I The Writing Process
Checklist for assessing the writing situation
Understanding an assignment
Considering audience when writing e-mail messages
Putting your working thesis to the “So what?” test
Strategies for drafting an introduction
Choosing visuals to suit your purpose
Strategies for drafting a conclusion
Guidelines for peer reviewers
Guidelines for using reviewers’ comments
Checklist for global revision
Creating a personal editing log
Writing guide: Literacy narrative
Writing guide: Reflective letter
Common transitions
II Academic Reading and Writing
Guidelines for active reading
Reading online
Guidelines for writing a summary
Writing guide: Analytical essay
Guidelines for analyzing a text
Guidelines for writing a summary of an image or a multimodal text
Guidelines for analyzing an image or a multimodal text
Testing inductive reasoning
Evaluating ethical, logical, and emotional appeals as a reader
Checklist for reading and evaluating arguments
Using ethical, logical, and emotional appeals as a writer
Anticipating and countering objections
Writing guide: Argument essay
Questions to ask about literature
III Clear Sentences
Checking for dangling modifiers
Using coordination to combine sentences of equal importance
Using subordination to combine sentences of equal importance
V Grammatical Sentences
Test for fragments
Recognizing run-on sentences
Subject-verb agreement at a glance
When to use the -s (or -es) form of a present-tense verb
Choosing a revision strategy that avoids sexist language
Checking for problems with who and whom
VI Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges
Basic verb forms
Verb tenses commonly used in the active voice
Verb tenses commonly used in the passive voice
Modals and their meanings
Types of nouns
Choosing articles for common nouns
Commonly used noncount nouns
Using the with geographic nouns
Order of cumulative adjectives
At, on, and in to show time and place
Adjective + preposition combinations
Verb + preposition combinations
IX Grammar Basics
Words that introduce subordinate clauses
X Researched Writing
Thinking like a researcher
Tips for smart searching
Information to collect for a working bibliography
Viewing evaluation as a process
Determining if a source is scholarly
Evaluating all sources
Evaluating sources you find on the Web
Writing guide: Annotated bibliography
Using signal phrases in MLA papers
Reviewing an MLA paper: Use of sources
General guidelines for the MLA works cited list
How to answer the basic question “Who is the author?”
MLA citation at a glance: Article in a journal
MLA citation at a glance: Article from a database
MLA citation at a glance: Book
MLA citation at a glance: Selection from an anthology or a collection
MLA citation at a glance: Short work from a Web site
How to cite a source reposted from another source
How to cite course materials
Using signal phrases in APA papers
General guidelines for the APA reference list
APA citation at a glance: Article in a journal or magazine
APA citation at a glance: Article from a database
APA citation at a glance: Book
APA citation at a glance: Section in a Web document
Using signal phrases in Chicago papers
Chicago citation at a glance: Book
Chicago citation at a glance: Article in a journal
Chicago citation at a glance: Article from a database
Chicago citation at a glance: Letter in a published collection
Chicago citation at a glance: Primary source from a Web site