Wallace, Lane, “Do Sports Helmets Help or Hurt?,” 231–33

Wang, Shirley S., “Field Guide to the Middle-Class U.S. Family, A”

“Waterloo” (Lam)

we, and pronoun case, H-18

weather/whether, H-115

Web of Science, 153

Web pages

design of, 659, 661

hypertext links, 661

Web sites

APA style documentation, 747

MLA style documentation, 727–28

research, conducting with. See Internet research

Weisman, David, “Disposable Heroes,” 229–31

“We Were Here” (Lewis)

“What College Rankings Really Tell Us” (Gladwell), 368–74

“What Extremely Walkable and Unwalkable Neighborhoods Look Like” (Slate)

when, for time transitions, 38, 563

which

in nonrestrictive clauses, H-14–15

pronoun agreement, H-14–16

subject-verb agreement, H-24

vague use, correcting, 212–13, H-10

which/that, H-115

while, for time transitions, 563

white space, in document design, 646–47

who

pronoun agreement, H-14–16

as subject of sentence, H-15–16

subject-verb agreement, H-24

whom

as object of sentence, H-15–16

pronoun agreement, H-15–16

who’s/whose, H-115

“Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior (Chua), 188–89, 219–22

“Why Mess with a Win-Win Situation?” (Lat)

“Why Privacy Matters Even If You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’” (Solove), 245–46, 266–72

“Why We Crave Horror Movies” (King), 406–7, 422–26, 442

Wikipedia, 380, 669, 681

wikis

APA style documentation, 748

MLA style documentation, 729

as research source, 681

wildcards, for online search, 675

Wilkinson, Will, Bloggingheads.tv, 196,

Williams, Sally, “Sole Survivor: The Woman Who Fell to Earth”

Williams, Sam, “‘Story of an Hour’ by Kate Chopin, ‘The,’” 471,

Williams, William Carlos, “Use of Force, The,” 501–3

analysis of. See stories, analysis of

“Win-Win Flexibility” (Kornbluh), 322–28, 335–36

word groups. See also nonrestrictive word groups; restrictive word groups

marking with dashes, H-62

word processing

comments, inserting in documents, 45, 103, 163, 209, 287, 343, 394, 448

font style and size, 642–43

word repetition

as cohesive device, 553

in explanations of concepts, 140

key terms

in analysis of stories, 462, 482

in speculation about cause, 408, 432

stories, analysis of, 460, 470

words and word choice, H-43–50

analysis in stories, 461

and analysis of visuals, 628, 633

appropriate words, H-48–50

as building blocks of sentences, H-96

collocation, 554–55

commonly misused words, H-112–15

concise sentences, 49–50, H-43–46

exact words, H-47–48

in familiar expressions, 49

logical order in sentences, H-38

missing, in sentences, H-27–30

missing words in sentences, H-27–30

neutral language, 177, 188, 204, 290

thesis statements, precise wording, 610

wordiness in sentences, eliminating, H-44–46

words as words, italics for, H-79

“Working at McDonald’s” (Etzioni), 249, 260–65, 285

working bibliography

annotating, 672–73

necessary information for, 671–72

working thesis

common ground essays, 203–4

evaluations, 387

explanation of concepts, 155–56

position arguments, 279

speculation about cause, 441–42

stories, analysis of, 479–81

workplace, writing in

common ground essays, 173

evaluations, 351, 385

explanations of concepts, 117, 153

position arguments, 243, 277

profiles, 59

proposals for solutions, 297, 332

remembered event essays, 9

speculation about cause, 403, 436–37

stories, analysis of, 474

writing, importance of, 3–4

WorldCat, 440, 677

would of/should of/could of, H-113

Wright, Isabella

“For Heaven’s Sake!,” 460–62, 466–70, 479–82, 491–93

Writer at Work, 491–93

writers

credibility, assessing as reading strategy, 521, 542–43

as detached observers, 63

as participant observers, 63, 73, 79–80, 85–86, 97–98, 102

as spectators, 63, 73, 79–80, 97–98, 102

writing

importance of, 1–4

learning and St. Martin’s Guide, 4–5

strategies for. See writing strategies

writing portfolios, 766–70

assembling, considerations in, 766–67

functions of, 766

organizing, 769–70

reflecting on work, 768–69

selecting work for, 767–68

written statement about, 768–69

writing strategies, 545–664

arguments and arguing, 608–25

classification and classifying, 594–600

comparing and contrasting, 601–7

cueing strategies, 546–60

definitions and defining, 586–93

descriptions and describing, 574–85

invention and inquiry, 514–20

cubing, 514–15

dialoguing, 515

dramatizing, 515–17

freewriting, 517

journal, 517–18

looping, 518

purpose of, 508

questioning, 519–20

learning about, 4–5

narrating, 561–73

visuals, analyzing, 626–39