Preface
Part 1: Writing for College and Beyond
1 The Top Twenty: A Quick Guide to Troubleshooting Your Writing (VIDEO)
1 Wrong word
2 Missing comma after an introductory element
3 Incomplete or missing documentation
4 Vague pronoun reference
5 Spelling (including homonyms)
6 Mechanical error with a quotation
7 Unnecessary comma
8 Unnecessary or missing capitalization
9 Missing word
10 Faulty sentence structure
11 Missing comma with a nonrestrictive element
12 Unnecessary shift in verb tense
13 Missing comma in a compound sentence
14 Unnecessary or missing apostrophe (including its/it’s)
15 Fused (run-on) sentence
16 Comma splice
17 Lack of pronoun-antecedent agreement
18 Poorly integrated quotation
19 Unnecessary or missing hyphen
20 Sentence fragment
2 Expectations for College Writing
2a Move between social and academic writing. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 2.1
2b Position yourself as an academic writer.
2c Read actively.
2d Plan research. (VIDEO)
2e Use media to communicate effectively. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 2.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
3 Multimodal Assignments
3a Plan online assignments.
3b Join class discussions.
3c Prepare for presentations. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 3.1
EXERCISE 3.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
4 Writing to Make Something Happen in the World
4a Decide what should happen.
4b Connect with your audience.
4c Sample writing that makes something happen in the world.
EXERCISE 4.1: THINKING CRITICALLY
Part 2: The Writing Process
5 Rhetorical Situations
5a Write to connect.
5b Make good choices for your rhetorical situation.
5c Plan your text’s topic and message.
EXERCISE 5.1
5d Consider your purpose and stance as a communicator.
EXERCISE 5.2
5e Analyze your audience. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 5.3
EXERCISE 5.4: THINKING VISUALLY
5f Consider other elements of the writing context.
EXERCISE 5.5
EXERCISE 5.6
5g A sample writing situation.
EXERCISE 5.7: THINKING CRITICALLY
6 Exploring Ideas
6a Try brainstorming.
6b Try freewriting or looping.
6c Try drawing or creating word pictures. (VIDEO)
6d Try clustering. (VIDEO)
6e Ask questions.
EXERCISE 6.1
6f Browse sources.
6g Collaborate.
EXERCISE 6.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
7 Planning and Drafting (VIDEO)
7a Narrow your topic. (VIDEO)
7b Craft a working thesis.
EXERCISE 7.1
EXERCISE 7.2
EXERCISE 7.3: THINKING VISUALLY
7c Gather information to support your thesis.
7d Organize information. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 7.4
7e Make a plan.
EXERCISE 7.5
7f Create a draft. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 7.6
EXERCISE 7.7: THINKING CRITICALLY
8 Developing Paragraphs
8a Focus on a main idea.
EXERCISE 8.1
8b Provide details.
EXERCISE 8.2
EXERCISE 8.3
8c Use effective methods of development.
EXERCISE 8.4
EXERCISE 8.5
EXERCISE 8.6
8d Consider paragraph length.
EXERCISE 8.7
8e Make paragraphs flow.
EXERCISE 8.8
8f Work on opening and closing paragraphs.
EXERCISE 8.9: THINKING CRITICALLY
9 Making Design Decisions
9a Plan a visual structure.
9b Choose appropriate formats.
9c Use headings appropriately.
9d Use visuals effectively.
EXERCISE 9.1
EXERCISE 9.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
10 Reviewing and Revising
10a Reread.
EXERCISE 10.1
10b Get the most from peer review. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 10.2
EXERCISE 10.3
EXERCISE 10.4: THINKING VISUALLY
EXERCISE 10.5: THINKING VISUALLY
10c Consult instructor comments.
10d Revise. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 10.6
EXERCISE 10.7
EXERCISE 10.8: THINKING VISUALLY
EXERCISE 10.9: THINKING CRITICALLY
11 Editing and Reflecting
11a Edit.
EXERCISE 11.1
EXERCISE 11.2: THINKING VISUALLY
EXERCISE 11.3
EXERCISE 11.4
11b Reflect.
Part 3: Critical Thinking and Argument
12 Critical Reading
12a Preview the text.
EXERCISE 12.1
12b Read and annotate.
EXERCISE 12.2
12c Summarize the main ideas.
12d Analyze the text.
EXERCISE 12.3
EXERCISE 12.4: THINKING VISUALLY
EXERCISE 12.5: THINKING CRITICALLY
12e Student critical reading of a text (excerpt).
13 Analyzing Arguments
13a Think critically about argument.
13b Recognize cultural contexts.
13c Identify an argument’s basic appeals.
13d Analyze the elements of argument.
13e Think critically about fallacies.
EXERCISE 13.1
13f Student rhetorical analysis.
EXERCISE 13.2
EXERCISE 13.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
14 Constructing Arguments
14a Understand what counts as argument.
EXERCISE 14.1
14b Make a claim and formulate a working thesis.
EXERCISE 14.2
14c Examine your assumptions.
EXERCISE 14.3
14d Shape your appeal to your audience.
EXERCISE 14.4
14e Establish credibility through ethical appeals. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 14.5
EXERCISE 14.6
14f Use effective logical appeals.
EXERCISE 14.7
EXERCISE 14.8
14g Use appropriate emotional appeals.
EXERCISE 14.9
EXERCISE 14.10
14h Consult sources.
14i Organize your argument.
14j Consider design issues.
EXERCISE 14.11
EXERCISE 14.12: THINKING CRITICALLY
14k Student argument essay.
Part 4: Research
15 Preparing for a Research Project
15a Analyze the research assignment. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 15.1
15b Formulate a research question and hypothesis.
EXERCISE 15.2
15c Plan your research.
15d Set up a research log.
15e Move from hypothesis to working thesis.
EXERCISE 15.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
16 Doing Research
16a Understand different kinds of sources.
16b Use the library to get started.
16c Find library resources.
16d Search the Internet.
16e Conduct field research.
EXERCISE 16.1: THINKING CRITICALLY
17 Evaluating Sources and Taking Notes
17a Understand the purpose of sources.
17b Create a working bibliography.
17c Evaluate a source’s usefulness and credibility.
17d Read critically, and interpret sources.
EXERCISE 17.1
17e Synthesize sources.
EXERCISE 17.2: THINKING VISUALLY
17f Take notes and annotate sources.
EXERCISE 17.3
EXERCISE 17.4: THINKING CRITICALLY
18 Integrating Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
18a Decide whether to quote, paraphrase, or summarize.
18b Integrate quotations, paraphrases, and summaries effectively.
EXERCISE 18.1
EXERCISE 18.2
18c Integrate visuals and media effectively.
18d Check for excessive use of source material.
18e Understand why you should acknowledge your sources.
18f Know which sources to acknowledge.
18g Uphold your academic integrity and avoid plagiarism.
EXERCISE 18.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
19 Writing a Research Project
19a Refine your writing plans.
EXERCISE 19.1
19b Organize and draft. (VIDEO)
19c Incorporate source materials.
19d Review and get responses to your draft.
19e Revise and edit your draft.
19f Prepare a list of sources.
19g Prepare and proofread your final copy.
EXERCISE 19.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
Part 5: Language
20 Writing to the World
20a Think about what seems “normal.”
20b Clarify meaning.
20c Meet audience expectations.
EXERCISE 20.1: THINKING CRITICALLY
21 Language That Builds Common Ground
21a Examine assumptions and avoid stereotypes.
21b Examine assumptions about gender.
EXERCISE 21.1
21c Examine assumptions about race and ethnicity.
21d Consider other kinds of difference.
EXERCISE 21.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
22 Language Variety
22a Use standard varieties of English appropriately.
22b Use varieties of English to evoke a place or community.
22c Use varieties of English to build credibility with a community.
EXERCISE 22.1
22d Bring in other languages appropriately.
EXERCISE 22.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
23 Word Choice and Spelling
23a Choose appropriate formality.
EXERCISE 23.1
EXERCISE 23.2
23b Consider denotation and connotation.
EXERCISE 23.3
EXERCISE 23.4
23c Use general and specific language effectively.
EXERCISE 23.5
23d Use figurative language effectively.
EXERCISE 23.6
EXERCISE 23.7: THINKING CRITICALLY
23e Make spell checkers work for you.
EXERCISE 23.8
EXERCISE 23.9
23f Master spelling rules.
24 Glossary of Usage
Part 6: Sentence Style
25 Coordination, Subordination, and Emphasis
25a Use coordination to relate equal ideas.
EXERCISE 25.1
25b Use subordination to distinguish main ideas.
EXERCISE 25.2
25c Use closing and opening positions for emphasis.
EXERCISE 25.3
EXERCISE 25.4: THINKING CRITICALLY
26 Consistency and Completeness
26a Revise faulty sentence structure.
26b Match up subjects and predicates.
EXERCISE 26.1
26c Use elliptical structures carefully.
26d Check for missing words.
26e Make comparisons complete, consistent, and clear.
EXERCISE 26.2
EXERCISE 26.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
27 Parallelism
27a Make items in a series parallel.
27b Make paired ideas parallel.
EXERCISE 27.1
EXERCISE 27.2
27c Include all necessary words.
EXERCISE 27.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
28 Shifts
28a Revise unnecessary shifts in verb tense.
28b Revise unnecessary shifts in mood.
28c Revise unnecessary shifts in voice.
28d Revise unnecessary shifts in person and number.
28e Revise shifts between direct and indirect discourse.
EXERCISE 28.1
28f Revise shifts in tone and word choice.
EXERCISE 28.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
29 Conciseness
29a Eliminate unnecessary words.
29b Eliminate redundant words.
29c Eliminate empty words.
29d Replace wordy phrases.
29e Simplify sentence structure.
EXERCISE 29.1
EXERCISE 29.2
EXERCISE 29.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
30 Sentence Variety
30a Vary sentence length.
EXERCISE 30.1
30b Vary sentence openings.
EXERCISE 30.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
Part 7: Sentence Grammar
31 Basic Grammar
31a The basic grammar of sentences
EXERCISE 31.1
Parts of Speech
31b Verbs
EXERCISE 31.2
31c Nouns
EXERCISE 31.3
31d Pronouns
EXERCISE 31.4
31e Adjectives
31f Adverbs
EXERCISE 31.5
31g Prepositions
EXERCISE 31.6
31h Conjunctions
EXERCISE 31.7
31i Interjections
Parts of Sentences
31j Subjects
EXERCISE 31.8
31k Predicates
EXERCISE 31.9
31l Phrases
EXERCISE 31.10
31m Clauses
EXERCISE 31.11
EXERCISE 31.12
Types of Sentences
31n Grammatical classifications
31o Functional classifications
EXERCISE 31.13
EXERCISE 31.14: THINKING CRITICALLY
32 Verbs
32a Understand the five forms of verbs.
32b Use helping (auxiliary) verbs appropriately.
32c Use appropriate forms of irregular verbs.
EXERCISE 32.1
32d Choose between lie and lay, sit and set, rise and raise.
EXERCISE 32.2
32e Use verb tenses appropriately.
EXERCISE 32.3
32f Sequence verb tenses effectively.
EXERCISE 32.4
32g Use active and passive voice effectively.
EXERCISE 32.5
32h Use mood effectively.
EXERCISE 32.6
EXERCISE 32.7: THINKING CRITICALLY
33 Subject-Verb Agreement
33a Match verb forms with third-person singular subjects.
33b Check subjects and verbs separated by other words.
EXERCISE 33.1
33c Make verbs agree with compound subjects.
33d Make verbs agree with collective-noun subjects.
33e Make verbs agree with indefinite-pronoun subjects.
33f Make verbs agree with antecedents of who, which, and that.
33g Use appropriate forms of linking verbs.
33h Make verbs agree with subjects that are plural in form but singular in meaning.
33i Make verbs agree with subjects that follow verbs.
33j Make verbs agree with titles and words used as words.
EXERCISE 33.2
EXERCISE 33.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
34 Pronouns
34a Consider a pronoun’s role in the sentence.
34b Use who, whoever, whom, and whomever appropriately.
EXERCISE 34.1
34c Consider case in compound structures.
34d Consider case in elliptical constructions.
34e Use we and us appropriately before a noun.
EXERCISE 34.2
34f Make pronouns agree with antecedents.
EXERCISE 34.3
34g Make pronouns refer to clear antecedents.
EXERCISE 34.4
EXERCISE 34.5
EXERCISE 34.6: THINKING CRITICALLY
35 Adjectives and Adverbs
35a Use adjectives after linking verbs.
35b Use adverbs to modify verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
EXERCISE 35.1
35c Choose appropriate comparative and superlative forms.
EXERCISE 35.2
EXERCISE 35.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
36 Modifier Placement
36a Revise misplaced modifiers.
EXERCISE 36.1
EXERCISE 36.2
36b Revise disruptive modifiers.
EXERCISE 36.3
36c Revise dangling modifiers.
EXERCISE 36.4
EXERCISE 36.5: THINKING CRITICALLY
37 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
37a Separate the clauses into two sentences.
37b Link the clauses with a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
37c Link the clauses with a semicolon.
37d Rewrite the clauses as one independent clause.
37e Rewrite one independent clause as a dependent clause.
37f Link the two clauses with a dash.
EXERCISE 37.1
EXERCISE 37.2
EXERCISE 37.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
38 Sentence Fragments
38a Revise phrase fragments.
38b Revise compound-predicate fragments.
EXERCISE 38.1
38c Revise dependent-clause fragments.
EXERCISE 38.2
EXERCISE 38.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
Part 8: Punctuation and Mechanics
39 Commas
39a Use commas to set off introductory words, phrases, and clauses.
EXERCISE 39.1
39b Use commas with conjunctions that join clauses in compound sentences.
EXERCISE 39.2
39c Use commas to set off nonrestrictive elements.
EXERCISE 39.3
39d Use commas with items in a series.
EXERCISE 39.4
39e Use commas to set off parenthetical and transitional expressions.
39f Use commas to set off contrasting elements, interjections, direct address, and tag questions.
EXERCISE 39.5
39g Use commas with dates, addresses, titles, and numbers.
EXERCISE 39.6
39h Use commas to set off most quotations.
EXERCISE 39.7
39i Use commas to prevent confusion.
39j Eliminate unnecessary commas.
EXERCISE 39.8: THINKING CRITICALLY
40 Semicolons
40a Use semicolons to link independent clauses.
EXERCISE 40.1
40b Use semicolons to separate items in a series containing other punctuation.
EXERCISE 40.2
EXERCISE 40.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
40c Revise misused semicolons.
41 End Punctuation
41a Periods.
41b Question marks.
41c Exclamation points.
EXERCISE 41.1
EXERCISE 41.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
42 Apostrophes
42a Use apostrophes appropriately to show possession.
EXERCISE 42.1
42b Use apostrophes in contractions.
42c Avoid apostrophes in most plural forms.
EXERCISE 42.2
EXERCISE 42.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
43 Quotation Marks
43a Use quotation marks to identify direct quotations.
43b Punctuate block quotations and poetry appropriately.
43c Use quotation marks for titles of short works.
43d Use quotation marks appropriately for definitions.
43e Use quotation marks to identify irony and invented terms.
EXERCISE 43.1
43f Follow conventions for other punctuation with quotation marks.
43g Revise misused quotation marks.
EXERCISE 43.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
44 Other Punctuation
44a Parentheses
44b Brackets
EXERCISE 44.1
44c Dashes
EXERCISE 44.2
44d Colons
EXERCISE 44.3
44e Slashes
44f Ellipses
EXERCISE 44.4
EXERCISE 44.5: THINKING CRITICALLY
45 Capital Letters
45a Capitalize the first word of a sentence or line of poetry.
45b Capitalize proper nouns and proper adjectives.
45c Capitalize titles of works.
45d Revise unnecessary capitalization.
EXERCISE 45.1
EXERCISE 45.2
EXERCISE 45.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
46 Abbreviations and Numbers
46a Abbreviate some titles before and all titles after proper names.
46b Abbreviate years and hours appropriately.
46c Abbreviate some business, government, and science terms.
46d Use abbreviations in official company names.
46e Use Latin abbreviations appropriately.
46f Use symbols and unit abbreviations appropriately.
46g Use other abbreviations according to convention.
EXERCISE 46.1
46h Spell out numbers expressed in one or two words.
46i Spell out numbers that begin sentences.
46j Use figures according to convention.
EXERCISE 46.2
EXERCISE 46.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
47 Italics
47a Italicize titles of long works.
47b Italicize words, letters, and numbers used as terms.
47c Italicize non-English words and phrases.
EXERCISE 47.1
EXERCISE 47.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
48 Hyphens
48a Use hyphens with compound words.
48b Use hyphens with prefixes and suffixes.
48c Avoid unnecessary hyphens.
EXERCISE 48.1
EXERCISE 48.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
Part 9: MLA Documentation
49 The Basics of MLA Style
49a Think about what readers need from your citation.
49b Identify the type of source you are using.
49c Plan and connect your citations.
49d Include notes as needed.
50 MLA Style for In-Text Citations
Directory to MLA style for in-text citations
51 MLA Style for a List of Works Cited
Directory to MLA style for a list of works cited
52 A Student Research Essay, MLA Style
Part 10: APA, Chicago, and CSE Documentation
53 APA Style
53a The basics of APA style.
53b APA style for in-text citations.
Directory to APA style for in-text citations
53c APA style for a list of references.
Directory to APA style for a list of references
53d A student research essay, APA style.
54 Chicago Style
54a The basics of Chicago style.
54b Chicago style for notes and bibliographic entries.
54c An excerpt from a student research essay, Chicago style.
Directory to Chicago style for notes and bibliographic entries
55 CSE Style
55a CSE style for in-text citations.
55b CSE style for a list of references.
Directory to CSE style for a list of references
55c An excerpt from a student research proposal, CSE style.
Part 11: For Multilingual Writers
56 Writing in U.S. Academic Genres
56a Meet expectations for U.S. academic writing.
56b Understand genre conventions.
56c Adapt structures and phrases from a genre.
56d Check usage with search engines.
57 Clauses and sentences
57a Include explicit subjects and objects.
57b Follow English word order.
57c Use noun clauses appropriately.
57d Choose between infinitives and gerunds.
57e Use adjective clauses appropriately.
57f Use conditional sentences appropriately.
EXERCISE 57.1
58 Nouns and Noun Phrases
58a Use count and noncount nouns appropriately.
58b Identify proper nouns.
58c Use determiners appropriately.
58d Use articles conventionally.
58e Arrange modifiers appropriately.
EXERCISE 58.1
EXERCISE 58.2
59 Verbs and Verb Phrases
59a Form verb phrases appropriately.
59b Use modal auxiliaries (helping verbs) appropriately.
59c Indicate present and past tenses.
59d Form perfect and progressive verb phrases.
59e Use participial adjectives correctly.
EXERCISE 59.1
EXERCISE 59.2
60 Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
60a Use prepositions idiomatically.
EXERCISE 60.1
60b Use two-word verbs idiomatically.
EXERCISE 60.2
Part 12: Writing in the Disciplines
61 Academic Work in Any Discipline
61a Reading and writing for every discipline. (VIDEO)
61b Academic assignments and expectations.
EXERCISE 61.1
61c Specialized vocabulary.
61d Disciplinary style.
61e Use of evidence.
EXERCISE 61.2
61f Conventional patterns and formats.
61g Ethical issues.
61h Collaboration and communication. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 61.3: THINKING CRITICALLY
62 Writing for the Humanities
62a Reading texts in the humanities.
62b Writing texts in the humanities.
EXERCISE 62.1: THINKING CRITICALLY
62c A student’s close reading of poetry.
63 Writing for the Social Sciences
63a Reading texts in the social sciences.
63b Writing texts in the social sciences.
EXERCISE 63.1
EXERCISE 63.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
63c An excerpt from a student research essay in the social sciences.
64 Writing for the Natural and Applied Sciences
64a Reading texts in the natural and applied sciences.
EXERCISE 64.1
64b Writing texts in the natural and applied sciences.
EXERCISE 64.2: THINKING CRITICALLY
64c An excerpt from a student chemistry lab report.
65 Writing for Business
65a Reading texts for business.
65b Writing texts for business. (VIDEO)
EXERCISE 65.1: THINKING CRITICALLY
Top Twenty Editing Quiz 1
Top Twenty Editing Quiz 2
Active and Passive Voice
Apostrophes
Argument
Articles and Nouns for Multilingual Writers
Capitalization
Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
Commas
Coordination and Subordination
Critical Reading
Evaluating, Integrating, and Acknowledging Sources (APA)
Evaluating, Integrating, and Acknowledging Sources (MLA)
Fragments
Identifying Nouns and Pronouns
Identifying Prepositions and Conjunctions
Identifying Verbs, Adjectives, and Adverbs
Modifiers
Parallelism
Prepositions for Multilingual Writers
Pronouns
Semicolons and Colons
Sentence Structure for Multilingual Writers
Shifts
Subject-Verb Agreement
Topics and Main Ideas
Topic Sentences and Supporting Details
Verbs for Multilingual Writers
Verbs
Word Choice
APA SOURCE MAP: Articles from Databases
APA SOURCE MAP: Articles in Print Periodicals
APA SOURCE MAP: Books
APA SOURCE MAP: Works from Web Sites
Chicago SOURCE MAP: Articles from Databases
Chicago SOURCE MAP: Books
Chicago SOURCE MAP: Works from Web Sites
CSE SOURCE MAP: Articles from Databases
CSE SOURCE MAP: Books
MLA SOURCE MAP: Articles from Databases
MLA SOURCE MAP: Articles in Print Periodicals
MLA SOURCE MAP: Books
MLA SOURCE MAP: Works from Web Sites
Source Map: Evaluating Articles
Source Map: Evaluating Web Sources
Annotated bibliography (reflective), Nandita Sriram
Annotated bibliography, Tony Chan
Annotations of scholarly article, Sarah Lum and Fernando Sanchez
Blog post (informal reflection), Thanh Nguyen
Close reading of poetry (MLA), Bonnie Sillay
Critical analysis of graphic memoir, Shuqiao Song
Early draft, Emily Lesk
Final draft, Emily Lesk
Fundraising web page, Justin Dart
Lab report: chemistry (CSE), Alysson Goldberg
Pitch package for film project, Deborah Jane and Jamie Burke
Portfolio cover letter (formal reflection), James Kung
Presentation, Shuqiao Song
Researched argument (Chicago), Amanda Rinder
Researched argument (MLA), Benjy Mercer-Golden
Researched argument (MLA), David Craig
Résumé (creative), Megan Lange
Résumé (traditional), Megan Lange
Review of literature: biology (CSE), Joanna Hays
Review of literature: psychology (APA), Tawnya Redding
Review of literature: public health (APA), Martha Bell
Rhetorical analysis, Milena Ateyea
Synthesis project (MLA), Caroline Warner
At a Glance: Analyzing an Argument
At a Glance: Analyzing an Assignment
At a Glance: Attitude and Point of View in Visuals
At a Glance: Avoiding Plagiarism
At a Glance: Basic Sentence Patterns
At a Glance: Characteristics of writing that makes something happen
At a Glance: Citing Digital Sources
At a Glance: Citing Digital Sources
At a Glance: Citing Sources Without Models in APA Style
At a Glance: Citing Sources Without Models in Chicago Style
At a Glance: Citing Sources Without Models in MLA Style
At a Glance: Citing Visuals that Appear in Your Text
At a Glance: Combining Parts of Models
At a Glance: Combining Parts of Models
At a Glance: Communicating Across Cultures
At a Glance: Conducting an Interview
At a Glance: Conducting an Observation
At a Glance: Confusing Shifts
At a Glance: Designing a Survey Questionnaire
At a Glance: Drafting
At a Glance: Editing Abbreviations and Numbers
At a Glance: Editing Adjectives and Adverbs
At a Glance: Editing for Apostrophes
At a Glance: Editing for Appropriate Language and Spelling
At a Glance: Editing for Capitalization
At a Glance: Editing for Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
At a Glance: Editing for Commas
At a Glance: Editing for Conciseness
At a Glance: Editing for Consistency and Completeness
At a Glance: Editing for Coordination, Subordination, and Emphasis
At a Glance: Editing for Effective Use of Punctuation
At a Glance: Editing for End Punctuation
At a Glance: Editing for Hyphens
At a Glance: Editing for Italics
At a Glance: Editing for Parallelism
At a Glance: Editing for Quotation Marks
At a Glance: Editing for Semicolons
At a Glance: Editing for Sentence Fragments
At a Glance: Editing for Sentence Variety
At a Glance: Editing for Subject-Verb Agreement
At a Glance: Editing Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
At a Glance: Editing Out Sexist Pronouns
At a Glance: Editing Paragraphs
At a Glance: Editing Pronouns
At a Glance: Editing the Verbs in Your Own Writing
At a Glance: Editing Verb Tenses
At a Glance: Features of Genre
At a Glance: Formatting a List of References
At a Glance: Formatting a List of Works Cited
At a Glance: Formatting Print Periodical Entries
At a Glance: Guidelines for creating an online text
At a Glance: Guidelines for Examining Potential Sources
At a Glance: Guidelines for Paraphrasing
At a Glance: Guidelines for Peer Response
At a Glance: Guidelines for Reading Texts in the Humanities
At a Glance: Guidelines for Revising a Research Project
At a Glance: Guidelines for Summarizing
At a Glance: Guidelines for Taking Notes
At a Glance: Guidelines for Writing Effective Letters
At a Glance: Guidelines for Writing Effective Memos
At a Glance: Language Variety
At a Glance: Organizing Visuals
At a Glance: Preparing for presentations
At a Glance: Reviewing Your Argument
At a Glance: Taking a writing inventory
At a Glance: The Top Twenty
At a Glance: U.S. Academic Style
At a Glance: Using Language that Builds Common Ground
At a Glance: Using Prepositions Idiomatically
At a Glance: Using Visuals Effectively
At a Glance: When to Quote, Paraphrase, or Summarize
At a Glance: Word Choice
Considering Disabilities: Accessible presentations
Considering Disabilities: Accessible Web texts
Considering Disabilities: Color for Contrast
Considering Disabilities: Freespeaking
Considering Disabilities: Knowing Your Readers
Considering Disabilities: Spelling
Considering Disabilities: Your Whole Audience
For Multilingual Writers: Asking an Experienced Writer to Review Your Draft
For Multilingual Writers: Asking Experienced Writers to Review a Thesis
For Multilingual Writers: Avoiding Fancy Language
For Multilingual Writers: Being Explicit
For Multilingual Writers: Bringing in Other Languages
For Multilingual Writers: Counting Your Own Experience
For Multilingual Writers: Deciding When Articles Are Necessary
For Multilingual Writers: Determining Adjective Sequence
For Multilingual Writers: Global Varieties of English
For Multilingual Writers: Identifying Sources
For Multilingual Writers: Judging Sentence Length
For Multilingual Writers: Learning English Capitalization
For Multilingual Writers: Learning Idioms
For Multilingual Writers: Plagiarism as a Cultural Concept
For Multilingual Writers: Quoting in American English
For Multilingual Writers: Reading Patterns
For Multilingual Writers: Recognizing American Spellings
For Multilingual Writers: Shifting Tenses in Reported Speech
For Multilingual Writers: Speaking up in class
For Multilingual Writers: Stating a Thesis Explicitly
For Multilingual Writers: Understanding Peer Review
For Multilingual Writers: Using Adjectives with Plural Nouns
For Multilingual Writers: Using Count and Noncount Nouns
For Multilingual Writers: Using Modal Auxiliaries
For Multilingual Writers: Using the Subjunctive
For Multilingual Writers: Using the Term Hundred
For Multilingual Writers: Using Your Native Language to Explore Ideas
Talking about Style: Abbreviations and Numbers in Different Fields
Talking about Style: Anticlimax and Humor
Talking about Style: Comma Splices in Context
Talking about Style: Everyday Use of Be
Talking about Style: Multiple Negation
Talking about Style: Subordination
Talking about Style: Technical and Scientific Writing
Talking about Style: Technical Writing
Talking the Talk: Arguments
Talking the Talk: Assignments
Talking the Talk: Conventions
Talking the Talk: Correctness or Stuffiness?
Talking the Talk: Critical Thinking
Talking the Talk: Grammatical Terms
Talking the Talk: Paragraph Length
Talking the Talk: Reaching an Audience
Talking the Talk: Research with an Open Mind
Talking the Talk: Revision
Talking the Talk: Saying Something New
Talking the Talk: Spell Checkers and Wrong-Word Errors
Talking the Talk: Texting Abbreviations
Talking the Talk: The First Person
Talking the Talk: Visual Texts
Talking the Talk: Wikis as Sources
Tutorial: Active reading
Tutorial: Audio editing with Audacity
Tutorial: Do I need to cite that?
Tutorial: How to cite a book in APA style
Tutorial: How to cite a book in MLA style
Tutorial: How to cite a database in APA style
Tutorial: How to cite a database in MLA style
Tutorial: How to cite a Web site in APA style
Tutorial: How to cite a Web site in MLA style
Tutorial: How to cite an article in APA style
Tutorial: How to cite an article in MLA style
Tutorial: Job search and personal branding
Tutorial: Online research tools
Tutorial: Photo editing with GIMP
Tutorial: Presentations
Tutorial: Reading visuals for audience
Tutorial: Reading visuals for purpose
Tutorial: Word processing
Video Prompt: Brain mapping
Video Prompt: Correctness in context
Video Prompt: Developing a sense of audience
Video Prompt: Facing a challenging argument
Video Prompt: Filling the gaps
Video Prompt: Getting ideas from social media
Video Prompt: Improving with practice
Video Prompt: It's hard to delete things
Video Prompt: Lessons from being a peer reviewer
Video Prompt: Lessons from informal writing
Video Prompt: Lessons from peer review
Video Prompt: Looking for the essential points
Video Prompt: Pay attention to what you're interested in
Video Prompt: Presenting: If I were in the audience
Video Prompt: Presenting: Looking for the essential points
Video Prompt: Presenting: Presentation is performance
Video Prompt: Presenting: You want them to hear you
Video Prompt: Researching something exciting
Video Prompt: Revision happens
Video Prompt: Something to learn from each other
Video Prompt: This will take longer than I thought
Video Prompt: When to stop researching
Video Prompt: Working with other people
Video Prompt: Writing for the real world
Video Prompt: Writing Processes
Video Prompt: You just have to start
Acknowledgments
Index
Directories of Special Content
Revision Symbols
Answers to Exercises in The Everyday Writer with Exercises