C

calendar

for online course

can, as modal

can, may

capital, capitol

capitalization

case of letters. See capitalization

case of pronouns (I, me, she, her, etc.)

case study

library catalog

cause and effect

censor, censure

central idea. See also thesis

character in literature

charts in document design. See also Visuals

chat. See also blog

Chicago Manual of Style. See also Chicago papers

Chicago papers

directory to Chicago notes and bibliography entries

directory to sample student writing in Chicago style

bibliography

citation at a glance

footnotes or endnotes

formatting

sources

title page

citation at a glance

APA papers

Chicago papers

MLA papers

citation-name system of documentation (CSE)

citation-sequence system of documentation (CSE)

citations. See Citing sources

cite, site

citing sources. See also documenting sources; plagiarism, avoiding

directory to APA in-text citation models

directory to APA reference list models

directory to Chicago notes and bibliography models

directory to CSE reference list models

directory to MLA in-text citation models

directory to MLA works cited models

common knowledge

to lend authority

paraphrasing

quotation marks. See also quotations

summarizing

claims

supporting

class (collective noun)

social class

class participation

clauses

See adjective clauses

See adverb clauses

See conditional sentences

See fragments, sentence

See independent clauses

See subordinate clauses

punctuation with

climactic, climatic

clip art

CMS papers. See Chicago papers

coarse, course

coherence

collaborative activities

collective nouns (jury, family, etc.)

colon

commands (imperative sentences)

commas. See also commas, unnecessary; comma splice

unnecessary commas. See also commas; comma splice

comma splice (a type of run-on sentence)

comments (blogs, websites), citing

comments on drafts, using for revision

commercial (TV), as multimodal text

committee (collective noun)

common knowledge

common nouns

communication

company names

comparative form of adjectives and adverbs (with more). See also superlative

compare to, compare with

comparisons

complement, compliment

subject complements

compliment, complement

composing process

for multimodal works

compound elements

compound noun (sister-in-law)

compound predicate

compound sentences

compound subject

compound words

computer skills and tools

conciseness

conclusion of essay

conditional sentences. See also subjunctive mood

conferences, traditional vs. online

conjunctions. See also conjunctive adverbs

conjunctive adverbs (however, likewise, etc.)

connotation of words

conscience, conscious

consistency

context

providing for quotations

social and historical

continual, continuous

contractions

conversations, academic and research

coordinating conjunctions (and, but, or, etc.)

coordination

copying and pasting

correlative conjunctions (either . . . or; not only . . . but also, etc.)

could

could care less (nonstandard)

could of (nonstandard)

council, counsel

Council of Science Editors. See CSE documentation style

counterarguments

count nouns

defined

couple (collective noun)

course, coarse

citing course materials

cover letters

creative thinking

establishing credibility

criteria

critical reading

critical review. See review of the literature

critical thinking

crowd (collective noun)

CSE documentation style

directory to CSE reference list models

directory to sample student writing in CSE style

citation-name system

citation-sequence system

in-text citations

name-year system

reference list

directory to CSE reference list models

paper format

cumulative adjectives

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