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| The Rhetoric | |
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| Why Write? Using The Sundance Writer | |
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| The Rhetoric | |
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| Writing in the Information Age | |
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| The Reader | |
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| Writing in College | |
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| The Research Paper | |
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| Grammar and Handbook | |
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| Strategies for Succeeding in Composition | |
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| The Writing Process: An Overview | |
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| What Is Writing? Developing a Composing Style | |
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| Creating a Composing Style | |
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| Writing on a Computer | |
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| Strategies for Writing on a Computer | |
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| Writer''s Block | |
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| Strategies for Overcoming Writer''s Block | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Writing Resources Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: The Writing Process | |
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| The Writing Context | |
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| What Is Good Writing? The Writer | |
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| The Writer''s Purpose | |
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| The Writer''s Role | |
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| The Reader | |
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| Individual Readers | |
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| Extended Audiences | |
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| The Perceptual World | |
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| Evaluating Readers | |
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| The Discourse Community | |
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| The Document | |
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| Strategies for Writing Specialized Documents | |
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| Writings in Context | |
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| Lyndon Baines Johnson, Letter to Ho Chi Minh, April-10, | |
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| Molly Ivins, A Short Story about the Vietnam War Memorial | |
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| Strategies for Establishing Context | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Writing Context Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: The Writing Context | |
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| Critical Thinking: Seeing with a Writer''s Eye | |
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| What Is Critical Thinking? How to See with a Writer''s Eye | |
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| Strategies for Increasing Critical Thinking | |
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| Common Errors in Critical Thinking | |
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| Ignoring the Role of Coincidence | |
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| Hasty Generalizations or Jumping to Conclusions | |
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| Relying on Anecdotal Evidence | |
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| Mistaking Time Relationships for Cause and Effect (post hoc, ergo propter hoc) | |
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| Making Faulty Comparisons (False Analogies) | |
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| Assuming Trends Will Continue, Making "Slippery Slope" Judgments | |
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| Creating "Either-Or" Dilemmas | |
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| Relying on False Authorities, Attacking Personalities, and Guilt by Association | |
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| Using Circular Reasoning (Begging the Question) | |
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| Making Emotional and Irrelevant Statements (Red Herrings) | |
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| Critical Thinking Checklist | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Critical Thinking Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Critical Thinking | |
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| Prewriting Strategies: Getting Started | |
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| What Is Prewriting? Prewriting Strategies | |
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| Free writing | |
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| Brainstorming | |
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| Asking Questions | |
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| Clustering | |
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| Strategies for Prewriting | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Prewriting Strategies Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Prewriting Strategies | |
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| Developing a Thesis | |
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| What Is a Thesis? Elements of a Thesis Statement | |
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| Locating the Thesis | |
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| Explicit, Evolving, and Implied Theses | |
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| Explicit Thesis Statements | |
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| Evolving Thesis Statements | |
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| Implied Thesis Statements | |
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| Strategies for Developing Thesis Statements | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Statements Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Developing a Thesis | |
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| Supporting a Thesis | |
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| What Is Support? Personal Observations | |
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| Personal Experiences | |
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| Examples | |
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| Facts | |
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| Testimony (Quotations) | |
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| Analogies (Comparisons) | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Strategies for Using Statistics | |
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| Documenting Sources | |
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| Strategies for Using Evidence | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Thesis Support Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Supporting a Thesis | |
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| Organizing Ideas | |
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| What Is Organization? Informal and Formal Outlines | |
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| Writing Titles and Introductions | |
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| Titles | |
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| Introductions | |
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| Organizing the Body of an Essay | |
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| Chronological: Organizing by Time | |
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| Spatial: Organizing by Division | |
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| Emphatic: Organizing by Importance | |
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| Writing Conclusions | |
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| Summarize the Thesis and Main Points | |
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| End with a Question | |
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| Conclude with a Quotation | |
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| End with a Strong Image | |
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| Conclude with a Challenging Statement | |
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| Moving from Prewriting to Planning | |
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| Planning Checklist | |
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| Strategies for Overcoming Problems in Organization | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Organization Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Organizing Ideas | |
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| Developing Paragraphs | |
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| What Are Paragraphs? Developing Paragraphs | |
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| Creating Topic Sentences | |
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| Using Modes | |
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| Emphasizing Transitions | |
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| Organizing Dialogue | |
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| Paragraph Style | |
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| Strategies for Developing Paragraphs | |
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| E-Writing: Exploring Paragraphs Online | |
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| E-Sources | |
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| Companion Website: Developing Paragraphs | |
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| Writing the First Draft | |
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| What Is a First Draft? Strategies for Writing the First Draft | |
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| Avoiding Plagiarism | |
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| Making Writing Decis | |