Links to Charts

Links to Charts

I The Writing Process

Checklist for assessing the writing situation

Understanding an assignment

Considering audience when writing e-mail messages

Putting your working thesis to the “So what?” test

Strategies for drafting an introduction

Choosing visuals to suit your purpose

Strategies for drafting a conclusion

Guidelines for peer reviewers

Guidelines for using reviewers’ comments

Checklist for global revision

Creating a personal editing log

Writing guide: Literacy narrative

Writing guide: Reflective letter

Common transitions

II Academic Reading and Writing

Guidelines for active reading

Reading online

Guidelines for writing a summary

Writing guide: Analytical essay

Guidelines for analyzing a text

Guidelines for writing a summary of an image or a multimodal text

Guidelines for analyzing an image or a multimodal text

Testing inductive reasoning

Evaluating ethical, logical, and emotional appeals as a reader

Checklist for reading and evaluating arguments

Using ethical, logical, and emotional appeals as a writer

Anticipating and countering objections

Writing guide: Argument essay

Questions to ask about literature

III Clear Sentences

Checking for dangling modifiers

Using coordination to combine sentences of equal importance

Using subordination to combine sentences of equal importance

V Grammatical Sentences

Test for fragments

Recognizing run-on sentences

Subject-verb agreement at a glance

When to use the -s (or -es) form of a present-tense verb

Choosing a revision strategy that avoids sexist language

Checking for problems with who and whom

VI Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges

Basic verb forms

Verb tenses commonly used in the active voice

Verb tenses commonly used in the passive voice

Modals and their meanings

Types of nouns

Choosing articles for common nouns

Commonly used noncount nouns

Using the with geographic nouns

Order of cumulative adjectives

At, on, and in to show time and place

Adjective + preposition combinations

Verb + preposition combinations

IX Grammar Basics

Words that introduce subordinate clauses

X Researched Writing

Thinking like a researcher

Tips for smart searching

Information to collect for a working bibliography

Viewing evaluation as a process

Determining if a source is scholarly

Evaluating all sources

Evaluating sources you find on the Web

Writing guide: Annotated bibliography

Using signal phrases in MLA papers

Reviewing an MLA paper: Use of sources

General guidelines for the MLA works cited list

How to answer the basic question “Who is the author?”

MLA citation at a glance: Article in a journal

MLA citation at a glance: Article from a database

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 Web site

How to cite a source reposted from another source

How to cite course materials

Using signal phrases in APA papers

General guidelines for the APA reference list

APA citation at a glance: Article in a journal or magazine

APA citation at a glance: Article from a database

APA citation at a glance: Book

APA citation at a glance: Section in a Web document

Using signal phrases in Chicago papers

Chicago citation at a glance: Book

Chicago citation at a glance: Article in a journal

Chicago citation at a glance: Article from a database

Chicago citation at a glance: Letter in a published collection

Chicago citation at a glance: Primary source from a Web site