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| Preface | |
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| Writing in College | |
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| Strategies for Writing in College Courses | |
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| Analyzing Your Writing Situation | |
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| Limiting Your Writing Topic | |
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| Laying Out a Plan of Organization | |
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| Some Criteria for Academic Writing | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| What Makes Writing Successful? | |
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| Specific Characteristics of Writing That Works | |
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| Good Writing Says Something of Consequence | |
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| Good Writing Is Clear | |
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| Good Writing Is Well Organized | |
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| Good Writing Is Economical | |
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| Good Writing Is Grammatically Acceptable | |
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| Good Writing Has No Spelling Errors | |
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| Extra Touches | |
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| Vigor | |
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| Authentic Voice | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| How Do Writers Write? | |
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| Different Ways of Writing | |
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| Explanatory Writing | |
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| Exploratory Writing | |
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| Writing That Explains and Explores | |
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| The Stages of Writing | |
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| Preparation and Planning | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Incubating | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| What Is Your Writing Situation? | |
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| Audience | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Persona | |
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| Your Language Choices | |
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| Tone | |
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| Authenticity | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Drafting | |
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| Getting Started | |
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| With an Illustrative Example | |
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| With a Quotation | |
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| With an Anecdote | |
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| With a Description | |
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| With a Summary Paragraph | |
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| Common Patterns of Organization | |
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| Reasoning from Evidence | |
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| Assertion and Support | |
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| Definition | |
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| Cause and Effect | |
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| Comparison and Contrast | |
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| Classification | |
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| Narration | |
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| Choosing and Combining Patterns | |
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| Knowing When You Have an Adequate Draft | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Writing Clearly | |
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| Illustrating General Statements with Specific Examples | |
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| Making Your Readers See Something | |
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| Putting People in Your Writing | |
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| Choosing Concrete Words | |
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| Avoiding Deadwood Nouns | |
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| Choosing Strong Verbs for Clarity | |
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| Using Adjectives and Adverbs Sparingly | |
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| Adding Metaphors for Clarity | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Holding Your Reader | |
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| Choosing a Good Title | |
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| Writing Strong Leads | |
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| Keeping Your Writing Tight and Unified | |
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| Links and Nudges | |
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| Repeated Words | |
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| Using Conjunctions to Connect Sentences or Paragraphs | |
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| Keeping Paragraphs and Sentences to a Reasonable Length | |
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| Chunking Your Writing into Manageable Units | |
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| Avoiding Antagonizing Your Readers | |
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| Making Your Writing Look Good | |
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| Using Figurative and Connotative Language Sparingly | |
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| Avoiding Stereotypes and Offensive Labeling | |
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| Sexist Language | |
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| Using Racial and Ethnic Terms Carefully | |
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| Maintaining a Civil Tone | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Crafting Paragraphs | |
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| The External View of Paragraphing | |
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| Some Guidelines for Breaking Paragraphs | |
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| The Internal View of Paragraphing | |
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| Generalization with Supporting Details | |
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| Question and Answer | |
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| Statement and Illustration | |
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| Assertion and Explanation | |
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| Other Common Paragraph Patterns | |
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| Crafting Opening Paragraphs | |
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| Wrestling With Closing Paragraphs | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Revising | |
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| An Overview of the Revision Process | |
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| A Plan for Revising in Stages | |
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| Large-Scale Revision | |
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| Small-Scale Changes | |
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| Getting Response from Others | |
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| Some Guidelines for Working in Groups | |
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| When Should You Stop Revising? | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| Editing | |
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| Some Guidelines for Editing | |
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| Review Any Specifications for Your Document | |
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| Check Details for Accuracy and Consistency | |
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| Check for Awkwardly Repeated Words | |
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| Check for the Most Common Errors | |
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| Check Your Spelling and Run a Spell Checker | |
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| Consider the Way Your Writing Looks | |
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| Proofreading | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| Considering Design | |
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| A Few Uses of Document Design | |
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| Planning a Design | |
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| Questions to Ask As You Plan a Design | |
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| Sketching Out a Preliminary Design | |
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| Estimating Costs | |
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| Considering Type | |
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| Fonts | |
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| Type Styles | |
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| Type Size | |
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| Color | |
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| Considering Layout | |
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| Direction | |
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| White Space | |
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| Chunking Information | |
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| Positioning Graphics and Artwork | |
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| Designing for the Web | |
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| How the Web Is Read | |
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| Web Site Structure and Web Page Design | |
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| Model Templates for Web Pages | |
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| For Practice | |
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| Writing Research Papers | |
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| Selecting a Topic | |
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| Pick a Good Topic | |
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| Define Your Purpose | |
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| Identify Your Audience | |
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| Formulate a Research Question | |
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| Researching Your Topic | |
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| Set Up a General Search Strategy | |
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| Use Primary and Secondary Sources | |
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| Do Original Research | |
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| Make a Research Outline for Using the Library and the Web | |
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| Find Things Out for Yourself | |
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| Be Open to Serendipity | |
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| Take Notes | |
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| Manage Sources and Quotations | |
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| Manage and Evaluate Electronic Sources | |
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| Writing Your Paper | |
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| Get Started | |
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| Choose a Plan of Organization | |
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| Write a Draft | |
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| Get Responses | |
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| Finish Your Paper | |
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| Q&A | |
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| A Sample Research Paper: "Artemisia Gentileschi: Artist Against the Grain" | |
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| Sending Electronic Communications | |
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| Writing for Online Readers | |
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| Email Dos and Don'ts | |
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| Privacy | |
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| Snap Responses | |
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| Unwanted Email | |
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| Handling Casual Correspondence | |
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| Handling Academic and Professional Correspondence | |
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| Resumes | |
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| Attachments | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| Giving Oral Presentations | |
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| Sizing Up the Situation | |
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| Find Out Where and When the Talk Is Scheduled | |
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| Find Out Who Your Audience Is | |
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| Determine the Purpose(s) of Your Talk | |
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| Writing Out a Rough Draft of Your Talk | |
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| Outlining Your Talk--and Planning Your Visuals | |
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| Deciding on Props and Visuals | |
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| Some Guidelines for Using Visuals | |
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| Practicing | |
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| Delivering the Talk | |
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| Answering Questions Carefully | |
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| Getting Feedback | |
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| Q&A | |
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| For Practice | |
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| For Writing | |
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| Model Documents | |
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| The First Page of a Print Academic Paper | |
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| An Academic Paper with Graphs | |
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| An Academic Paper with Headings and Visuals | |
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| A Plan for a Two-Page Spread in a Report | |
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| A Plan for an Academic Paper on the Web | |
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| A Summary | |
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| A Simple Presentation Slide | |
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| A Simple Proposal | |
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| An Application Letter (Printed) | |
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| An Email Application Letter | |
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| A Print Resume | |
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| A Scannable Email Resume | |
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| A Newsletter | |
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| A Simple Brochure | |
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| A Poster | |
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| A Flyer | |
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| A Program | |
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| An Agenda | |
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| A Press Release | |
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| Mastering the Conventions of Documentation | |
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| MLA Style | |
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| APA Style | |
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| Index | |