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Composing in The Digital Era | |
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Inroduction: Writing for Different Purposes in Different Media | |
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The Rhetorical Situation | |
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The Rhetorical Triangle | |
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A Writer's Audience | |
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A Writer's Ethos | |
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A Writer's Purpose | |
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Words and Images | |
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Verbal vs. Visual Media | |
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Where Visuals Work Best | |
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Where Words Work Best | |
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Planning and Drafting | |
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Establish Your Goals | |
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Explore Your Topic | |
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Write a Working Thesis | |
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Plan a Strategy | |
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Compose a Draft | |
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Write as a Member of a Team | |
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Stay Organized | |
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Composing Paragraphs | |
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Focus Your Paragraphs | |
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Organize Your Paragraphs | |
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Make Your Paragraphs Coherent | |
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Consider Paragraph Length | |
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Link Across Paragraphs | |
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Write Effective Beginning and Ending Paragraphs | |
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Rewriting, Editing, and Proofreading | |
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Switch from Writer to Reader | |
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Learn Strategies for Rewriting | |
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Respond to Other Writers' Drafts | |
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Edit for Particular Goals | |
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Proofread Carefully | |
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Learn to Edit the Writing of Others | |
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Writing in College and Beyond | |
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Critical Reading and Viewing | |
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Two Kinds of Reading and Viewing | |
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Critical Reading | |
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Verbal Fallacies | |
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Critical Viewing | |
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Visual Fallacies | |
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Writing to Reflect | |
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Find An Reflective Topic | |
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Identify a Focus | |
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Develop Your Response | |
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Sample Reflective Essay | |
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A Reflective Magazine Article | |
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A Reflective Web Site | |
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Writing to Inform | |
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Find an Informative Topic | |
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Narrow Your Topic and Write a Thesis | |
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Develop and Organize Your Ideas | |
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An Informative Brochure | |
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Business Letters, Emails, and Memos | |
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Reports | |
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Writing to Persuade | |
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Find an Arguable Topic | |
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Make an Arguable Claim | |
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Developand Organize Good Reasons | |
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Sample Proposal Argument | |
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A Persuasive Letter of Application and R�sum� | |
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Visual Rhetoric | |
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Design Basics | |
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Create a Visual Relationship | |
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Make Similar Elements Look Similar | |
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Make Different Elements Look Different | |
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Understanding the Rhetoric of Type | |
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Creating Graphics, Tables, and Charts | |
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Types of Illustrations | |
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Illustrations | |
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Imaging Editors | |
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Formats and Printers | |
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Tables | |
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Charts and Graphs | |
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Verbal and Visual Presentations | |
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Planning a Presentation | |
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Delivering a Presentation | |
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Design Effective Visuals | |
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Writing for The Web | |
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Web Basics | |
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The Architecture of a Web Site | |
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Visual Design on the Web | |
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Establish Goals for a Web Site | |
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Steps in Creating a Web Site | |
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Get Started | |
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How HTML Tags Work | |
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Adding Links and Images | |
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Organize Your Web Site | |
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Building a Multi-Page Site | |
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Principles of Navigational Design | |
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Tools for Navigation | |
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Navigation on Complex Sites | |
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Make Your Site Accessible | |
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Test and Improve Your Site | |
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Researching | |
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Planning Your Research | |
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Analyze the Research Task | |
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Set a Schedule | |
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Find a Topic That Interests You | |
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Ask a Question and Draft a Working Thesis | |
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Decide What Kind of Research You Need to Do | |
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Plan Field Research | |
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Finding Sources | |
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Research in Libraries and on the Web | |
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Find Books | |
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Find Articles in Journals | |
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Find Newspaper Articles | |
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Find Information on the Web | |
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Start a Working Bibliography | |
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Evaluating Sources | |
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Determine the Relevance of Sources | |
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Determine the Reliability of Print Sources | |
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Determine the Reliability of Internet Sources | |
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Avoiding Plagiarism When Using Sources | |
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The Purpose of Documenting Sources | |
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Intellectual Property and Scholastic Honesty | |
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Avoid Plagiarism | |
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Quote Sources without Plagiarizing | |
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Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing | |
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Writing the Research Project | |
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Review Your Goals and Thesis | |
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Plan Your Organ | |