S

-s

verb ending

sacred texts (Bible, Qur’an)

citing, APA style

citing, MLA style

Saddam Hussein statue

sample student writing

directory to sample student writing, by genre (type)

directory to MLA in-text citation models

directory to MLA works cited models

directory to sample student writing in MLA style

directory to APA in-text citation models

directory to APA reference list models

directory to sample student writing in APA style

directory to Chicago notes and bibliography entries

directory to sample student writing in Chicago style

directory to sample student writing in CSE style

directory to CSE reference list models

scannable résumé

schedule

for online course

for research essay

scholarly sources

finding sources

sciences, writing in. See also CSE documentation style

Scientific Style and Format: The CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publishers. See CSE documentation style

secondary sources

second-person point of view

self-assessment

semicolons

and transitional expressions

sensual, sensuous

sentence fragments. See fragments

sentences. See also sentence types

awkward

fragments. See fragments

fused. See run-on sentences

inverted

run-on (fused, comma splice). See run-on sentences

thesis. See thesis

sentence structure

multilingual/ESL challenges with

sentence types

series (items in a list)

set, sit

setting of literary work

setup. See document design; format, manuscript

sexist language

shall, as modal

shall, will

she, her, hers

she vs. her

shifts

short stories

should, as modal

should of (nonstandard)

sic

signal phrases

using signal phrases in APA papers

using signal phrases in MLA papers

since

sit, set

site, cite

sketch (image)

skimming. See previewing

Skittles ad

slash

slide show

presentation software

so

social media

citing

social sciences, writing in. See also APA papers

language conventions

software. See also word processing programs

somebody, someone, something

something (singular)

sometime, some time, sometimes

sort of, kind of

sound-alike words (homophones)

sound

sources

citing. See citing sources

electronic. See electronic sources

evaluating

integrating

introducing. See signal phrases

responsibility of writer. See using sources responsibly

scholarly

determining if a source is scholarly

synthesizing

using as support

visuals

spacing, in document

specific nouns

speech and presentations

appeals in

spelling. See also abbreviations; capitalization

sponsor, of web sources

static images, analyzing

statistics

streaming of audio and video files

subject complements

subjective case, of pronouns

subject of paper. See also topic

subject of sentence

agreement with verb

following verb

singular vs. plural. Seesubject-verb agreement

subject-verb agreement

subjunctive mood. See also conditional sentences

subordinate clauses (dependent clauses)

fragments

subordinate word groups

subordinating conjunctions

subordination

subtitles

capitalizing

such as

suffixes

summaries

APA papers

Chicago (CMS) papers

MLA papers

support. See also evidence

using sources for

suppose to (nonstandard)

sure and (nonstandard)

surveys

syllables, dividing words

syllabus

synchronous communication

synthesizing sources

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