Index W
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
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)
which
in nonrestrictive clauses, H-14–15
pronoun agreement, H-14–16
subject-verb agreement, H-24
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 Mess with a Win-Win Situation?” (Lat)
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
word groups. See also nonrestrictive word groups; restrictive word groups
marking with dashes, H-62
word processing
font style and size, 642–43
word repetition
as cohesive device, 553
in explanations of concepts, 140
key terms
in speculation about cause, 408, 432
words and word choice, H-43–50
analysis in stories, 461
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
thesis statements, precise wording, 610
wordiness in sentences, eliminating, H-44–46
words as words, italics for, H-79
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
explanations of concepts, 117, 153
position arguments, 243, 277
profiles, 59
remembered event essays, 9
stories, analysis of, 474
writing, importance of, 3–4
would of/should of/could of, H-113
Wright, Isabella
Writer at Work, 491–93
writers
credibility, assessing as reading strategy, 521, 542–43
as detached observers, 63
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