Preface for Students |
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Preface for Instructors |
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2 | (8) |
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10 | (6) |
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3 Thesis and Organization |
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16 | (10) |
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24 | (2) |
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26 | (3) |
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29 | (7) |
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a Reading your work critically |
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6 Editing, Formatting, and Proofreading |
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36 | (6) |
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b Formatting; proofreading |
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c Sample Final Draft (Response Essay) |
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40 | (2) |
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42 | (19) |
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a Relating paragraphs in an essay |
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b Unity around a central idea |
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e Introductions; conclusions |
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61 | (11) |
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Sample Paper In Mla Format |
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62 | (7) |
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b Visuals and other media |
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69 | (3) |
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2 Writing In And Out of College |
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72 | (11) |
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f Communication in an academic setting |
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10 Critical Reading and Writing |
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a Critical reading techniques |
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d Viewing visuals critically |
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f Sample Critical Analysis |
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100 | (2) |
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102 | (19) |
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f Organization and revision |
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117 | (4) |
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12 Reading and Writing about Literature |
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121 | (6) |
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c Sample Literary Analysis |
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125 | (2) |
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127 | (4) |
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Sample Presentation Slides |
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130 | (1) |
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131 | (11) |
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134 | (3) |
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137 | (1) |
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138 | (2) |
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Sample Social-Media Post, Newsletter |
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140 | (2) |
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142 | (9) |
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b Sentence beginnings and endings |
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151 | (3) |
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a With and, but, or, nor, yet |
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b With both ... and, etc. |
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d In lists, headings, outlines |
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154 | (4) |
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18 Appropriate and Exact Words |
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158 | (17) |
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175 | (2) |
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177 | (7) |
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a Focusing on subject and verb |
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e Revising there is or it is |
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4 Sentence Parts and Patterns |
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184 | (7) |
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191 | (6) |
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23 Phrases and Subordinate Clauses |
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197 | (7) |
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204 | (2) |
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206 | (15) |
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b Sit/set; lie/lay; rise/raise |
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e Verb + gerund or infinitive |
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221 | (7) |
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b Perfect tenses: have/had/will have sung |
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c Progressive tenses: is/was/will be singing |
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228 | (2) |
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a Subjunctive: I wish I were |
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230 | (3) |
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29 Subject-Verb Agreement |
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233 | (7) |
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d Subjects with or or nor |
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e Everyone and other indefinite pronouns |
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f Team and other collective nouns |
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h News and other singular nouns ending in -s |
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j Is, are, and other linking verbs |
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k Titles; words being defined |
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240 | (6) |
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a She and I vs. her and me |
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31 Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement |
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246 | (4) |
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b Antecedents with or or nor |
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c Everyone, person, and other indefinite words |
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d Team and other collective nouns |
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250 | (4) |
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33 Adjectives and Adverbs |
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254 | (11) |
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b Adjective with linking verb: felt bad |
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e Participles: boring vs. bored |
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f A, an, the; other determiners |
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34 Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers |
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265 | (6) |
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271 | (5) |
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36 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences |
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276 | (6) |
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a Main clauses without and, but, etc. |
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b Main clauses with however, for example, etc. |
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282 | (6) |
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c Repeated subjects and other parts |
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288 | (2) |
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290 | (15) |
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a Main clauses with and, but, etc. |
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305 | (3) |
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a Main clauses without and, but, etc. |
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b Main clauses with however, for example, etc. |
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c Main clauses or series items with commas |
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308 | (3) |
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a Concluding explanation, series, etc. |
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b Salutation; title and subtitle; time |
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311 | (5) |
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d Plural abbreviations, etc. |
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316 | (4) |
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d Words used in a special sense |
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320 | (8) |
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328 | (5) |
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333 | (2) |
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335 | (4) |
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48 Italics or Underlining |
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339 | (3) |
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342 | (3) |
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345 | (5) |
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7 Research and Documentation |
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350 | (8) |
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e Working, annotated bibliography |
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Sample Entry For An Annotated Bibliography |
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358 | (1) |
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358 | (19) |
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a Your library's Web site |
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h Government publications |
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i Visuals, audio, and video |
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377 | (28) |
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d Using summary, paraphrase, quotation |
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54 Avoiding Plagiarism and Documenting Sources |
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a Deliberate vs. careless plagiarism |
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b What not to acknowledge |
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c What must be acknowledged |
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415 | (4) |
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a Focusing and organizing |
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b Drafting; revising; editing; formatting |
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56 MLA Documentation and Format |
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419 | (58) |
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467 | (10) |
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57 APA Documentation and Format |
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477 | (28) |
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500 | (5) |
Commonly Misused Words |
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505 | (16) |
Index |
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