WRITE
W-1 Rhetorical Contexts
a. Purpose
b. Audience
c. Genre
d. Topic
e. Stance and Tone
f. Media/Design
W-2 Academic Contexts
W-3 Reading Strategies
W-4 Writing Processes
a. Generating Ideas
b. Organizing and Drafting
*c. Giving and Getting Response
d. Taking Stock and Revising
e. Editing and Proofreading
*f. Reflecting on Your Work
g. Collaborating
*h. Compiling a Portfolio
*W-5 Parts of the Essay
a. Beginning
b. Crafting a Thesis Statement
c. Ending
d. Choosing a Title
W-6 Developing Paragraphs
W-7 Designing What You Write
Giving Presentations [ebook only]
*W-8 Building Up Academic Habits of Mind
KINDS OF WRITING
W-9 Arguments
*Abby Tabas, “Social Media Activism: Changing the World from the Couch”
W-10 Rhetorical Analyses
Pierce Rendall, “Hip-Hop’s Potential Impact”
W-11 Personal Narratives
Mohammed Masoom Shah, “One Last Ride”
W-12 Summary/Response Essays
Jacob MacLeod, “Guns and Cars Are Different”
W-13 Literary Analyses
*Laurel Henning, “Hidden Images: H.D.’s Imagist Mastery Revealed in ‘Sea Rose’”
W-14 Reports
W-15 Proposals
W-16 Reflections
W-17 Annotated Bibliographies
W-18 Abstracts
RESEARCH
R-1 Doing Research
a. Thinking about What You Already Know and Believe
b. Considering the Context for Your Research, Choosing a Topic
c. Narrowing Your Topic’s Focus
d. Posing a Research Question, Drafting a Tentative Thesis
e. Finding Relevant Sources
f. Using Popular Sites And Search Engines
g. Using Library Resources
h. Narrowing Search Results
i. Doing Field Research
R-2 Evaluating Sources
a. Deciding If a Source Might Be Useful
b. Fact-Checking Popular Sources Online
c. Reading Sources with a Critical Eye
R-3 Synthesizing Ideas
R-4 Integrating Sources, Avoiding Plagiarism
MLA STYLE
*Jackson Parell, “Free at Last, Free at Last: Civil War Memory and Civil Rights Rhetoric”
APA STYLE
*Eli Nicholas Vale, “The Causes of Burnout in San Antonio Nurses—And Some Possible Solutions
CHICAGO STYLE
CSE STYLE
EDIT
EDITING THE DETAILS THAT MATTER
SENTENCES
S-1 Elements of a Sentence
S-2 Sentence Fragments
S-3 Comma Splices, Fused Sentences
S-4 Verbs
S-5 Subject-Verb Agreement
S-6 Pronouns
S-7 Parallelism
S-8 Coordination, Subordination
S-9 Shifts
LANGUAGE
L-1 Well-Chosen Words
L-2 Precise Words
L-3 Idioms
L-4 Words Often Confused
L-5 Prepositions
L-6 Unnecessary Words
L-7 Adjectives & Adverbs
L-8 Articles: “A,” “An,” or “The”?
*L-9 Respectful & Inclusive Language [expanded with new sections]
L-10 Pronouns & Gender
L-11 Englishes
PUNCTUATION / MECHANICS
P-1 Commas
P-2 Semicolons
P-3 End Punctuation
P-4 Quotation Marks
P-5 Apostrophes
P-6 Other Punctuation
P-7 Hyphens
P-8 Capitalization
P-9 Italics
P-10 Abbreviations
P-11 Numbers
EXERCISES
Glossary / Index
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