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Table of Contents
About the Book
The Writing Process
Chapter 1: The Writing Situation
Chapter 2: Invention
Chapter 3: Thesis and Organization
Chapter 4: Drafting
Chapter 5: Revising and Editing
Chapter 6: Paragraphs
Chapter 7: Document Design
Writing In and Out of College
Chapter 8: Academic Writing
Chapter 9: Studying Effectively and Taking Exams
Chapter 10: Critical Reading and Writing
Chapter 11: Writing Arguments
Chapter 12: Reading and Writing About Literature
Chapter 13: Public Writing
Chapter 14: Making Oral Presentations
Clarity and Style
Chapter 15: Emphasis
Chapter 16: Parallelism
Chapter 17: Variety and Details
Chapter 18: Appropriate and Exact Words
Chapter 19: Completeness
Chapter 20: Conciseness
Sentence Parts and Patterns
Basic Grammar
Verbs
Pronouns
Modifiers
Sentence Faults
Punctuation
Chapter 38: End Punctuation
Chapter 39: The Comma
Chapter 40: The Semicolon
Chapter 41: The Colon
Chapter 42: The Apostrophe
Chapter 43: Quotation Marks
Chapter 44: Other Marks
Spelling and Mechanics
Chapter 45: Spelling
Chapter 46: The Hyphen
Chapter 47: Capital Letters
Chapter 48: Underlining or Italics
Chapter 49: Abbreviations
Chapter 50: Numbers
Research and Documentation
Chapter 51: Research Strategy
Chapter 52: Finding Sources
Chapter 53: Working with Sources
Chapter 54: Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting
Chapter 55: Writing the Paper
Chapter 56: MLA Documentation and Format
Chapter 57: APA Documentation and Format
Usage Flashcards
Instructor Resources
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