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| PREFACE |
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4 | (7) |
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The Writer's Audience as a Collaborator |
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The Functions of Critical Writing |
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14 | (2) |
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Douglas Lee, 'Whistler's Japanese Mother" |
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The Thesis and the Organization |
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What Is an Interpretation-and Are All Interpretations Equally Valid? |
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Interpretation and Interpretations |
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Who Creates "Meaning"-Artist or Viewer? |
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When We Look, Do We See a Masterpiece-or Ourselves? |
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The Relevance of Context: The Effect of the Museum and the Picture Book |
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29 | (3) |
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Arguing an Interpretation (Supporting a Thesis) |
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32 | (1) |
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Expressing Opinions: The Writer's "I" |
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33 | (8) |
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What Writing about Art Is: A Very Short View |
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36 | (4) |
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Checklist of Basic Matters |
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40 | (1) |
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41 | (79) |
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Analytic Thinking: Seeing and Saying |
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41 | (3) |
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Subject Matter and Content |
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44 | (2) |
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46 | (1) |
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Getting Ideas: Asking Questions to Get Answers |
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47 | (52) |
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48 | (2) |
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50 | (16) |
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66 | (9) |
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75 | (10) |
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Cautionary Words about Slides and Reproductions in Books and on the World Wide Web |
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85 | (1) |
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86 | (10) |
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96 | (2) |
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Another Look at the Questions |
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98 | (1) |
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99 | (5) |
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99 | (1) |
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Formal Analysis Versus Description |
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100 | (2) |
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Opposition to Formal Analysis |
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102 | (2) |
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Style as the Shaper of Form |
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104 | (1) |
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Sample Essay: A Formal Analysis |
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105 | (7) |
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Stephen Beer, "Formal Analysis: Prince Khunera as a Scribe" |
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107 | (2) |
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Behind the Scene: Beers Essay, from Early Responses to Final Version |
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109 | (3) |
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Postscript: Thoughts about the Words "Realistic" and "Idealized" |
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112 | (8) |
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120 | (15) |
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Comparing as a Way of Discovering |
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120 | (2) |
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Two Ways of Organizing a Comparison |
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122 | (4) |
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Sample Essay: A Student's Comparison |
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126 | (9) |
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Rebecca Bedell: "John Singleton Copley's Early Development: From Mrs. Joseph Mann to Mrs. Ezekial Goldthwait" |
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127 | (7) |
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Checklist for Writing a Comparison |
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134 | (1) |
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4 WRITING AN ENTRY IN AN EXHIBITION CATALOG |
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135 | (8) |
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Keeping the Audience in Mind |
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135 | (5) |
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140 | (3) |
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Checklist for Writing a Catalog Entry |
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142 | (1) |
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5 WRITING A REVIEW OF AN EXHIBITION |
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143 | (13) |
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143 | (6) |
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146 | (3) |
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Checklist for Revising a Review |
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149 | (1) |
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149 | (7) |
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Phyllis Tuchman, "Mark Rothko" |
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150 | (4) |
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Ken Johnson, "Mark Rothko" |
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154 | (1) |
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155 | (1) |
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6 HOW TO WRITE AN EFFECTIVE ESSAY |
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156 | (11) |
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Looking Closely: Approaching a First Draft |
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157 | (3) |
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Revising: Achieving a Readable Draft |
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160 | (4) |
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Checklist for Revising a Draft |
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163 | (1) |
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164 | (1) |
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Checklist for Peer Review |
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164 | (1) |
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Preparing the Final Version |
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165 | (2) |
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167 | (31) |
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167 | (1) |
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168 | (9) |
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168 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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169 | (1) |
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A Note on the Use of "This" Without a Concrete Reference |
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170 | (1) |
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A Note on Technical Language |
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171 | (3) |
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174 | (1) |
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175 | (1) |
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The Sound of Sense, the Sense of Sound |
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176 | (1) |
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Write Effective Sentences |
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177 | (7) |
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177 | (2) |
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179 | (1) |
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179 | (1) |
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180 | (1) |
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181 | (1) |
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182 | (2) |
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Write Unified and Coherent Paragraphs |
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184 | (12) |
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185 | (4) |
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189 | (2) |
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191 | (3) |
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194 | (2) |
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Checklist for Revising Paragraphs |
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196 | (1) |
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196 | (2) |
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8 SOME CRITICAL APPROACHES |
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198 | (23) |
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Social History: The New Art History and Marxism |
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199 | (6) |
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Gender Studies: Feminist Criticism and Gay and Lesbian Studies |
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205 | (8) |
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213 | (1) |
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214 | (2) |
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Iconography and Iconology |
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216 | (5) |
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9 ART-HISTORICAL RESEARCH |
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221 | (17) |
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221 | (2) |
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223 | (1) |
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224 | (11) |
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234 | (1) |
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Historical Scholarship and Values |
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235 | (3) |
| 10 WRITING A RESEARCH PAPER |
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238 | (38) |
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239 | (1) |
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Primary and Secondary Materials |
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240 | (1) |
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241 | (1) |
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242 | (11) |
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243 | (1) |
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Browsing in Encyclopedias, Books, and Book Reviews |
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244 | (2) |
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Indexes and Subscription Databases to Published Material |
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246 | (5) |
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251 | (2) |
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Art Research and the World Wide Web |
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253 | (10) |
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253 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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254 | (1) |
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255 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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256 | (1) |
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Finding, Viewing, and Downloading Images |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (1) |
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Checklist for Evaluating Web Sites |
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259 | (1) |
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259 | (1) |
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Checklist for Electronic Documentation |
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260 | (1) |
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Citations for Electronic Materials |
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261 | (2) |
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263 | (1) |
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Embedding URLs in Your Paper |
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263 | (1) |
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Keeping a Sense of Proportion |
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263 | (2) |
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265 | (4) |
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Drafting and Revising the Paper |
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269 | (7) |
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Checklist for Reviewing a Revised Draft of a Research Paper |
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274 | (2) |
| 11 MANUSCRIPT FORM |
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276 | (49) |
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276 | (3) |
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Some Conventions of Language Usage |
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279 | (12) |
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279 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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280 | (1) |
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281 | (1) |
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Foreign Words and Quotations in Foreign Languages |
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281 | (1) |
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282 | (1) |
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282 | (2) |
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284 | (1) |
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Avoiding Eurocentric Language |
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285 | (4) |
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289 | (1) |
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290 | (1) |
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291 | (1) |
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Quotations and Quotation Marks |
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291 | (4) |
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295 | (6) |
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Borrowing Without Plagiarizing |
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295 | (3) |
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Fair Use of Common Knowledge |
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298 | (1) |
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"But How Else Can I Put It?" |
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299 | (2) |
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Checklist for Avoiding Plagiarism |
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301 | (1) |
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301 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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302 | (1) |
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Footnote Numbers and Positions |
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302 | (1) |
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303 | (1) |
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303 | (9) |
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304 | (2) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (1) |
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308 | (1) |
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Interviews, Lectures, and Letters |
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308 | (1) |
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309 | (1) |
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Bibliography (List of Works Cited) |
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309 | (1) |
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309 | (3) |
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312 | (11) |
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312 | (1) |
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Text (Including Text of Footnotes) |
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313 | (5) |
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Text References, Footnotes, and Frequently Cited Sources |
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318 | (4) |
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322 | (1) |
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Corrections in the Final Copy |
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323 | (2) |
| 12 ESSAY EXAMINATIONS |
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325 | (6) |
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325 | (1) |
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326 | (4) |
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330 | (1) |
| CREDITS |
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331 | (2) |
| INDEX |
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS |
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