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pace, of sound, in multimodal work
page setup
borders and rules
different first page
footers
headers
margins
pagination
pagination
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
papers. See sample student writing
paragraph patterns. See paragraphs; patterns of organization
paragraphs. See also focus; patterns of organization; thesis
coherence
concluding
development of
drafting
focus of
introductory
length
determining paragraph length
main point
parallel structure
analyzing parallel structure in a paragraph
revising
too many points
topic sentences
transitions
between paragraphs
paragraph-level transitions
between sentences
parallelism
quick help: parallelism
comparisons
with coordinating conjunctions
with correlative conjunctions
for emphasis
headings
lists
paired items
in paragraphs
parallel structure in a paragraph
repetition
in sentences
series
parameters
paraphrases
in APA papers
avoiding plagiarism
integrating
in biological sciences
in Chicago papers
avoiding plagiarism
integrating
in criminal justice and criminology
in MLA papers
avoiding plagiarism
integrating
multilingual/ESL challenges with
meaning in source
synonyms in
in nursing
note taking, and avoiding plagiarism
parentheses
common uses
no comma before
parenthetical (in-text) citations
directory to APA in-text citation models
directory to MLA in-text citation models
APA style
CSE style
MLA style
parenthetical elements
commas with
dashes with
participation in class
tips for participating in asynchronous discussions
tips for participating in synchronous discussions
as part of grade, on typical syllabus
expectations for, in US classes
in online course
participial phrases
for combining sentences
dangling
quick help: recognizing dangling modifiers
quick help: repairing dangling modifiers
checking for dangling modifiers
defined
participles (-ing and -ed forms)
as adjectives
past participles (walked, driven)
irregular verbs, list of
perfect tenses
as adjectives
defined
participial phrases
passive voice
vs. present participles
regular verbs
verbals
present participles (hiking, reading)
progressive verb forms
as adjectives
gerund phrases
participial phrases
vs. past participles
sequence of tenses
particles, in two-word verbs (like get up)
parts of speech
adjectives
adverbs
conjunctions
in dictionary entry
interjections
nouns
prepositions
pronouns
verbs
passed, past
passive voice
verb tenses commonly used in the passive voice
vs. active
appropriate uses of
academic English: knowing when to use passive voice
avoiding
in business
in engineering
defined
forming
intransitive verbs
in science writing
shifts between active and
transforming from active
transitive verbs
in biological sciences
in nursing
wordy sentences
past, passed
past participles (-ed forms). See participles
past perfect tense
perfect tenses
past progressive form
progressive verb forms
past tense
simple tenses
irregular verbs
in APA papers
ed endings
in writing about history
vs. past perfect
regular verbs
in science and social sciences
patchwriting, avoiding
APA papers
Chicago papers
MLA papers
pathos (emotional appeals)
as argumentative tactic
evaluating as reader
in speech or presentation
using as writer
patterns, in online course content
patterns of organization (paragraph). See also Paragraphs
analogy
cause and effect
classification
comparison and contrast
definition
description
division
examples and illustrations
narration
process
PDF documents
citing, MLA style
how to cite course materials
as sources
peer reviewers
checklist for assessing the writing situation
checklist for global revision
communicating courteously and professionally with peers
tips for peer reviewers
tips for using reviewers’ comments
peer review in an online course
typical activities in traditional and online courses
and deadlines
for analytical essay
for annotated bibliography
for argument paper
effective peer reviews
feedback for multimodal projects
and global revision
for literacy narrative
sample literacy narrative, with peer review comments (Nguyen; MLA)
in online course
and online course assignment
reviewer’s role
revising with comments
seeking help from
writer’s role
writing prompt: using reviewers’ comments
writing prompt: being a peer reviewer
writing prompt: learning about revision from other writers
writing prompt: learning about analytical writing from other writers
writing prompt: learning from another speaker
percentages, numerals for
percent, per cent, percentage
perfect progressive forms (had been planning)
progressive verb forms
perfect tenses
perfect tenses
in APA papers
perfect tenses
in science and social sciences
periodicals. See also articles in periodicals
capitalizing titles
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
italicizing titles
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
periods
in abbreviations
with ellipsis mark
to end a sentence
inside quotation marks
with in-text citations
omitting in some abbreviations
personal communication, citing
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
personal communication, in online course
private e-mail message from a course participant
personal planner, for online course
assignment calendar with due dates
personal planner
personal pronouns
case (I, me, she, her, etc.)
defined
personal titles
abbreviations
capitalizing
comma with
person and number
subject-verb agreement at a glance
when to use the -s (or -es) form of a present-tense verb
shifts, avoiding
persons, names of. See nouns
perspective, in multimodal compositions
first-person
point of view perspective in a movie
moving images
analysis of a moving image
static images
photograph showing an unusual perspective
Migrant Mother, by Dorothea Lange
third-person
in video games
persuasive writing. See argument papers
phenomena
philosophy, statement of, in nursing
photographs, using in document. See also visuals
analysis of two photos
as multimodal image
phrasal verbs (put up with, stamp out)
phrases. See also phrases, types of
dangling
quick help: recognizing dangling modifiers
quick help: repairing dangling modifiers
checking for dangling modifiers
empty or inflated
introductory, comma after
misplaced
as modifiers
nonrestrictive, comma with
restrictive, no comma with
as sentence fragments
quick help: sentence fragments
test for fragments
separating subject and verb
phrases, types of. See also Phrases
absolute
appositive
gerund (swimming with dolphins)
infinitive (to start a project)
participial (eating well)
prepositional (to the store)
verbal
physics (singular)
pictures, using in document. See visuals
pitch, of sound
place of publication
in APA reference list
in MLA works cited list
places, names of. See nouns
plagiarism, avoiding
tips for smart searching
integrating and citing sources to avoid plagiarism
recognizing intellectual property
information for a working bibliography
APA papers
borrowed language
APA papers
Chicago papers
MLA papers
Chicago papers
with copying and pasting
in literature papers
MLA papers
multilingual/ESL challenges with
note taking
paraphrasing
quoting
reviewer comments about
summarizing
and web sources
planning a document
quick help: designing documents
planning a document: purpose and audience checklist
planning a multimodal project
choosing a delivery method
deciding on a project format
choosing a genre
collaborating
assessing your strengths as a collaborator
deciding on a main idea
planning support
understanding the multimodal composing process
linear representation of composing process
realistic representation of composing process
planning an essay
understanding an assignment
assessing the writing situation
checklist for assessing the writing situation
exploring ideas
literature paper
outlining
guidelines for constructing a formal outline
research process, highlights
working thesis
testing a tentative thesis
characteristics of an effective thesis
effective thesis statements
plan to do (not on doing)
platform, for online course
typical activities in traditional and online courses
getting help with
navigating
plays
capitalizing titles of
italicizing titles of
citing lines from (MLA style)
plot
questions to ask about literature
plot summary, avoiding
plurals
abbreviations
compound nouns
letters used as letters
numbers used as numbers
pronoun agreement
spelling
subject-verb agreement
words used as words
plus
p.m., a.m.
podcast, composing
citing
APA style
Chicago style
MLA style
composing
notes on an audio podcast
poems
capitalizing titles of
quotation from
quotation marks for titles of
point of view
checklist for global revision
point of view and verb tense in academic writing
questions to ask about literature
in literacy narratives
opposing, in arguments
in portfolio cover letters
shifts, avoiding
points (font size)
policy memo, in criminal justice and criminology
portfolio
course portfolio
overview
reflection
requirements
format (print vs. online)
preparing writing samples
professional portfolio
reflective cover letter for a portfolio
writing guide: reflective letter for a portfolio
in education
position paper, in nursing
possessive case
with apostrophe
modifying gerund
with no apostrophe
possessive pronouns
defined
no apostrophe
poster presentation
in biological sciences
in psychology
post hoc fallacy
posting, in online course
discussion board
tips for participating in asynchronous discussions
tips for participating in synchronous discussions
practice paper, in nursing
sample nursing practice papersample clinical practice paper, nursing (Riss; APA)
precede, proceed
PowerPoint slides. See slide show presentation
predicate. See verbs
predicate adjective (subject complement)
defined
with linking verbs (be, seem, etc.)
not adverb
predicate noun (subject complement)
case of pronouns
defined
with linking verbs (be)
subject-verb agreement
predicates
compound, as fragments
defined
sentence fragments
quick help: sentence fragments
test for fragments
predication, faulty
preferable to (not than)
prefixes
prefixes and their meanings
hyphen after
and words‘ meanings
premises, deductive reasoning
prepositional phrases
defined
restrictive (essential) vs. nonrestrictive (nonessential)
sentence fragments
quick help: sentence fragments
test for fragments
subject-verb agreement
prepositions
common prepositions
adjective + preposition combinations
at, on, in to show time and place
verb + preposition combinations
adjective + preposition combinations
defined
followed by nouns, not verbs
function words
idioms
object of
repeating, for parallel structure
to, as preposition vs. infinitive marker
after verbs (particles)
verb + preposition combinations
presentation software. See slide show
presentation spaces, for multimodal projects
presentation spaces for multimodal projects
present participles (-ing forms). See participles
present perfect tense
perfect tenses
in APA papers
in Chicago papers
perfect tenses
present progressive form (are reading)
progressive verb forms
present tense
simple tenses
in Chicago papers
literary
point of view and verb tense in academic writing
in literature papers
in MLA papers
for scientific truths
simple tenses
subject-verb agreement
quick help: subject-verb agreement
subject-verb agreement at a glance
for subjunctive
tense shifts, avoiding
press release, in music
pretentious language
previewing
articles
books
images and multimodal texts
web sources
written texts
prewriting strategies
annotating written texts
annotated poem
annotated written text
annotating images or multimodal texts
annotated multimodal text (Equal Exchange ad)
annotated multimodal text (McDonald’s ad)
annotated web page
asking questions
asking questions in the disciplines
blogging
brainstorming
clustering
freewriting
gaining expert perspective
keeping a journal
mapping (clustering)
observing
reading
talking and listening
writing prompt: exploring a subject
for analysis essay
for annotated bibliography
for argument essay
for literacy narrative
for reflective letter
writing prompt: thinking like a college writer
writing prompt: exploring a subject
primary sources
citation at a glance: primary source from a website (Chicago)
for authenticity
in criminal justice and criminology
as evidence
in history
in literature papers
in music
vs. secondary sources
on the web
primary source from a website (Chicago)
principal, principle
prior to (not than)
problem/strategy approach for revising a thesis
proceed, precede
process, as pattern of organization (paragraph)
process, of writing an essay
understanding an assignment
checklist for assessing the writing situation
drafting
editing
exploring ideas
literacy narrative
literature paper
outlining
guidelines for constructing a formal outline
peer review
planning
proofreading
research process, highlights
revising
global revision
revising sentences
revising with comments
working thesis
testing a working thesis
characteristics of an effective thesis
effective thesis statements
process, research
highlights of one student’s research process
professional documents. See business writing
profile, of audience for multimodal project
creating user profiles
program notes, in music
progressive verb forms
progressive forms
progress report, in engineering
project notebook, in engineering
prompts
assignable writing prompts
writing prompts for multilingual writers
pronoun/adjectives
pronoun-antecedent agreement
quick help: pronouns
antecedents joined by and
antecedents joined by or or nor
collective nouns (committee)
defined
generic nouns (student)
indefinite pronouns (anyone)
sexist language
multilingual tip: pronoun-antecedent agreement
pronoun case (I, me, she, her, etc.)
quick help: pronouns
pronoun case
with appositives
comparisons
in compound word groups
with gerunds (seeing)
with infinitives (to see)
before noun
objective (me, you, him, her, it, us, them)
possessive (my, your, his, her, its, our, their)
subjective (I, you, he, she, it, we, they)
who vs. whom
pronoun reference
quick help: pronouns
ambiguous
broad this, that, which, it
implied
indefinite they, it, you
who (not that, which) for persons
pronouns. See also pronoun case; pronoun reference; pronouns, types of
quick help: pronouns
agreement of verbs with
quick help: subject-verb agreement
subject-verb agreement at a glance
agreement with antecedent. See pronoun-antecedent agreement
defined
pronoun/adjectives
shifts in person, number
who, whom
pronouns, types of
demonstrative (those, that, etc.)
indefinite (some, any, etc.)
intensive (herself, etc.)
interrogative (who, which, etc.)
personal (you, they, etc.)
possessive (your, his, etc.)
reciprocal (each other, etc.)
reflexive (myself, themselves, etc.)
relative (that, which, etc.)
pronoun use
in biological sciences
in business
in criminal justice and criminology
in education
in engineering
in music
in nursing
pronunciation, in dictionaries
proof. See evidence
proofreading
proofreading strategies
revision symbols
writing prompt: proofreading your work for grammar, punctuation, and spelling
writing prompt: proofreading your work for citations
proper nouns
articles with
capitalizing
vs. common
with the
using the with geographical nouns
proposal
in biological sciences
in business
sample business proposal (Ratajczak; APA)
in engineering
sample proposal, engineering (O’Bryan; USGS)
for grants, in music
research
psychology, writing in
publication information, needed for citations
APA style
citation at a glance: article from a database (APA)
citation at a glance: article in a journal or magazine (APA)
citation at a glance: book (APA)
citation at a glance: section in a web document (APA)
Chicago style
citation at a glance: article from a database (Chicago)
citation at a glance: article in a periodical (Chicago)
citation at a glance: book (Chicago)
citation at a glance: letter in a published collection (Chicago)
citation at a glance: primary source from a website (Chicago)
MLA style
citation at a glance: article from a database (MLA)
citation at a glance: article in a journal (MLA)
citation at a glance: book (MLA)
citation at a glance: selection from an anthology or a collection (MLA)
citation at a glance: short work from a website (MLA)
Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
public service announcements (PSAs)
analysis of public service ad
activity: your understanding of moving images (PSA)
multimodal composing
multimodal public service ad (billboard)
analysis of a multimodal text
public service message (World Wildlife Fund)
publisher names
in APA reference list
in MLA works cited list
publishing a multimodal project
accessibility and usability
composing projects that are accessible and usable
online resources for
presentation spaces
punctuation
apostrophe
brackets
colon
comma
dash
ellipsis mark
exclamation point
hyphen
parentheses
period
question mark
quotation marks
quotation marks with other punctuation marks
semicolon
slash
purpose in multimodal projects
of moving images
of multimodal texts
of sound
of static images
of written words
purpose in writing
checklist for assessing the writing situation
in arguments
assignments
assignment: biology lab report
assignment: business proposal
assignment: nursing practice paper
assignment: psychology literature review
in biological sciences
in business
in criminal justice and criminology
and document design
in education
in engineering
finding sources
and genre
in history
in music
in nursing
in psychology
in research process
types of visuals to suit your purpose