Index T
tables
numbering, 647
uses of, 648
tagmemics, 519
taking inventory, 528
talk shows, opposing positions on, 196
taste, gustatory sensations, describing, 582–83
television programs
APA style documentation, 746
episodes, quotation marks for, H-65
MLA style documentation, 726
talk shows, points of view presented, 196
titles, italics for, H-78
telling, in remembered event essays, 21–22
Tempohousing, “Keetwonen (Amsterdam Student Housing)” 
temporal transitions
in narratives, 563–64
for onetime events, 563–64
past perfect tense, use of, 50–51
in profiles, 62, 85
for recurring events, 564
remembered event essays, 38, 50–51
tense. See verb tenses
testing
for appropriateness
analogy, 540
authority or expert information, 540
for believability
for anecdotes, 540
for authority or expert information, 541
for examples, 540
for logic of argument, 540–41
for statistics, 540–41
knowledge of writer, 542
logic of argument, for completeness and consistency, 541
surveys, 687
topics for essays
common ground essays, 203
evaluations, 385–86
explanations of concepts, 155
position arguments, 277
profiles, 90–91
remembered event essays, 37
speculation about cause, 437
stories, analysis of, 479
writers and readers, for common ground, 543
textual evidence
supporting position with, 616–17
than, and pronoun case, H-17
that
commas, omitting with, H-57
as demonstrative, H-108
to introduce indirect quotation, H-57
after introductory phrase to direct quotation, H-64
noun clauses, introducing with, 205
pronoun agreement, H-14–16
in restrictive clauses, H-14–15
for sentence clarity, H-28–29
subject-verb agreement, H-24
that/which, H-115
the. See articles (a, an, the)
their, noun agreement, H-33
theirselves/hisself, H-113
their/there/they’re, H-115
theme of stories
analyzing, 478
defined, 457
the reason is because, avoiding, 167–68
there is/there are, in inverted sentences, H-23
these
as demonstrative, H-108
referring to quotations and paraphrases, 482
thesis and thesis statements
asserting, 608–17
appropriate qualification, 610
arguable assertions, 609–10
in argument essays, 608–11
wording, precise for, 610
at conclusion of essay, 547
defined, 546
effective, elements of, 459
examples, “Love: The Right Chemistry” (Toufexis), 546–47
explanations of concepts, 120
forecasting statements in, 547–48
in oral presentations, 774
paragraph-length statement, 460
proposals for solutions, 301
reasons and support, 611–17
anecdotes, 615–16
authority or expert information, 614–15
examples, 612
statistics, 613
textual evidence, 616–17
sentence strategies for, 442
speculation about cause, 408
supporting with sources, 700–701
tentative. See working thesis
they
referring to quotations and paraphrases, 482
vague use, correcting, H-10
thinking critically. See critical thinking
third-person
personal pronouns, H-99
singular verbs, forming, H-20, H-103
this
as demonstrative, H-108
referring to quotations and paraphrases, 482
Thompson, Gabriel, “Gringo in the Lettuce Fields, A,” 62–63, 81–86
those, as demonstrative, H-108
thoughts, integrating into sentences, H-40
time. See also calendar time
abbreviations in, H-80
as narrative strategy, 561–63
transitions in. See temporal transitions
timelines, 488
titles of persons
abbreviations in, H-80
capitalization of, H-76
titles of works
capitalization in, H-75
long or self-contained works, italics for, H-78
short works, quotation marks for, H-65, H-78
Tomine, Adrian, “Mandarin Accent”
tone. See also mood
common ground essays, 204
position arguments, 290
proposals for solutions, 303
topic sentences, 549–52. See also opening strategies
at conclusion of paragraph, 550
functions of, 549–50
introducing two paragraphs with, 551–52
rhetorical questions as, 120
as transitions, 120, 550
topics for essays
explanations of concepts, 134, 142, 148, 152–54
for research paper, choosing, 669–70
from service experience, 781–82
to/too/two, H-115
touch, tactile sensations, describing, 581–82
Toufexis, Anastasia, “Love: The Right Chemistry,” 120–21, 128–34, 141, 155–56
trade publications, features of, 693–94
trains, names, italics for, H-79
transitions (words or phrases), 555–58
as cohesive device, 140
commas to set off, H-52
for contrasting information, 80
in explanations of concepts, 120, 132, 140
functions of, 555
fused sentences, correcting, H-8
in oral presentations, 774
semicolons before, H-58
for spatial relationships, 557–58
time/temporal. See temporal transitions
in topic sentences, 120, 550
translations
APA style documentation, 744
MLA style documentation, 717
“Treasure” (Beaton), 31,
tree diagram, for classification, 595
“Troll, Reveal Thyself” (Manjoo)
“Truth about Lying, The” (Cox)
Twenge, Jean M., “Isn’t Narcissism Beneficial, Especially in a Competitive World?”
Twitter, 380, 682
two-way questions, 687
typography, 642