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| The Writing Process | |
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| Explore and plan; rough out a first draft | |
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| Make global revisions; then revise sentences | |
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| Student Essay | |
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| Build effective paragraphs | |
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| Academic Writing | |
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| Writing about texts | |
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| Sample Annotated Article | |
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| Sample Annotated Advertisement | |
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| Sample Analysis | |
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| Sample Analysis of A Visual Text | |
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| Constructing reasonable arguments | |
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| Student Essay | |
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| Evaluating arguments | |
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| Writing in the disciplines | |
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| Clear Sentences | |
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| Prefer active verbs | |
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| Balance parallel ideas | |
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| Add needed words | |
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| Untangle mixed constructions | |
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| Repair misplaced and dangling modifiers | |
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| Eliminate distracting shifts | |
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| Emphasize key ideas | |
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| Provide some variety | |
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| Word Choice | |
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| Tighten wordy sentences | |
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| Choose appropriate language | |
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| Find the exact words | |
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| Grammatical Sentences | |
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| Repair sentence fragments | |
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| Revise run-on sentences | |
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| Make subjects and verbs agree | |
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| Make pronouns and antecedents agree | |
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| Make pronoun references clear | |
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| Distinguish between pronouns such as I and me | |
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| Distinguish between who and whom | |
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| Choose adjectives and adverbs with care | |
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| Choose appropriate verb forms, tenses, and moods in standard English | |
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| ESL Challenges | |
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| Verbs | |
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| Articles | |
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| Sentence structure | |
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| Prepositions and idiomatic expressions | |
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| Punctuation | |
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| The comma | |
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| Unnecessary commas | |
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| The semicolon | |
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| The colon | |
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| The apostrophe | |
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| Quotation marks | |
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| End punctuation | |
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| Other punctuation marks | |
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| Mechanics | |
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| Abbreviations | |
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| Numbers | |
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| Italics | |
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| Spelling | |
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| The hyphen | |
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| Capital letters | |
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| Researched Writing | |
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| Conducting research | |
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| Evaluating sources | |
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| Managing information; avoiding plagiarism | |
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| Choosing a documentation style | |
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| Writing MLA papers | |
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| Supporting a thesis | |
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| Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism | |
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| Integrating sources | |
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| Documenting sources | |
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| MLA manuscript format; sample paper | |
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| Case Study: Highlights of one student's research process | |
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| Sample MLA Research Paper | |
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| Writing about literature | |
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| Writing APA papers | |
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| APA papers | |
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| Sample APA Research Paper | |
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| Writing Chicago papers | |
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| Chicago papers | |
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| Sample Pages From A Chicago-Style Research Paper | |
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| Document Design | |
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| Become familiar with the principles of document design | |
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| Use standard academic formatting | |
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| Use standard business formatting | |
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| Grammar Basics | |
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| Parts of speech | |
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| Sentence patterns | |
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| Subordinate word groups | |
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| Sentence types | |
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| Glossary of Usage | |
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| Answers to Tutorials and Lettered Exercises | |
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| Index | |