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race and culture, in literature

questions to ask about literature

raise, rise

ratios, colon with

reader-responsible languages

readers. See peer reviewers

reading. See active reading

reading activities, for improving English (multilingual writers)

reading while listening

strategies for improving your academic English

real, really

adjective vs. adverb

usage note

real-time communication. See synchronous communication

reasoning. See also argument papers

testing inductive reasoning

logical fallacies. See logical fallacies

weighing options

reason . . . is because (nonstandard)

reason why (nonstandard)

reciprocal pronouns (one another etc.)

red herring fallacy

redundancy. See repetition

reference list (APA)

directory to APA reference list models

in business

in criminal justice and criminology

in education

formatting

general guidelines for the APA reference list

in nursing

in psychology

sample APA reference lists

sample reference list, business (Spencer; APA)

sample reference list, education (Gibson; APA)

sample reference list, nursing (Riss; APA)

sample reference list, psychology (Mirano; APA)

sample reference list, psychology (Charat; APA)

reference list (CSE)

directory to CSE reference list models

sample reference list (Martin; CSE)

sample reference list (Johnson/Arnold; CSE)

citation-name system

in biological sciences

formatting

overview

citation-sequence system

name-year system

reference list (USGS), in engineering

sample reference list, engineering (O’Bryan; USGS)

reference of pronouns. See pronoun reference

reflective writing

in education

sample reflective essay, education (Gibson; APA)

literacy narrative

sample literacy narrative, with peer review comments (Nguyen; MLA)

sample literacy narrative (Nguyen; MLA)

writing guide: literacy narrative

in nursing

for portfolio

sample cover letter for a portfolio

writing guide: reflective letter for a portfolio

reflexive pronouns (herself, yourselves, etc.)

regional expressions (dialect)

regular verbs

defined

ed endings

s forms of

relation, relationship

relative adverbs

not repeating in adjective clauses

defined

relative clauses. See subordinate clauses; relative pronouns

relative pronouns

not repeating in adjective clauses

style note: reducing relative clauses

remixing. See also revising

remixing a multimodal project

remixing a paper for a presentation

writing prompt: remixing a paper as an oral presentation

repetition

of function words, for parallelism

of key words, for coherence

of nouns and pronouns, unnecessary

of objects or adverbs, unnecessary

in speeches and presentations

unnecessary

multilingual tip: repeated objects or adverbs

multilingual tip: double subjects and other repetition

report

in biology, lab report

sample lab report, botany (Johnson/Arnold; CSE)

in business

sample business report (Spencer; APA)

in criminal justice and criminology

sample administrative report, criminal justice (Thompson; APA)

reposted source, MLA citation of

requests, subjunctive mood for

researching

asking research questions

managing a research project

proposing a research project

search strategy

tips for smart searching

selecting sources

thinking like a researcher

working bibliography

information to collect for a working bibliography

writing prompt: managing the project

writing prompt: mapping out a search strategy

writing prompt: posing research questions worth exploring

research paper

in biological sciences

in criminal justice and criminology

in education

in history

sample research essay, history (Benjamin; Chicago)

sample research essay, history (Bishop; Chicago)

in nursing

process

in psychology

research process, highlights

research proposal

in biological sciences

writing a proposal

writing prompt: writing a research proposal

respect for peers, in class discussions

respectfully, respectively

response papers. See analysis papers

restrictive (essential) elements, no commas

résumés

sample scannable résumé

sample traditional résumé

sample Web résumé

review

of books, in history

of concert, in music

sample concert review (Houston; MLA)

of instructional materials, in education

in nursing

review of the literature

in biology

sample literature review, biology (Martin; CSE)

in psychology

sample literature review, psychology (Charat; APA)

sample literature review, psychology (Mirano; APA)

sample psychology assignment

as research source

reviewers. See peer reviewers

revising. See also remixing

cycles of

editing

global revisions

checklist for global revision

sample global revisions

of multimodal projects

editing multimodal compositions

proofreading

remixing as strategy for multimodal projects

sentence revisions

sample sentence-level revisions

strategies for

of thesis

using instructor’s or peers’ comments. See peer reviewers

of Web site project

writing prompt: revising a thesis

writing prompt: revising an introduction

writing prompt: revising a conclusion

writing prompt: learning about revision from other writers

writing prompt: drafting and revising an analytical thesis

writing prompt: drafting and revising an analytical thesis for an image or a multimodal text

writing prompt: revising a presentation

revising with comments. See also peer reviewers

“Be specific”

“Cite your sources”

“Consider opposing viewpoints”

“Develop more”

“More than one point in this paragraph”

“Narrow your introduction”

“Summarize less, analyze more”

“Unclear thesis”

writing prompt: using reviewers’ comments

rise, raise

root (stem) words

rules (lines) in text, document design

running head, APA style

formatting

sample running head (Mirano; APA)

on title page

run-on sentences

quick help: run-on sentences

recognizing run-on sentences

overview

revising run-on sentences

revising with colon or dash

revising with comma and coordinating conjunction

revising by making two sentences

revising by subordination

revising with semicolon