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tables, in document. See also visuals
APA guidelines
MLA guidelines
sample table, botany (Johnson; CSE)
sample table, criminal justice (Thompson; APA)
sample, in engineering paper
sample table, nursing (Riss; APA)
sample table, engineering (O’Bryan; USGS)
sample table (Mirano; APA)
take, bring
taking a stand
taking notes. See note taking
talking and listening
to generate ideas
in oral presentations
talking back to a text
teach, learn
teacher’s comments. See revising with comments
team (collective noun)
pronoun agreement
subject-verb agreement
teamwork. See collaborative activities
technical report, in engineering
technical support, for online course
contact information for technical support (sample)
technology, using for writing
autoformatting
grammar checkers
managing files
spell checkers
technology, and online learning
tenses, verb
quick help: verbs
survey of tenses
point of view and verb tense in academic writing
APA style
agreement with subject
quick help: subject-verb agreement
subject-verb agreement at a glance
in biological sciences
Chicago style
for general truths
in history
MLA style
multilingual/ESL challenges
quick help: verbs for multilingual writers
survey of tenses (active voice)
verb tenses commonly used in the passive voice
in nonliterary works
past perfect, special uses of
present tense
for fictional events
in literature papers
for scientific truths
in psychology
in scientific writing
sequence of
shifts
avoiding in formal writing
avoiding in literature papers
writing about history
tentative thesis. See working thesis
texts, images and multimodal
analyzing
audience
composing
features
genre
common genres of multimodal compositions
meaning
projects, planning
purpose
reading
types of
texts, written
active reading
analyzing
outlining
summarizing
than
case of pronoun after
in comparisons
no comma before
parallelism
than, then
that
agreement of verb
broad reference
not omitting
vs. which
restrictive (essential) vs. nonrestrictive (nonessential)
usage note
who, which, that
the. See also articles (a, an, the)
quick help: articles
choosing articles for common nouns
using the with geographical nouns
with common nouns
defined
omission of
with proper nouns
their
with singular antecedent, misuse
vs. there, they’re
vs. they
theirselves (nonstandard)
them, nonstandard for those
theme
questions to ask about literature
them vs. they
pronoun case
subjective vs. objective case
then, than
the number, a number
theoretical paper, in psychology
there, as expletive (placeholder)
not used as subject
as placeholder before verb
sentence order (verb before subject)
subject-verb agreement
wordy sentences
therefore
comma with
semicolon with
there, their, they’re
thesaurus
for finding words
for multilingual writers
thesis
characteristics of an effective thesis
effective thesis statements
breaking a thesis into main claim and subclaims (argument)
breaking a thesis into main claim and subclaims (analysis)
academic English: writing a thesis using a direct approach
analysis papers
APA papers
argument papers
audience and
Chicago papers
developing
drafting
effective
evaluating
implicit
in introduction
in literature paper
MLA papers
for multimodal project
of paragraph
placement of
research topic
research process
revising
supporting
working
testing a working thesis
too broad
too factual
too vague
too narrow
unclear (comment on draft)
they
indefinite reference
vs. I or you
with singular antecedent, misuse
nonstandard for their
vs. them
pronoun case
subjective vs. objective case
they’re, there, their
third-person point of view
checklist for global revision: point of view
shifts in
this, broad reference
this kind
threaded discussion. See Discussion forums
time
abbreviations
colon
managing
numbers for
time management, for online course
assignment calendar with due dates
personal planner
qualities, skills, and tools of successful online learners
time spent in online course
assumptions vs. realities of online learning
title page
APA style
formatting guidelines
sample title page (Mirano; APA)
Chicago style
formatting guidelines
sample title page (Bishop; Chicago)
CSE style, formatting guidelines
MLA style
formatting guidelines
sample title page (Harba; MLA)
titles of persons
abbreviations
capitalizing
comma with
titles of works
capitalizing
general guidelines
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
MLA style
italics
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
general guidelines
MLA style
in literature papers
quotation marks
APA style
Chicago style
CSE style
general guidelines
MLA style
singular
to
needed word
preposition vs. infinitive marker
vs. too, two
tone (voice). See language
topic
checklist for assessing the writing situation
exploring
global revision
narrowing
in research papers
working thesis
writing situation
tools, for online platform
topic sentence
in literature paper
main point
outline
paragraphs without
placement
to, too, two
toward, towards
traditional vs. online courses
assumptions vs. realities of online learning
typical activities in traditional and online courses
trailers, movie
analyzing sound in multimodal texts
italics for train names
transfer (logical fallacy)
transitional expressions
common transitions
transitional phrases
commas with
semicolon with
transitions
common transitions
paragraph-level transitions
transitional phrases
academic English: using transitions
between paragraphs
between sentences
transitive verbs
direct objects and
passive voice
trite expressions. See Clichés
troop (collective noun)
pronoun agreement
subject-verb agreement
try and (nonstandard)
tutorials, in online course platform
tutors. Seerevising with comments; reviewers
two, to, too
typeface (font)
type of (not of a)
types of writing. See forms of writing