: John Fousek, "My Roommate" [Student Essay] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Getting Started with Writing | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Finding and Supporting a Thesis | |
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Understanding the Thesis | |
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Elements of a Good Thesis | |
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Tips for Evaluating a Thesis | |
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Stating Your Thesis | |
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Tips for Developing a Thesis | |
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Thesis Statements: Strong or Weak? | |
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Supporting Your Thesis: Details | |
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Using Sensory Details | |
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Using Data: Statistics, Cases, and Expert Testimony | |
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Student Writing: Thesis and Details | |
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"You Must Be Crazy!" [Student essay] | |
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"Getting Juiced" [Student essay] | |
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Models of Writing | |
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"Love and Race | |
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"Salvation" [Story] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Stating and Supporting a Thesis | |
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Planning a Paper: Outlining | |
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Why Outline? | |
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Creating a Rough Outline | |
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Making a Formal Outline | |
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Establishing Main Divisions | |
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Adding Supporting Details | |
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Formatting a Formal Outline | |
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Writing a Topic Outline | |
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Correcting a Formal Outline | |
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One Student Writing: From Prewriting to Essay | |
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"Ozymandias" [Poem] | |
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Prewriting, Rough Outline, Formal Outline, Essay: Alan Benjamin, "Enough Despair to Go Around" [Student essay] | |
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Preparing Your Formal Outline | |
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Tips for Writing a Formal Outline | |
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Strategy Checklist: Preparing a Formal Outline | |
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Writing Your Paper: An Overview | |
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Writing a Strong Introduction | |
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Stating the Thesis | |
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Forecasting the Paper | |
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Using Different Introductory Strategies | |
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Tips for Writing a Strong Introduction | |
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Writing the Body Paragraphs | |
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Writing Topic Sentences | |
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One Student Writing: Topic Sentences | |
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"The Mechanics of Backyard Mechanics" [Student essay] | |
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Writing Transitions | |
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Developing Paragraphs: Unity and Coherence | |
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Tips for Achieving Paragraph Unity | |
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Tips for Achieving Paragraph Coherence | |
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Writing a Strong Conclusion | |
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Tips for Writing a Strong Conclusion | |
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Revising, Editing, and Proofreading Your Paper | |
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Revising Your Paper | |
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Revising to Improve Your Thesis | |
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Revising for Appropriate Supporting Detail | |
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Revising for Better Organization | |
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Revising for Purpose and Audience | |
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Revising for Suitable Structure: Introduction, Body Paragraphs, Conclusion | |
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Peer Review: Learning from Other Students | |
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One Student Writing: Revising and Editing | |
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Intermediate Draft: "My Roommate" [Student Essay] | |
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Tips for Editing Your Paper | |
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Learning from Your Instructor's Comments | |
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Intermediate Draft with Instructor Comments: , "My Roommate" [Student Essay] | |
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Proofreading | |
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Tips for Careful Proofreading | |
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Putting It All Together | |
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Strategy Checklist: Revising and Editing Your Drafts | |
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One Student Writing: Final Draft | |
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Final Draft: "My Roommate, Jim" [Student Essay] | |
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A Brief Note on Style | |
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Methods of Development | |
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Description | |
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Writing Your Descriptive Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Descriptive Essay | |
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Assignment: Description | |
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Student Writing: Description | |
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"Dad's Disappointment" [Student essay] | |
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"High School Practice" [Student essay] | |
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Description in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"A Blanco Navidad for New Yorikans" [Annotated Professional Essay] | |
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"On the Ball | |
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"Marrying Absurd | |
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"My Mother Has Cooked for Us | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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Mark Strand, "Black Sea" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Descriptive Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Narration | |
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Writing Your Narrative Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Narrative Essay | |
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Assignment: Narration | |
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Student Writing: Narration | |
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"The Death of Santa Claus" [Student essay] | |
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"My Father's House" [Student essay] | |
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Narration in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Death Is a Personal Matter | |
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"Se Habla Espan�l | |
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"'You Don't Look Indian' | |
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"The Story of an Hour" [Story] | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"Incident" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Narrative Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Example | |
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Writing Your Example Paper | |
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Tips for Writing an Example Essay | |
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Seeing an Example Paper Plan | |
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Assignment: Example | |
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Student Writing: Example | |
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"Keep It Simple" [Student essay] | |
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Researched Student Writing: Example | |
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"Children of Television" [MLA-style essay] | |
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Example in the World Around You | |
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Critical Reading: Example | |
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"Inside the Mind's Eye, a Network of Highways" [Annotated professional essay] | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Childhood Transgressions | |
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"What I've Learned from Men | |
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"Boxers, Briefs and Books | |
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"I Want a Wife | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"Lament" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Example Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Process | |
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Writing Your Process Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Process Essay | |
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Assignment: Process | |
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Student Writing: Process | |
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"Coffee Time" [Student essay] | |
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Researched Student Writing: Process | |
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"Preparing for he First Day of Classes" [MLA-Style essay] | |
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Process in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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Mark A. Shiffrin and Avi Silberschatz | |
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"Wash Day | |
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"Campus Racism 101 | |
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"Remote Control: How to Raise a Media Skeptic | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"Fire and Ice" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Process Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Comparison and Contrast | |
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Writing Your Comparison-Contrast Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Comparison-Contrast Essay | |
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Assignment: Comparison and Contrast | |
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Student Writing: Comparison�Contrast | |
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Subject-by-Subject Pattern | |
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"In the Swim" [Student outline and essay] | |
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Point-by-Point Pattern | |
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"Two Jobs" [Student outline and essay] | |
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Comparison and Contrast in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"The Professional | |
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"Speaking of Writing | |
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"That Lean and Hungry Look | |
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"The Medium is the Medium | |
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"Charles" [Story] | |
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"The Open Window" [Story] | |
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Legalizing Drugs: Two Web Sites for Comparison and Contrast | |
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Office of National Drug Control Policy [Home page] | |
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Marijuana Policy Project [Home page] | |
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Love, Sweet Love: Two Poems for Comparison and Contrast | |
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Sonnet 29, "When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes" [Poem] | |
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Sonnet 130, "My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun" [Poem] | |
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"Two Kinds of Love" [Student essay] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Comparison and Contrast Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Classification and Division | |
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Classification and Division in Action | |
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Using Division (or Analysis) | |
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Using Classification | |
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How Are Division and Classification Different? | |
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Reviewing Division Strategies | |
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Writing Your Classification Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Classification Essay | |
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Assignment: Classification | |
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Student Writing: Classification | |
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"Tomorrow, Tomorrow" [Student essay] | |
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Classification in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"A Brief, Handy Guide to Those Odd Birds in the Upper Branches | |
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"Three Kinds of Disciplines | |
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"A World Not Neatly Divided | |
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"How Polarizing Is the Internet? | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"The Rose Family" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Classification Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Cause and Effect | |
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Writing Your Cause and Effect Paper | |
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Tips for Writing a Cause and Effect Essay | |
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Assignment: Cause and Effect | |
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Student Writing: Cause and Effect | |
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"Cause for Failure" [Student essay] | |
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Researched Student Writing: Cause and Effect | |
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"Banning Same-Sex Marriage: An Attack on an American Institution" [MLA-style essay] | |
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Cause and Effect in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Tweet Less, Kiss More | |
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"On Splitting | |
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"Why I Write Wrong | |
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"What Adolescents Miss When We Let Them Grow Up in Cyberspace | |
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"Reassigned Pending an Investigation" [Cartoon] | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"Is my team ploughing…" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Cause and Effect Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Definition | |
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Writing Your Definition Paper | |
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Beginning a Formal Definition | |
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Tips for Writing One-Sentence Definitions | |
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Drafting Your Formal Definition Paper | |
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Writing an Informal Definition Paper | |
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Assignment: Definition | |
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Student Writing: Formal Definition | |
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"Everyone Is Equal in the Grave" [Student essay] | |
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Student Writing: Informal Definition | |
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"The Grinnies" [Student essay] | |
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Definition in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"The Perfect Job | |
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"Meet Joe Blog | |
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"The Struggle with Celibacy | |
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"Harrison Bergeron" [Story] | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"Dreams" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Definition Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Argumentation | |
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Using Logic | |
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Induction | |
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Deduction | |
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Using Induction and Deduction | |
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Avoiding Logical Fallacies | |
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Making Appeals | |
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Writing Your Argumentation Paper | |
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Writing a Formal Argument | |
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Tips for Writing a Formal Argument | |
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Developing a Debatable Position | |
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Assignment: Argumentation | |
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Student Writing: Argumentation | |
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"The Right Not to Vote" [Student essay] | |
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Argumentation: Perspectives on Immigrants in America | |
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US Immigration Support, "Illegal Immigration" | |
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"Report an Illegal Alien" | |
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"Undocumented Aliens" [Cartoon] | |
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"The Utah Compact" | |
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"Citizenship for Christmas" [Student essay] | |
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"Being a Recent American" [Student essay] | |
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Argumentation: Perspectives on the Death Penalty | |
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"Capital Punishment: An Example for Criminals" [Student essay] | |
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"Abolish the Death Penalty" [Student essay] | |
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"Continuing the Search for Kinder Executions | |
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"Good News" [Cartoon] | |
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Argumentation in the World Around You | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Till Children Do Us Part | |
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"Just Take Away Their Guns | |
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"In Defense of the Animals | |
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Reading and Writing About Poetry | |
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"The Man He Killed" [Poem] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Argument Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Mixing Methods of Development | |
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Developing Your Paper through Mixed Modes | |
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Tips for Developing a Mixed Modes Essay | |
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Mixing Methods: Looking at Possibilities | |
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Assignment: Mixed Methods of Development | |
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Student Writing: Mixing Methods in Developing Your Essay | |
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"Against the Great Divide" [Student essay] | |
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Critical Reading: Mixed Methods of Development | |
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"Bibles du Jour" [Annotated professional essay] | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Fitting the Poor Into the Economy | |
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"You People Did This | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Mixed Modes Paper | |
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Crosscurrents | |
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Collaborative Learning | |
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Special Writing | |
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Literary Analysis | |
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Writing Your Analysis of Literature | |
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Reading Literature for Analysis | |
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Tips for Reading Literature for Analysis | |
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Interpreting Symbols | |
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Tips for Avoiding Traps Involving Symbols | |
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Watching for Metaphors and Similes | |
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Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Literary Analysis | |
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Tips for Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Literary Analysis | |
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Student Writing: Literary Analysis | |
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"The Beginning of the End" [Student essay] | |
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Readings for Writing | |
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"Girl" [Story] | |
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"Doby's Gone" [Story] | |
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"TheTell-Tale Heart" [Story] | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing and Revising Your Literary Analysis Paper | |
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Writing Essay Exams | |
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Preparing for the Exam | |
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Evaluating the Question | |
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Planning and Writing Your Essay | |
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Tips for Planning and Writing Your Essay | |
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Strategy Checklist: Taking an Essay Exam | |
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Business Writing: An Overview | |
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Writing Inquiry and Complaint Letters | |
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Letter of Inquiry | |
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Letter of Complaint | |
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Letter Format | |
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Tips for Writing and Formatting a Letter | |
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Online Job Search | |
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Tips for Online Job Hunters | |
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Writing a Letter to Apply for a Job | |
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Writing Your R�sum� | |
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Tips for Preparing a Resume | |
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Electronic (Digital) R�sum�s | |
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Writing Memorandums and E-mail | |
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Research | |
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Doing Research | |
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Choosing Your Subject | |
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Doing Preliminary Reading | |
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Searching the World Wide Web | |
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"Googling" Your Subject | |
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Evaluating On-line Sources | |
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Tips for Evaluating Web Sties Used in Your Research | |
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Using General Encyclopedias | |
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Using Specialized Reference Works | |
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Preparing Your Preliminary Outline | |
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Why Libraries? | |
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Limiting Your Research Topic | |
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Determining a Research Question | |
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Finding Sources and Developing a Working Reference List | |
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Finding Articles | |
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Finding Books: The Online Catalog | |
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Keeping Records for Your Reference List | |
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Taking Notes | |
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Note-taking Options: Pencils or Keyboards? | |
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Evaluating Sources | |
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Tips for Evaluating Your Sources | |
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Recording Quotations | |
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Summarizing and Paraphrasing in Your Notes | |
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Disagreements: Distinguishing Between Facts and Opinions | |
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Developing Your Thesis | |
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Preparing Your Formal Outline | |
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Making a Slug Outline | |
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Writing a Formal Outline | |
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Strategy Checklist: Doing Research | |
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Writing Your Research Paper | |
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Writing Your Research Paper: An Overview | |
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The First Draft | |
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Subsequent Drafts | |
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Using Explanatory Notes | |
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Toward the Final Copy | |
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Quoting and Paraphrasing Your Sources | |
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Quoting an Original Source | |
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Paraphrasing an Original Source | |
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Direct Quotations: How Many? | |
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Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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Documenting Sources in the Humanities: MLA Style | |
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Parenthetical Citations | |
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A List of Works Cited | |
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Preparing the Works Cited List | |
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Tips for Preparing the Works Cited List | |
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Documenting Sources in the Social Sciences: APA Style | |
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Parenthetical Citations | |
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A List of APA References | |
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Preparing Your References List | |
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Tips for Preparing an APA References List | |
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Preparing Your Manuscript | |
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Tips for Preparing the Final Copy | |
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Strategy Checklist: Writing Your Research Paper | |
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Frequently Asked Questions about Writing Research Papers | |
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Sample MLA-Style Research Paper | |
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"The Banning of the Polygraph" [MLA-style essay] | |
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Style | |
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Proper Words in Proper Places | |
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Denotation and Connotation | |
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The Importance of Connotation | |
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Word Sensitivity | |
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Abstract Writing and Concrete Writing | |
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Using Specific Details | |
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Using Specific Words and Phrases | |
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Using Comparisons | |
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Effective Sentences | |
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Wordiness and Economy | |
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Cutting Deadwood | |
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Avoiding Pointless Repetition of Meaning | |
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Cutting Unnecessary Clauses | |
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Avoiding Delay of Subject | |
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Passive and Active Verbs | |
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Faulty Parallelism | |
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What Is Parallelism? | |
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Avoiding Faulty Parallelism | |
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Faulty Subordination and Sentence Combining | |
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Sentence Monotony and Variety | |
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Varying Sentence Length | |
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Varying Sentence Structure | |
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Additional Style Problems and Solutions | |
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Triteness | |
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Euphemisms | |
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Repetition, Good and Bad | |
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Repetition for Clarity | |
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Repetition for Impact | |
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Undesirable Repetition of Meaning | |
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Undesirable Repetition of the Same Word | |
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Undesirable Repetition of Sounds | |
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Slang | |
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Fancy Writing | |
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Sexist Language | |
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Tips for Avoiding Sexist Language | |
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Miscellaneous Do's and Don'ts | |
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Tips for Writing in an Academic Style | |
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Handbook, Glossary, and ESL Pointers | |
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Handbook | |
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Glossary of Problem Words | |
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ESL Pointers:Tips for Non-Native Writers | |
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Verbs and Helping Verbs, Including Modals | |
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Summary Checklist: Principal Parts and Auxiliaries for Three Sample Verbs | |
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Using Helping Verbs and Modals with Principal Parts of Verbs | |
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Phrasal Verbs | |
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Tips and Pointers for Phrasal Verbs | |
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Nouns:Countable and Uncountable | |
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Examples of Nouns You Cannot Count | |
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The articles a, and, and the Prepositions | |
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Using in, at, and on | |