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Chapter 1
1.1 (p. 2) Recognizing academic, work, and public communities
1.2 (p. 6) Recognizing a writing community
1.3 (p. 7) Myths about the composing process
Chapter 2
2.1 (p. 17) Strategies for critical reading
2.2 (p. 18) Keeping journals
Chapter 3
3.1 (p. 24) Overcoming speech anxiety
3.2 (p. 30) Using visuals
3.3 (p. 38) Evaluating oral presentations
Chapter 4
4.1 (p. 40) Freewriting
4.2 (p. 49) Outlining as a planning tool
4.3 (p. 50) Using online planning tools
Chapter 5
5.1 (p. 56) Identifying a purpose
5.2 (p. 61) Turning a topic into a thesis
Chapter 6
6.1 (p. 69) Analyzing your audience
6.2 (p. 71) Writing for different communities
Chapter 7
7.1 (p. 76) Drafting in chunks
7.2 (p. 79) Strategies for drafting
Chapter 8
8.1 (p. 86) Redrafting
8.2 (p. 93) Responding to others’ writing
Chapter 9
9.1 (p. 101) Using a topic sentence
9.2 (p. 105) Strategies for linking paragraphs
9.3 (p. 111) Paragraph structures and patterns
Chapter 10
10.1 (p. 125) Using strong verbs
10.2 (p. 130) Recognizing passive voice
10.3 (p. 132) Revising for sentence variety
Chapter 11
11.1 (p. 143) Recognizing home language variations
11.2 (p. 147) Resisting hypercorrection
Chapter 12
12.1 (p. 150) Critical reasoning in different communities
12.2 (p. 154) Assessing evidence
Chapter 13
13.1 (p. 162) Recognizing community standards online
13.2 (p. 167) Writing for the Web
13.3 (p. 169) Avoiding plagiarism when working online
Chapter 14
14.1 (p. 173) Principles of document design
14.2 (p. 176) Arranging information
14.3 (p. 183) Additional model documents
Chapter 15
15.1 (p. 191) Recognizing Excess
15.2 (p. 199) Proofreading 101
Chapter 16
16.1 (p. 218) Recognizing Sentence Predicates
16.2 (p. 221) Recognizing Phrases
16.3 (p. 228) Recognizing Different Sentence Types
Chapter 17
17.1 (p. 239) Confusing Pronouns
17.2 (p. 241) More on Reflexive and Intensive Pronouns
Chapter 18
18.1 (p. 257) Active vs. Passive in the Sciences
18.2 (p. 262) ESL: Practice with the Conditional
Chapter 19
19.1 (p. 269) Practice with Collective Nouns
19.2 (p. 274) Recognizing and Revising Unusual Word Order and There is, There are Constructions
Chapter 20
20.1 (p. 285) Adjectives and Adverbs: Recognizing Informal Usage
20.2 (p. 290) Recognizing Incorrect Comparatives and Superlatives
Chapter 21
21.1 (p. 299) More Practice with Troublesome Constructions
21.2 (p. 303) More Practice Editing Fragments
Chapter 22
22.1 (p. 312) Practice with Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Expressions
22.2 (p. 313) More Resources Concerning Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Chapter 23
23.1 (p. 321) Practice with Specify-Replace-Reword
23.2 (p. 325) More Resources on Pronoun References
Chapter 24
24.1 (p. 332) More on Misplaced Modifiers
24.2 (p. 334) More on Dangling Modifiers
Chapter 25
25.1 (p. 343) More on Tense and Mood
25.2 (p. 347) Direct and Indirect Quotes
Chapter 26
26.1 (p. 355) Shifts in Grammatical Pattern
26.2 (p. 359) Recognizing and Avoiding Incomplete and Illogical Constructions
Chapter 27
27.1 (p. 363) More on Parallelism
27.2 (p. 367) More on Parallelism Beyond the Sentence
Chapter 28
28.1 (p. 376) Punctuation and Coordination
28.2 (p. 383) More on Coordination and Subordination
Chapter 29
29.1 (p. 392) Idioms (ESL)
29.2 (p. 395) More on Fighting Insecurity with Simplicity
Chapter 30
30.1 (p. 402) Using Computerized Dictionaries
30.2 (p. 405) More on Etymology
Chapter 31
31.1 (p. 411) Tactful Wordiness
31.2 (p. 415) Clichés
Chapter 32
32.1 (p. 420) Non-sexist Pronouns
32.2 (p. 424) More on Discriminatory Language
Chapter 33
33.1 (p. 429) More on restrictive/nonrestrictive use of commas
33.2 (p. 439) More on series commas
Chapter 34
34.1 (p. 453) More on Semicolons
34.2 (p. 457) Semicolons and Colons
Chapter 35
35.1 (p. 461) Practice with Apostrophes
35.2 (p. 465) Apostrophes and Informal Writing
Chapter 36
36.1 (p. 470) More on Dialogue
36.2 (p. 472) Special Meanings and Authorial Distance
Chapter 37
37.1 (p. 476) Who invented the ! and the ?
37.2 (p. 480) Use and Abuse of the Exclamation Point
Chapter 38
38.1 (p. 484) More on Parentheses
38.2 (p. 490) Writing about Poetry: Example
Chapter 39
39.1 (p. 494) Unconventional Capitalization
39.2 (p. 501) More on Capitalization
Chapter 40
40.1 (p. 507) Titles and Emphasis in Online Documents
Chapter 41
41.1 (p. 515) More Practice with Hyphens
41.2 (p. 517) Additional Hyphen Exercises
Chapter 42
42.1 (p. 519) Spell Out Numbers Consistently
42.2 (p. 522) Real Example: Numerals vs. Spelled-out Numbers
Chapter 43
43.1 (p. 525) Glossaries for Abbreviations
Chapter 44
44.1 (p. 534) Smart Spelling Advice
44.2 (p. 542) Using Spelling Checkers
Chapter 45
45.1 (p. 545) Recognizing Research Communities
45.2 (p. 548) Strategies for Adapting Research to Your Audience
45.3 (p. 559) Creating a Research Plan
Chapter 46
46.1 (p. 564) Preliminary, General, and Specialized Sources
46.2 (p. 569) Using Library Web Sites
46.3 (p. 573) Strategies for Using Search Engines
Chapter 47
47.1 (p. 589) Evaluating Internet and Web Sources
47.2 (p. 593) Strategies for Decoding URLs
Chapter 48
48.1 (p. 596) Planning a Research Paper
48.2 (p. 599) Integrating Sources
Chapter 49
49.1 (p. 604) Understanding Plagiarism
49.2 (p. 607) Using Sources in the Academic Community
Chapter 50
50.1 (p. 611) Surveys and Questionnaires
50.2 (p. 615) Ethnographic Research
Chapter 51
51.1 (p. 618) When to Use MLA Documentation
51.2 (p. 650) Using MLA Documentation
Chapter 52
52.1 (p. 666) When to Use APA Documentation
52.2 (p. 688) Using APA Documentation
Chapter 53
53.1 (p. 705) When to Use Engineering and CSE Documentation
53.2 (p. 716) Using Engineering and CSE Documentation
Chapter 54
54.1 (p. 717) When to Use CMS Documentation
54.2 (p. 732) Using CMS Documentation
Chapter 55
55.1 (p. 735) Recognizing Occasions for Argument
55.2 (p. 752) Using Visuals to Support an Argument
55.3 (p. 768) Using Toulmin Reasoning
Chapter 56
56.1 (p. 779) Writing Critiques
56.2 (p. 781) Writing Reviews
56.3 (p. 786) Writing Persuasive Essay Exams
Chapter 57
57.1 (p. 789) Defining Literature
57.2 (p. 797) Writing a Textual Analysis
Chapter 58
58.1 (p. 809) Developing Informative Writing
58.2 (p. 812) Strategies for Organizing Informative Writing
Chapter 59
59.1 (p. 832) Strategies for Business Writing
59.2 (p. 836) Email in Workplace Communities
59.3 (p. 840) Web-based Résumés
