tables

numbering, 647

uses of, 648

tagmemics, 519

taking inventory, 528

talk shows, opposing positions on, 196

taste, gustatory sensations, describing, 582–83

“Telescope Effect, The” (Vedantam), 406–7, 415–21, 442

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

transitions (words or phrases) for, 38, 62, 85, 557

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

proposals for solutions, 332–33, 335

remembered event essays, 37

speculation about cause, 437

stories, analysis of, 479

writers and readers, for common ground, 543

textual evidence

in stories, analysis of, 461–62, 470

supporting position with, 616–17

than, and pronoun case, H-17

that

commas, omitting with, H-57

as demonstrative, H-108

to introduce direct quotation, 205, 706

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

vague use, correcting, 212–13, 345–46, H-10

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

common ground essays, 178, 195

at conclusion of essay, 547

as cue to readers, 303, 546–48

defined, 546

effective, elements of, 459

evaluations, 354, 366

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

position arguments, 247, 249

proposals for solutions, 301

qualifying, words for, 204, 279

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

stories, analysis of, 459–60, 469–70

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

vague use, correcting, 212–13, 345–46, H-10

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

and analysis of visuals, 629, 633

common ground essays, 204

position arguments, 290

proposals for solutions, 303

topical organizational plan, profiles, 63, 96

topic outlines, 96, 512–13

topic sentences, 549–52. See also opening strategies

at conclusion of paragraph, 550

as cueing strategy, 272, 303, 315–16

functions of, 549–50

introducing two paragraphs with, 551–52

proposals for solutions, 303–4, 315–16

rhetorical questions as, 120

stories, analysis of, 462–63, 470

as transitions, 120, 550

topics for essays

common ground essays, 189, 195, 198–99

evaluations, 368, 374, 381, 385–86

explanations of concepts, 134, 142, 148, 152–54

position arguments, 260, 265, 272, 276–77

profiles, 74, 80–81, 86, 90–91

proposals for solutions, 316, 322, 328, 332

remembered event essays, 22, 27, 30, 34–35

for research paper, choosing, 669–70

from service experience, 781–82

speculation about cause, 421, 426, 432

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

comma splices, correcting, 291, H-6

commas to set off, H-52

in common ground essays, 178, 189

with concessions, 248, 356, 391

conjunctive adverbs, 291, H-58, H-102

for contrast, 178, 248, 303

for contrasting information, 80

as cueing strategy, 265, 272, 303–4

in evaluations, 356, 357, 391

in explanations of concepts, 120, 132, 140

functions of, 555

fused sentences, correcting, H-8

for logical relationships, 63, 178, 249, 556

in oral presentations, 774

in position arguments, 249, 265, 272

in proposals for solutions, 303–4, 315

with refutation, 248, 356, 391

semicolons before, H-58

for spatial relationships, 557–58

stories, analysis of, 460, 462–63

time/temporal. See temporal transitions

in topic sentences, 120, 550

transitive verbs, H-97, H-102

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)

“Tupac and My Non-thug Life” (Desmond-Harris), 12–13, 22–27, 38–41

Twenge, Jean M., “Isn’t Narcissism Beneficial, Especially in a Competitive World?”

Twitter, 380, 682

two-way questions, 687

typography, 642