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warnings, in conclusions, 82, 116

warrant, 148, 181 An assumption, sometimes unstated, that connects an argument’s claim to the reasons for making the claim.

was. See be, forms of

way, ways, 759

we, us, before nouns, 604. See also first person

weather, whether, 397

Webcasts, 283

Webinars, 273

Web sites. See also digital texts; Internet research

accessibility of, 202, 275

audience for, 118–19, 177, 286

blogs, 45, 197, 248, 288–89

bookmarking, 207

chunking for, 267–68

citing and documenting

APA style, 457, 470–78

Chicago style, 503–9

CSE style, 527

MLA style, 407, 426–34

clarity in, 356–58

creating, 287–90

cultural context for, 354–59

designing, 262–71

discussion forums, 21, 46, 248

evaluating, 218–19, 357

interactivity of, 286

organizing, 56, 268, 286

reading critically, 124–26

sample student writing

fundraising Web page, 347

report, 351

social media, 14–16, 31, 248

source maps

APA style, 476–77

Chicago style, 510–11

MLA style, 432–33

evaluating, 218–19

Talking the Talk, 208

Twitter and microblogs, 288–89, 346, 359

wikis, 46, 208, 297, 289

well, good, 612–13, 755

were. See be, forms of

where, 759

whether . . . or. See correlative conjunctions

whether, weather, 397

which

subject-verb agreement, 594–95

vague use, 608

versus who, that, 608, 758

which, that, 608, 758

white space, in design, 266

who

subject-verb agreement, 594–95

versus that, which, 608

versus whom, 601–2, 759

who, whoever, whom, whomever, 539

who’s, whose, 397, 759

Wikipedia, 46, 208

wikis

contributing to, 287, 289

design of, 263–65

as research sources, 46, 208

Talking the Talk, 208

will, as helping verb, 534, 572, 584

wishes, subjunctive mood for, 586–88, 626

word choice, 374–85

for arguments, 148

audience and, 32–33, 355–56

to build common ground, 360–66, 369–71

colloquial language, 375, 717

concrete words, 175–76

connotation, 86, 364–66, 379–80

context and, 374–79

denotation, 379–80

doublespeak, 378

euphemisms, 377–78

figurative language, 43–44, 176, 382–84

foreign languages, 38, 371–73

general and specific words, 380–81

geographic terms, 365

for global communication, 355–56

idioms, 2–3, 388, 620–24, 739

jargon, 294–95, 376–77

language varieties, 367–73, 398

missing words, 6, 634, 656–57

for multilingual writers, 379, 398

pompous language, 377

for presentations, 274–76

for public writing, 345, 346

Quick Help, 375

reviewing for, 73

revising, 85–86

shifts in, 629

slang, 86, 358, 375

specialized vocabulary, 294–95

specific words, 380–81

Talking the Talk, 378

unnecessary words, 660–61

wrong words, 2–3, 395, 396–97

wordiness, 660–64

word order, in sentences

adjectives in, 617–18

auxiliary verbs in, 570

climactic, 679–80

conventional, 561

inverted, 682

for multilingual writers, 570

and subject-verb agreement, 595–96

word pictures, 43–44

words, roots of, 390–91

words used as words

italics for, 744

plurals of, 711–12

subject-verb agreement with, 596

working bibliography, 213–14

working thesis. See also thesis

for argument, 164–65

drafting, 47–49

for research project, 195–96, 198

working with others. See collaboration

works cited. See MLA style

world, writing that makes something happen in, 344–52. See also public writing

world, writing to the, 354–59. See also global communication

would

as helping verb, 534

and verb sequence, 584

would of, could of, 753

writing inventory, 11, 87

writing process

analyzing the rhetorical situation, 23–39, 285–86

choosing a topic, 27

collaborating, 118–22, 298–99

designing texts, 262–71

drafting, 58–62

organizing, 54–57, 179–82

paragraphs, 94–117

working thesis, 47–49

editing, 87–88

exploring ideas, 40–49

gathering evidence, 50

planning, 54–58, 286–87

reflecting, 92

researching, 50, 179, 190–260

reviewing, 64–79, 256–58

revising, 79–86, 258–59

writing projects. See also academic writing

analyzing assignments, 25–27, 191–94

arguments, 160–88

for business, 322–30

collaborative, 298–99

digital texts, 285–90

essay examinations, 331–36

in the humanities, 300–305

multimodal texts, 56–57, 285–90

in the natural and applied sciences, 315–21

online assignments, 285–90

portfolios, 337–43

presentations, 272–84

public writing, 344–52

research, 250–60

in the social sciences, 306–14

writing situations. See rhetorical situations

writing that makes something happen in the world, 344–52. See also public writing

writing to the world, 354–59. See also digital texts; global communication; Web sites

written tests, 331–36

wrong words, 396–97

Talking the Talk, 395

Top Twenty, 2–3