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race, assumptions about, 363–64

raise, rise, 577–78, 757

rarely ever, 757

readers. See audience

reading critically. See critical thinking and reading

reading, patterns of, 266

real, really, 757

real-world writing. See public writing

reasoning, inductive and deductive, 144–49, 168–75. See also argument

reason is . . . because, 656, 757

reasons

analyzing, 142, 147–48

in arguments, 164, 165, 174, 180

in illustration paragraphs, 101–2

revising, 80

in working thesis, 164

reason why, 757

reciprocal pronouns, 539

redundant words, 660

reference librarians, 201–2

reference works, 46, 202

references, list of. See APA style; CSE style

reflecting

for annotated bibliographies, 214–15

journals for, 45

for portfolios, 339–40

on reading, 125, 133–39

on research projects, 191

on writing, 92

reflexive pronouns, 538

regardless, irregardless, 387, 755

regionalisms, 369–71, 613

regular verb, 573 A verb that forms the past tense and past participle by adding -d or -ed to the base form (care, cared; look, looked).

reiteration, for paragraph development, 105–6

relative pronouns, 539, 556–57, 594–95

relevance, of sources, 215

religion, assumptions about, 365

repetition

in design, 265

for emphasis and effect, 681

for paragraph coherence, 109, 111–12

in presentations, 276

transitions for, 111

reports

lab, 317–18

online, sample, 351

research, 317–18, 351

requests

modals for, 572

subjunctive mood for, 626

research reports, 317–18, 351

research (research projects), 190–260. See also sources

for arguments, 160, 179

assignments, analyzing, 191–94

audience for, 192, 250–51

bibliographies

annotated, 214–15

working, 213–14

conclusion of, 255

Considering Disabilities, 198

context for, 192–94

documentation, 245–48

APA style, 451–92

Chicago style, 493–517

CSE style, 518–32

MLA style, 402–50

drafting, 254–55

editing, 259

for exploring a topic, 46, 195–98

field research, 208–11

genre for, 191–92

hypothesis for, 195–96, 198, 251

Internet resources, 125, 206–8

introduction of, 254–55

library resources, 201–6

literature review, 308, 317–18

medium of publication for, 191–92

in the natural and applied sciences, 317–18

note-taking, 225–31

organizing, 252–54

outlines, 253, 256–57

plagiarism, avoiding, 245–48

planning, 197, 250–51

preliminary, 50

preparing for, 20, 190–98

process of, 190–91

proofreading, 259

purpose of, 250–51

qualitative and quantitative, 307, 308

questions for, 195–96, 217

reflecting on, 191

research logs, 197–98

reviewing, 252, 256–58

revising, 258–59

rhetorical situation for, 192–94, 250–51

search strategies for, 199–211

sources

acknowledging, 241–44

evaluating, 212–14

finding, 125, 199–211, 206–8

integrating, 232–40, 255

kinds of, 199–201

list of, 259

synthesizing, 222–23

stance in, 192, 239–40, 250–51

studies, qualitative and quantitative, 307, 308

Talking the Talk, 194, 208

thesis in, 198, 251–52, 254–55

titles for, 254

tone, 250

topic, choosing, 194–95

visuals and media, 192

writing, 250–60

respectfully, respectively, 757

restrictive element, 5, 689–91, 697 A word, phrase, or clause that changes the essential meaning of a sentence. A restrictive element is not set off from the rest of the sentence with commas or other punctuation: The tree that I hit was an oak.

résumés, 327–29

cover letters for, 325–26

in portfolios, 338–39

student examples, 328, 329

review indexes, 206

review of the literature, 308–13, 317–18

reviewing. See also peer reviews

instructor comments, 76–79

process of, 64–76

research projects, 256–58

revising and, 76–79

revising, 79–86. See also editing; proofreading

design, 86

essay examinations, 334–35

instructor comments for, 76–79

introduction, 81

organization, 80

paragraphs, 82–83

peer review for, 76, 79

plan for, 76–79

Quick Help, 258–59

research projects, 258–59

sentences, 83–85

stages of, 79

Talking the Talk, 65

technology for, 81

thesis and support, 80

title, 81, 254

tone, 86

visuals and media, 86

word choice, 85

revision symbols. See the directory on p. 819

rhetoric, visual, 262

rhetorical analysis, sample student writing, 155–57

rhetorical situation, 23–39 The whole context for a piece of writing, including the person communicating, the topic and the person’s attitude toward it, and the intended audience.

for academic writing, 16–20, 302

for assignments, 25–27

elements of

audience, 30–33

design, 262–63

genre, 14–16, 34–37

kairos (opportune timing), 24–25, 160, 346

language, 37–38, 374–79

length, 26, 36

medium of publication, 14–16, 20–23, 34–37

purpose, 25–27, 28

stance, 28–30

style, 37–38, 358–59

time, 26, 36

tone, 37

topic, 27

formal and informal, 24

for global communication, 354–59

in the humanities, 301

for multimodal texts, 285–86

for online texts, 31, 285–86

for portfolios, 337–39

for research projects, 192–94, 250–51

reviewing drafts for, 64–66

for social writing, 14–16, 24

triangle of, 23–24

for visuals and media, 37

word choice and, 374–79

rhetorical stance. See stance

rise, raise, 577–78, 757

Rogerian argument, 161–62, 181–82

roots, of words, 390–91

running heads (APA style), 453

run-on sentences, 636–40