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Preface for Students Preface for Instructors PART 1 THE WRITING PROCESS 1 The Writing Situation a Assessment b Subject c Purpose d Audience e Genre 2 Invention a Journal keeping b Observing c Freewriting d Brainstorming e Drawing f Asking questions 3 Thesis and Organization a Thesis statement b Organization 4 Drafting a Starting to draft b Maintaining momentum c Sample first draft 5 Revising and Editing a Revising the whole essay b Sample revision c Editing the revised draft d Formatting and proofreading e SAMPLE FINAL DRAFT (RESPONSE ESSAY) f Collaborating g Preparing a writing portfolio 6 Paragraphs a Relating paragraphs in the essay b Unity c Coherence d Development e Introductions and conclusions 7 Presenting Writing a Academic writing SAMPLE MARKETING REPORT b Visuals and other media c Web writing SAMPLE WEB SITE SAMPLE PAPER ON A BLOG PART 2 WRITING IN AND OUT OF COLLEGE 8 Joining the Academic Community a Getting the most from college courses b Becoming an academic writer c Developing academic integrity d Communicating in an academic setting 9 Critical Thinking and Reading a Techniques of critical reading b Summarizing c Developing a critical response d Viewing visuals critically 10 Academic Writing a Purpose, audience, and genre b Writing in response to texts c Structure and content d Language e SAMPLE CRITICAL RESPONSE 11 Argument a Elements of argument b Reasonableness c Organization d Visual arguments e SAMPLE ARGUMENT 12 Essay Exams a Preparing b Planning c Starting d Developing SAMPLE ESSAY EXAM e Rereading 13 Oral Presentations a Organization b Delivery SAMPLE POWERPOINT SLIDES 14 Public Writing a Business letters and résumés SAMPLE LETTER AND RÉSUMÉS b Memos, reports, and proposals SAMPLE MEMO AND REPORT c Community work SAMPLE FLYER AND NEWSLETTER PART 3 CLARITY AND STYLE 15 Emphasis a Effective subjects and verbs b Sentence beginnings and endings c Coordination d Subordination 16 Parallelism a With and, but, or, nor, yet b With both . . . and, not . . . but, etc. c In comparisons d With lists, headings, and outlines 17 Variety and Details a Sentence length b Sentence structure c Details 18 Appropriate and Exact Language a Appropriate language b Exact language 19 Completeness a Compounds b Needed words 20 Conciseness a Focusing on subject and verb b Cutting empty words c Cutting repetition d Reducing modifiers e Revising there is or it is f Combining sentences g Rewriting jargon PART 4 SENTENCE PARTS AND PATTERNS ______________________________________ BASIC GRAMMAR 21 Parts of Speech a Nouns b Pronouns c Verbs d Adjectives and adverbs e Prepositions and conjunctions f Interjections 22 The Sentence a Subjects and predicates b Predicate patterns 23 Phrases and Subordinate Clauses a Phrases b Subordinate clauses 24 Sentence Types a Simple sentences b Compound sentences c Complex sentences d Compound-complex sentences _______________________________________________ VERBS 25 Forms a Sing/sang/sung and other irregular verbs b Sit/set, lie/lay, rise/raise c -s and -ed forms d Be, have, and other helping verbs e Verb + gerund or infinitive: stop eating vs. stop to eat f Verb + particle: look up, look over, etc. 26 Tenses a Present tense: sing b Perfect tenses: have/had/will have sung c Progressive tenses: is/was/will be singing d Consistency e Sequence 27 Mood a Subjunctive: I wish I were b Consistency 28 Voice a She wrote it (active) vs. It was written (passive) b Consistency 29 Subject-Verb Agreement a -s and -es endings b Intervening words c Subjects with and d Subjects with or or nor e Everyone and other indefinite pronouns f Team and other collective nouns g Who, which, that h News and other singular nouns ending in -s i Verb preceding subject j Is, are, and other linking verbs k Titles and words being defined ________________________________________________ PRONOUNS 30 Case a She and I vs. her and me b It was she c Who vs. whom d Other constructions 31 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement a Antecedents with and b Antecedent with or or nor c Everyone, person, and other indefinite words d Team and other collective nouns 32 Pronoun Reference a Clear reference b Close reference c Specific reference d Appropriate you e Consistency __________________________________________________ MODIFIERS 33 Adjectives and Adverbs a Adjective vs. adverb b Adjective with linking verb: felt bad c Comparatives (bigger) and superlatives (biggest) d Double negatives e Present and past participles: boring vs. bored f A, an, the, and other determiners 34 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers a Misplaced modifiers b Dangling modifiers _______________________________________ SENTENCE FAULTS 35 Fragments a Tests b Revision c Acceptable fragments 36 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences a Main clauses without and, but, etc. b Main clauses with however, for example, etc. 37 Mixed Sentences a Reason is because and other mixed meanings b Tangled grammar c Repeated subjects and other parts PART 5 PUNCTUATION 38 End Punctuation a Period b Question mark c Exclamation point 39 Comma a Main clauses with and, but, etc. b Introductory elements c Nonessential elements d Items in a series e Two or more adjectives f Dates, addresses, place names, long numbers g With quotations h Misuses 40 Semicolon a Main clauses without and, but, etc. b Main clauses with however, for example, etc. c Main clauses or series items with commas d Misuses 41 Colon a Concluding explanation, series, etc. b Salutation, title and subtitle, time c Misuses 42 Apostrophe a Possession b Misuses c Contractions d Plural abbreviations, etc. 43 Quotation Marks a Direct quotations b Within a quotation c Dialog d Titles of works e Words used in a special sense f Misuses g With other punctuation 44 Other Marks a Dash or dashes b Parentheses c Ellipsis mark d Brackets e Slash PART 6 SPELLING AND MECHANICS 45 Spelling and the Hyphen a Typical spelling problems b Spelling rules c The hyphen 46 Capital Letters a First word of sentence b Proper nouns and adjectives c Titles of works d Online communication 47 Italics or Underlining a Titles and subtitles of works b Names of vehicles c Foreign words d Words or characters named as words e Emphasis f Online communication 48 Abbreviations a Titles with proper names b Familiar abbreviations c BC, BCE, AD, CE, AM, PM, no., $ d Latin abbreviations e Inc., Bros., Co., & f Units of measurement, names, etc. 49 Numbers a Numerals vs. words b Dates, addresses, etc. c Beginning sentences PART 7 RESEARCH WRITING 50 Research Strategy a Planning b Research journal c Researchable subject and question d Goals for sources e Working, annotated bibliography 51 Finding Sources a Your library’s Web site b Searching electronically c Reference works d Books e Periodicals f The Web g Social media h Government publications i Visuals, audio, video j Your own sources 52 Working with Sources a Evaluating sources b Synthesizing sources c Gathering information d Using summary, paraphrase, quotation e Integrating sources 53 Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources a Deliberate and accidental plagiarism b What not to acknowledge c What must be acknowledged d Obtaining permission e Documenting sources 54 Writing the Paper a Focusing and organizing b Drafting, revising, editing, and formatting PART 8 WRITING IN THE DISCIPLINES 55 Goals and Requirements of the Disciplines a Methods and evidence b Writing assignments c Tools and language d Documentation and format 56 Reading and Writing about Literature a Methods and evidence b Writing assignments c Tools and language d Documentation and format e SAMPLE LITERARY ANALYSIS 57 Writing in Other Disciplines a Humanities b Social sciences c Natural and applied sciences 58 MLA Documentation and Format Indexes to models b List of works cited c Format of paper d SAMPLE MLA PAPER 59 APA Documentation and Format Indexes to models a Parenthetical text citations b List of references c Format of paper d SAMPLE APA PAPER 60 Chicago Documentation Index to models a Notes and bibliography entries b Models 61 CSE Documentation Index to models a Name-year citations b Numbered text citations c List of references GLOSSARY OF USAGE INDEX Table of Contents
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