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Chapter 1
1.1 (p 1) Recognizing academic, work, and public communities
1.2 (p 4) Myths about the composing process
Chapter 2
2.1 (p 7) Strategies for critical reading
Chapter 3
3.1 (p 9) Freewriting
3.2 (p 13) Outlining as a planning tool
Chapter 4
4.1 (p 16) Identifying a purpose
4.2 (p 17) Turning a topic into a thesis
4.3 (p 20) Analyzing your audience
Chapter 5
5.1 (p 21) Drafting in chunks
5.2 (p 22) Strategies for drafting
Chapter 6
6.1 (p 25) Redrafting
6.2 (p 28) Responding to others’ writing
Chapter 7
7.1 (p 31) Using a topic sentence
7.2 (p 32) Strategies for linking paragraphs
7.3 (p 35) Paragraph structures and patterns
Chapter 8
8.1 (p 41) Recognizing community style
8.2 (p 43) Adapting to academic community styles
Chapter 9
9.1 (p 44) Recognizing home language variations
9.2 (p 46) Resisting hypercorrection
Chapter 10
10.1 (p 48) Critical reasoning in different communities
10.2 (p 50) Assessing evidence
Chapter 11
11.1 (p 54) Overcoming speech anxiety
11.2 (p 57) Using visuals
Chapter 12
12.1 (p 59) Recognizing community standards online
12.2 (p 62) Writing for the Web
Chapter 13
13.1 (p 64) Principles of document design
13.2 (p 65) Arranging information
13.3 (p 69) Additional model documents
Chapter 14
14.1 (p 74) Recognizing Excess
14.2 (p 76) Proofreading 101
Chapter 15
15.1 (p 80) Recognizing Verbs
15.2 (p 83) Recognizing Prepositions
Chapter 16
16.1 (p 88) Recognizing Sentence Predicates
16.2 (p 89) Recognizing Phrases
16.3 (p 95) Recognizing Different Sentence Types
Chapter 17
17.1 (p 108) ESL: Practice with the Conditional
17.2 (p 109) Active vs. Passive in the Sciences
Chapter 18
18.1 (p 113) Confusing Pronouns
Chapter 19
19.1 (p 118) Practice with Collective Nouns
19.2 (p 121) Recognizing and Revising Unusual Word Order and There is, There are Constructions
Chapter 20
20.1 (p 129) Adjectives and Adverbs: Recognizing Informal Usage
20.2 (p 131) Recognizing Incorrect Comparatives and Superlatives
Chapter 21
21.2 (p 136) More Practice Editing Fragments
Chapter 22
22.1 (p 141) Practice with Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Expressions
Chapter 23
23.1 (p 144) Practice with Specify-Replace-Reword
Chapter 24
24.1 (p 148) More on Misplaced Modifiers
Chapter 25
25.1 (p 153) More on Tense and Mood
25.2 (p 154) Direct and Indirect Quotes
Chapter 26
26.1 (p 158) Shifts in Grammatical Pattern
Chapter 27
27.1 (p 160) More on Parallelism
27.2 (p 162) More on Parallelism Beyond the Sentence
Chapter 28
28.1 (p 165) Punctuation and Coordination
28.2 (p 167) More on Coordination and Subordination
Chapter 29
29.1 (p 172) Recognizing passive voice
Chapter 30
30.1 (p 177) Tactful Wordiness
Chapter 31
31.1 (p 181) Idioms (ESL)
Chapter 32
32.1 (p 182) Non-sexist Pronouns
32.2 (p 182) More on Discriminatory Language
Chapter 33
33.1 (p 185) Using Computerized Dictionaries
Chapter 34
34.1 (p 187) More on restrictive/nonrestrictive use of commas
34.2 (p 192) More on series commas
Chapter 35
35.1 (p 196) More on Semicolons
35.2 (p 197) Semicolons and Colons
Chapter 36
36.1 (p 199) Practice with Apostrophes
36.2 (p 201) Apostrophes and Informal Writing
Chapter 37
37.1 (p 202) More on Dialogue
37.2 (p 203) Special Meanings and Authorial Distance
Chapter 38
38.1 (p 205) Recognizing and Editing Periods
38.2 (p 206) Use and Abuse of the Exclamation Point
Chapter 39
39.1 (p 206) More on Parentheses
39.2 (p 209) Writing about Poetry: Example
Chapter 40
40.1 (p 213) More on Capitalization
Chapter 41
41.1 (p 215) Titles and Emphasis in Online Documents
Chapter 42
42.1 (p 218) More Practice with Hyphens
Chapter 43
43.1 (p 220) Spell Out Numbers Consistently
Chapter 44
44.1 (p 223) Glossaries for Abbreviations
Chapter 45
45.1 (p 225) Smart Spelling Advice
Chapter 46
46.1 (p 231) Recognizing Research Communities
Chapter 47
47.1 (p 241) Preliminary, General, and Specialized Sources
47.2 (p 244) Using Library Web Sites
Chapter 48
48.1 (p 257) Evaluating Internet and Web Sources
Chapter 49
49.1 (p 264) Understanding Plagiarism
Chapter 50
50.1 (p 269) Surveys and Questionnaires
Chapter 51
51.1 (p 271) When to Use MLA Documentation
Chapter 52
52.1 (p 299) When to Use APA Documentation
Chapter 53
53.1 (p 327) When to Use CMS Documentation
Chapter 54
54.1 (p 336) When to Use Engineering and CSE Documentation
Chapter 55
55.2 (p 346) Writing Persuasive Essay Exams
Chapter 56
56.1 (p 348) Recognizing Occasions for Argument
Chapter 57
57.1 (p 358) Defining Literature
57.2 (p 359) Writing a Textual Analysis
Chapter 58
58.1 (p 361) Strategies for Business Writing
58.2 (p 363) Web-based Résumés
Chapter 59
59.1 (p 368) Recognizing Types of Public Writing
