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back up, backup
bad, badly
usage note
with linking verb
“Ballad of the Landlord,” paper about
bandwagon appeal fallacy
base form of verb
modal with
negatives with do
with subjunctive
verb forms
BC, AD, BCE, CE
be
quick help: subject-verb agreement
present-tense and past-tense forms of be
progressive verb forms
agreement with subject
with complements
conditional sentences
helping verb
linking verb
in passive voice
subjunctive mood (if I were)
weak verb
because
adverb clauses
subordinating conjunctions
avoiding after reason is
avoiding with so or therefore
in subordinate clause
subordinating conjunction
beginning of sentences
capitalizing
numbers, spelling out
varying
being as, being that (nonstandard)
beside, besides
better, best
between, among
bias
evaluating sources for bias
evaluating Web sources
signs of
biased language
in arguments
offensive language
sexist language
avoiding sexist language
Bible
Chicago citation
MLA citation
in-text
works cited
no italics for
punctuation between chapter and verse
bibliography (reference list, works cited list)
APA style (reference list)
directory to APA reference list models
sample reference list (APA)
annotated
guidelines for
sample annotated bibliography (Niemeyer; APA)
sample annotated bibliography (Orlov; MLA)
Chicago style
directory to Chicago notes and bibliography models
sample bibliography (Benjamin; Chicago)
sample bibliography (Bishop; Chicago)
CSE style (reference list)
directory to CSE reference list models
sample reference list (Martin; CSE)
sample reference list (Johnson/Arnold; CSE)
for finding sources
MLA style (works cited)
directory to MLA works cited models
sample works cited list (MLA)
working. See working bibliography
writing in biological sciences
block indent for long quotations
APA style
formatting
integrating
sample long quotation (Mirano; APA)
Chicago style
formatting
integrating
sample long quotation (Bishop; Chicago)
general guidelines
in literature papers
MLA style
formatting
integrating
sample long quotation (Orlov; MLA)
blogs
citing, APA style
citing, Chicago style
citing, MLA style
to explore ideas
to explore a subject
in online course
blueprinting
body of essay, drafting
body of oral presentation
boldface font style
book review, in history
books
capitalizing titles
APA style
Chicago style
MLA style
citation at a glance: book (APA)
citation at a glance: book (Chicago)
citation at a glance: book (MLA)
citing
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
italicizing titles
APA style, body of paper
APA style, reference list
Chicago style
CSE style
general guidelines
MLA style
locating
library catalog for
for research process
previewing
borders around text
borrowed language. See citing sources; plagiarism, avoiding
both . . . and (correlative conjunction)
correlative conjunction
parallelism with
brackets
common uses
in literature papers
in quotations
APA style
Chicago style
MLA style
with sic
APA style
Chicago style
MLA style
brainstorming
to explore ideas
for support for multimodal project
for thesis of multimodal project
briefs. See case and legal briefs in criminal justice and criminology
case and legal briefs in criminal justice and criminology
bring, take
broad reference of this, that, which, it
brochure
in business
document design for
emphasizing information in
browser for online course
qualities, skills, and tools of successful online learners
burst, bursted; bust, busted
business writing
letter
sample business letter, block style
memos
sample business memo
sample e-mail memo
overview
reports
sample business proposal (Ratajczak; APA)
sample business report (Spencer; APA)
résumés
sample scannable résumé
sample traditional résumé
sample Web résumé
but
avoiding with although
comma with
coordinating conjunction
no comma with
no semicolon with
parallelism
as preposition
common prepositions