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-d, -ed endings, 567–68, 617

dangling modifiers, 652–53

dashes, 722–23

to link clauses, 640

parentheses versus, 721

with quotation marks, 718

data, 753

data

analyzing, 211

in the natural and applied sciences, 315–16

qualitative and quantitative, 307, 308

replicable, 315

databases, periodical

citing articles from

APA style, 452, 470–71, 472–73

Chicago style, 494, 504, 506–7

CSE style, 527, 528–29

MLA style, 403, 426, 428–29

searching, 202, 203–5

dates

abbreviations for, 737–38

commas in, 694–95

numbers in, 741

deadlines, 193, 254, 335

decimals, 741

declarative sentences, 560, 675

deductive reasoning, 146–47, 173–74

definite article (the)

capitalizing in titles, 733

for multilingual writers, 563–66, 657

with nouns, 535

definition

for essay examinations, 332

organizing with, 51

for paragraph development, 102

definitions, quotation marks with, 715–16

delivery

of arguments, 182–83

of presentations, 281–82

print or digital, 124–25, 263

demonstrative pronouns, 539

denotation, 379–80

dependent clause, 556 Sometimes called a “subordinate clause,” a word group that contains a subject and a predicate but can’t stand alone as a sentence because it begins with either a subordinating conjunction (because, although) or a relative pronoun (that, which).

in complex and compound-complex sentences, 559–60

as sentence fragment, 646

and sentence types, 559–60

subordinating, 667–71, 675

description

Considering Disabilities, 177

in emotional appeals (pathos), 175–76

for essay examinations, 332

for exploring a topic, 45

for paragraph development, 101

design, 262–71. See also formatting; visuals and media

for argument, 167–68, 182–83

color, 266–67

Considering Disabilities, 267

critical reading and, 126, 129

for digital texts, 263

formats, 265–68

genre and, 263

headings, 268

margins, 266, 267–68

for multilingual writers, 266

planning, 263–65

for portfolios, 338

principles of, 263–65

purpose and, 263

for research projects, 252

revising, 86

spacing, 266, 266–67

templates for, 265, 288, 338, 347

type size and fonts, 267

visuals and media, 262–63, 268–71

white space, 266

detail. See also evidence

in arguments, 175–76

in paragraphs, 99–108

reviewing, 73

revising, 80

in visuals and media, 99–100

determiners, 535, 540, 563–64

development, of paragraphs, 94–117

diagrams, 269. See also visuals and media

dialects, regional, 369–71, 613

dialogue

paragraphing, 116–17, 715

quotation marks for, 715

dictation, for notes, 198

diction. See word choice

dictionaries, 386–89. See also vocabulary

for multilingual writers, 388, 389

Quick Help, 386–87

difference, respecting, 354–55, 360–66

different from, different than, 754

digital texts. See also multimodal text; Web sites

annotating, 230

audience for, 14–16, 31, 345–46, 354–59

best practices for, 21–22

blogs, 45, 197, 248, 288–89

chunking for, 267–68

citing

APA style, 457, 470–78

Chicago style, 493–94, 498–512

CSE style, 503–5, 526–30

MLA style, 403, 407, 425–39

collaborating on, 118–22, 298–99

cover letters for résumés, 325

designing, 262–71

discussion lists and forums, 21, 46, 248

email, 21–22, 323

global communication, 354–59

marking up, 68–69

organizing, 56–57, 357–58

permission for, 238

podcasts, 289–90

portfolios, 337–43

presentations, 283–84

print texts versus, 124–25, 263

reading critically, 124–25

résumés, 327

rhetorical situation for, 20–22, 36–37, 285–86

sample student texts, 346–51

social media, 14–16, 31, 248, 346

streaming media, 289–90

text messages, 248, 346, 358, 378

Twitter and microblogs, 14–16, 288–89, 346, 359

Webcasts, 283

wikis, 208, 289

direct address, 694

direct discourse, 627–28, 713–15. See also quotations

directions. See compass points, capitalization of; process analysis

directness, 18, 357–58

direct objects, 550–51, 623

direct questions, 705

direct quotations, 233–34, 713–15. See also quotations

disabilities. See Considering Disabilities

disciplines, academic, 292–330

abbreviations in, 740

assignments for, 293–94

business, 322–30

collaboration in, 298–99

conventions in, 297–98

ethics and, 298

evidence for, 296–97

humanities, 300–305

numbers in, 740

Quick Help, 293–94

reading for, 293

sciences, natural and applied, 315–21

social sciences, 306–14

style in, 295–96

Talking the Talk, 296, 740

vocabulary for, 294–95

writing in any discipline, 292

discourse, direct and indirect, 627–28, 713–15, 717

discovery. See exploring a topic

discreet, discrete, 754

discussion lists and forums, 21, 46, 248

discussions, in class, 19–20

disinterested, uninterested, 754

disruptive modifiers, 651

distinct, distinctive, 754

division and classification

organizing with, 51

for paragraph development, 102

division-of-labor model of collaboration, 121

do, forms of

as helping verbs, 534, 570

as irregular verbs, 574

strong verbs versus, 680–81

documentation

APA style, 451–92

Chicago style, 493–517

CSE style, 518–32

incomplete or missing, 3, 245–46

MLA style, 402–50

in online texts, 287

preparing, 259

of visuals and media, 237–39, 270

in wikis, 289

document numbers, 528, 529

doesn’t, don’t, 754

DOI (digital object identifier)

APA style, 470–72

Chicago style, 504

don’t, doesn’t, 754

dots. See ellipses

double comparatives and superlatives, 615

double negatives, 616

doublespeak, 378

doubt, modals to show, 572

doubting game, 141

drafting, 58–62. See also reviewing; revising

essay examinations, 331, 334

peer review and, 58, 66–76

planning and, 54–58

Quick Help, 58–59

research projects, 254–55

sample student drafts, 59–62, 88–92

stages of, 72–73

drawing, to explore a topic, 43–44

due to, because of, 752

dummy subjects, 549, 557