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| Blueprints Skills | |
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| Chart Welcome to Blueprints | |
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| To the Teacher | |
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| To the Student | |
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| Preface to Blueprints | |
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| The Paragraph | |
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| Blueprints for the Paragraph | |
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| What Is a Paragraph | |
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| The Three Main Parts of a Paragraph Sources: Reading and Analyzing Sample Paragraphs | |
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| Orlando: from Tiny Town to Major Metropolitan Area | |
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| The Effects of Tourism on One Florida City | |
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| Transition Expressions: in addition (to), though and although, later Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing Paragraphs | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines | |
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| Descriptive Paragraphs | |
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| Blueprints for Descriptive Paragraphs | |
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| What Is a Descriptive Paragraph? | |
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| Sources: Reading and Analyzing Sample Paragraphs | |
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| Riding the Train to New York City | |
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| Taking the "D" Train | |
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| Transition Expressions: when, as, while, and after Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing Descriptive Paragraphs | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines | |
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| Process Paragraphs | |
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| Blueprints for Process Paragraphs | |
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| What Is a Process Paragraph? | |
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| Sources: Reading and Analyzing Sample Paragraphs | |
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| Polygraph Testing | |
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| DNA the Easy Way | |
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| Transition Expressions: first, next, then, and finally Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing Process Paragraphs | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines | |
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| Definition Paragraphs | |
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| Blueprints for Definition Paragraphs | |
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| What Is a Definition Paragraph? | |
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| Sources: Reading and Analyzing Sample Paragraphs | |
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| HIV | |
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| AIDS | |
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| Transition Expressions: this (+ noun), according to, and in fact Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing Definition Paragraphs | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines | |
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| Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs | |
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| Blueprints for Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs | |
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| What Is a Comparison/Contrast Paragraph | |
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| Sources: Reading and Analyzing Sample Paragraphs | |
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| The Internet and Intranets | |
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| Shareware Versus Commercial Software | |
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| Transition Expressions: like, the same...as, in contrast, and whereas Paraphrasing, Summarizing, Synthesizing | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing Comparison/Contrast Paragraphs | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines | |
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| Introducing the Essay | |
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| Blueprints for Writing Essays What Is an Essay | |
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| From Paragraph to Essay: An Example | |
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| Transition Expressions: for example, for instance, one..., another..., and such as Working with Essay Outlines | |
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| The Writing Process: Practice Writing an Essay | |
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| The Writing Process: Writing Assignment | |
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| Additional Writing Assignments from the Academic Disciplines Appendices | |
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| Documenting Information from Sources | |
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| Run-On Sentences | |
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| Comma Splices | |
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| Fragments | |
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| Partner Feedback Forms | |