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Chapter 1
1.1 Recognizing academic, work, and public communities
1.2 Myths and realities about the writing process
Chapter 2
2.1 Strategies for critical reading
Chapter 3
3.1 Freewriting
3.2 Outlining as a planning tool
Chapter 4
4.1 Defining the purpose of an assignment
4.2 Turning a topic into a thesis
4.3 Analyzing your readers
Chapter 5
5.1 Using strategies for drafting
5.2 Drafting collaboratively
Chapter 6
6.1 Making major revisions
6.2 Revising collaboratively
Chapter 7
7.1 Using topic sentences
7.2 Strategies for linking sentences and paragraphs
7.3 Paragraph structures and patterns
Chapter 8
8.1 Editing for clarity
8.2 Editing on the computer
8.3 Proofreading
Chapter 9
9.1 Choosing a community style
9.2 Adjusting to academic style
9.3 Recognizing home language variations
9.4 Resisting hypercorrection
Chapter 10
10.1 Strategies for reasoning critically
10.2 Assessing evidence and reasoning
Chapter 11
11.1 Recognizing online conventions
11.2 Writing for the Web
11.3 Avoiding plagiarism online
Chapter 12
12.1 Planning a design
12.2 Laying out your document
12.3 Additional sample documents
Chapter 13
13.1 Planning an oral presentation
13.2 Managing speech anxiety
Chapter 14
14.1 Recognizing occasions for argument
14.2 Developing a logical argument
14.3 Recognizing misleading and illogical reasoning
Chapter 15
15.1 Recognizing types of academic writing
15.2 Writing a persuasive essay exam
Chapter 16
16.1 Reading literary texts
16.2 Writing about literary texts
Chapter 17
17.1 Using specific strategies for workplace writing
17.2 Writing résumés and letters of application
Chapter 18
18.1 Recognizing types of public writing
18.2 Writing a Letter to the Editor
Chapter 19
19.1 Choosing a topic
19.2 Recognizing different kinds of research communities
19.3 Developing a thesis
19.4 Reading to summarize, paraphrase, and synthesize
Chapter 20
20.1 Developing a search strategy
20.2 Compiling a bibliography
20.3 Strategies for evaluating library sources
Chapter 21
21.1 Using search engines
21.2 Recognizing appropriate Web and Internet sources
21.3 Evaluating Web and Internet sources
Chapter 22
22.1 Preparing surveys and questionnaires
Chapter 23
23.1 Defining plagiarism
23.2 Recognizing when to document sources
Chapter 24
24.1 Strategies for choosing purpose for your sources
24.2 More on summarizing, paraphrasing, and synthesizing
Chapter 25
25.1 Building from a thesis to a draft
25.2 Strategies for presenting your research
Chapter 26
26.1 When to use MLA documentation
26.2 Using MLA documentation
Chapter 27
27.1 When to use APA documentation
27.2 Using APA documentation
Chapter 28
28.1 When to use CMS documentation
28.2 Using CMS documentation
Chapter 29
29.1 When to use CSE documentation
29.2 Using CSE documentation
Chapter 30
30.1 Recognizing pronouns
30.2 Recognizing verbs
30.3 Recognizing prepositions
Chapter 31
31.1 Recognizing sentence predicates
31.2 Recognizing phrases
31.3 Recognizing and Revising Different Sentence Types
Chapter 32
32.1 Common irregular verbs
32.2 Recognizing the subjunctive and conditional moods
32.3 Recognizing active and passive voice
Chapter 33
33.1 Common problems with pronouns
Chapter 34
34.1 Subject-verb agreement
34.2 Unusual word order and There is/There are constructions
Chapter 35
35.1 Recognizing what adjectives and adverbs do
35.2 Using comparative and superlative forms
Chapter 36
36.1 Editing sentence fragments
Chapter 37
37.1 Editing comma splices and fused sentences
37.2 Practice with conjunctive adverbs
Chapter 38
38.1 Editing for clear pronoun reference
Chapter 39
39.1 Editing misplaced, dangling, and disruptive modifiers
Chapter 40
40.1 Editing shifts in tense and mood
40.2 Editing shifts between direct and indirect quotations
Chapter 41
41.1 Using consistent sentence patterns
Chapter 42
42.1 Editing for parallelism
42.2 Beyond sentence parallelism
Chapter 43
43.1 Punctuation and coordination
43.2 More on coordination and subordination
Chapter 44
44.1 Strategies for clear sentences
44.2 Recognizing active and passive voice
Chapter 45
45.1 Editing for conciseness
Chapter 46
46.1 Using Idioms
Chapter 47
47.1 Non-Sexist Pronouns
47.2 Avoiding stereotypes
Chapter 48
48.1 Using the dictionary and the thesaurus
Chapter 49
49.1 Using restrictive and nonrestrictive commas
49.2 Using commas in a series
Chapter 50
50.1 Using semicolons
50.2 Using colons
Chapter 51
51.1 Using apostrophes that mark possession
51.2 Using apostrophes that mark contractions and omissions
Chapter 52
52.1 Using quotation marks in dialogue
52.2 Special use of quotation marks
Chapter 53
53.1 Using periods in abbreviations
53.2 Using question marks and exclamation points
Chapter 54
54.1 Using parentheses
54.2 Using ellipses
54.3 Using slashes with poetry
Chapter 55
55.1 More on capitalization
Chapter 56
56.1 Using italics (underlining)
Chapter 57
57.1 Using hyphens to join or to divide words
Chapter 58
58.1 Spelling out numbers or using numerals
Chapter 59
59.1 Using familiar abbreviations
Chapter 60
60.1 Smart Spelling Advice