Composing In The Digital Era | |
Inroduction: Writing for Different Purposes in Different Media | |
The Rhetorical Situation | |
The Rhetorical Triangle | |
A Writer's Audience | |
A Writer's Ethos | |
A Writer's Purpose | |
Words and Images | |
Verbal vs. Visual Media | |
Where Visuals Work Best | |
Where Words Work Best | |
Planning and Drafting | |
Establish Your Goals | |
Explore Your Topic | |
Write a Working Thesis | |
Plan a Strategy | |
Compose a Draft | |
Write as a Member of a Team | |
Stay Organized | |
Composing Paragraphs | |
Focus Your Paragraphs | |
Organize Your Paragraphs | |
Make Your Paragraphs Coherent | |
Consider Paragraph Length | |
Link Across Paragraphs | |
Write Effective Beginning and Ending Paragraphs | |
Rewriting, Editing, and Proofreading | |
Switch from Writer to Reader | |
Learn Strategies for Rewriting | |
Respond to Other Writers' Drafts | |
Edit for Particular Goals | |
Proofread Carefully | |
Learn to Edit the Writing of Others | |
Writing In College And Beyond | |
Critical Reading and Viewing | |
Two Kinds of Reading and Viewing | |
Critical Reading | |
Verbal Fallacies | |
Critical Viewing | |
Visual Fallacies | |
Writing to Reflect | |
Find An Reflective Topic | |
Identify a Focus | |
Develop Your Response | |
Sample Reflective Essay | |
A Reflective Magazine Article | |
A Reflective Web Site | |
Writing to Inform | |
Find an Informative Topic | |
Narrow Your Topic and Write a Thesis | |
Develop and Organize Your Ideas | |
An Informative Brochure | |
Business Letters, Emails, and Memos | |
Reports | |
Writing to Persuade | |
Find an Arguable Topic | |
Make an Arguable Claim | |
Developand Organize Good Reasons | |
Sample Proposal Argument | |
A Persuasive Letter of Application and Résumé | |
Visual Rhetoric | |
Design Basics | |
Create a Visual Relationship | |
Make Similar Elements Look Similar | |
Make Different Elements Look Different | |
Understanding the Rhetoric of Type | |
Creating Graphics, Tables, and Charts | |
Types of Illustrations | |
Illustrations | |
Imaging Editors | |
Formats and Printers | |
Tables | |
Charts and Graphs | |
Verbal and Visual Presentations | |
Planning a Presentation | |
Delivering a Presentation | |
Design Effective Visuals | |
Writing For The Web | |
Web Basics | |
The Architecture of a Web Site | |
Visual Design on the Web | |
Establish Goals for a Web Site | |
Steps in Creating a Web Site | |
Get Started | |
How HTML Tags Work | |
Adding Links and Images | |
Organize Your Web Site | |
Building a Multi-Page Site | |
Principles of Navigational Design | |
Tools for Navigation | |
Navigation on Complex Sites | |
Make Your Site Accessible | |
Test and Improve Your Site | |
Researching | |
Planning Your Research | |
Analyze the Research Task | |
Set a Schedule | |
Find a Topic That Interests You | |
Ask a Question and Draft a Working Thesis | |
Decide What Kind of Research You Need to Do | |
Plan Field Research | |
Finding Sources | |
Research in Libraries and on the Web | |
Find Books | |
Find Articles in Journals | |
Find Newspaper Articles | |
Find Information on the Web | |
Start a Working Bibliography | |
Evaluating Sources | |
Determine the Relevance of Sources | |
Determine the Reliability of Print Sources | |
Determine the Reliability of Internet Sources | |
Avoiding Plagiarism When Using Sources | |
The Purpose of Documenting Sources | |
Intellectual Property and Scholastic Honesty | |
Avoid Plagiarism | |
Quote Sources without Plagiarizing | |
Summarize and Paraphrase Sources Without Plagiarizing | |
Writing the Research Project | |
Review Your Goals and Thesis | |
Plan Your Organization | |
Incorporate Quotations, Summaries, and Paraphrases Effectively | |
Write Your Draft | |
Review Your Draft | |
Edit and Check Formatting | |
Documenting | |
MLA Documentation | |
In-Text Citations | |
Books In Works Cited | |
Other Book and Nonperiodical Sources | |
Periodicals In Works Cited | |
Online Publications in Works Cited | |
CD-ROM, Software, and Unedited Online Sources | |
Visual Sources in Works Cited | |
Multimedia Sources in Works Cited | |
Sample Research Paper with MLA Documentation | |
Writing About Literature | |
Become a Critical Reader of Literature | |
Develop an Original Argument | |
Support Your Argument | |
Sample Literary Analysis | |
APA Documentation | |
In-Text Citations | |
Books in the References List | |
Other Book and Nonperiodical Sources | |
Periodicals in the References List | |
Online Sources in the References List | |
Other Visual, Computer and Multimedia Sources | |
Sample Paper with APA Documentation | |
CMS Documentation | |
CMS Notes and Bibliography | |
Books | |
Other Book and Nonperiodical Sources | |
Periodicals | |
Online and Computer Sources | |
Multimedia Sources | |
Sample Pages with CMS Documentation | |
CSE Documentation | |
Name-Year and Citation-Sequence Systems | |
In-Text Citations | |
Books | |
Periodicals | |
Online Sources | |
Multimedia Sources | |
Sample Pages with CSE Documentation | |
Effective Style And Language | |
Write with Power | |
Recognize Active and Passive Voice | |
Use Action Verbs | |
Name Your Agents | |
Vary Your Sentences | |
Project Personality | |
Write Concisely | |
Eliminate Unnecessary Words | |
Reduce Wordy Phrases | |
Simplify Tangled Sentences | |
Write with Emphasis | |
Manage Emphasis Within Sentences | |
Forge Links Across Sentences | |
Use Parallel Structure with Parallel Ideas | |
Use Parallel Structure with Lists | |
Use Parallel Structure in Paragraphs | |
Find the Right Words | |
Recognize Varieties of English | |
Be Aware of Levels of Formality | |
Be Aware of Denotation and Connotation | |
Use Specific Language | |
Use Effective Figurative Language | |
Write to Be Inclusive | |
Be Aware of Stereotypes | |
Be Inclusive About Gender | |
Be Inclusive About Race and Ethnicity | |
Be Inclusive About Other Differences | |
Write with Accurate Spelling | |
Know the Limitations of Spelling Checkers | |
Distinguish Homonyms | |
Learn Spelling Rules | |
Understanding Grammar | |
Grammar Basics | |
Sentence Basics | |
Word Classes | |
Clauses | |
Phrases | |
Sentence Types | |
Fragments, Run-On Sentences, and Comma Splices | |
Fragments | |
Run-On Sentences | |
Comma Splices | |
Subject-Verb Agreement | |
Agreement in the Present Tense | |
Problems with Subject-Verb Agreement | |
Singular and Plural Subjects | |
Indefinite Pronouns as Subjects | |
Collective Nouns as Subjects | |
Inverted Word Order | |
Amounts, Numbers, and Pairs | |
Verbs | |
Basic Verb Forms | |
Irregular Verbs | |
Transitive and Intransitive Verbs | |
Shifts in Tense | |
Shifts in Mood | |
Pronouns | |
Pronoun Case | |
Pronoun Agreement | |
Problems with Pronouns and Gender | |
Vague Reference | |
Modifiers | |
Choose the correct Modifiers | |
Place Adjectives Carefully | |
Place Adverbs Carefully | |
Revise Disruptive Modifers | |
Revise Dangling Modifers | |
Understanding Punctuation And Mechanics | |
Commas | |
Commas with Conjunctive Adverbs and Introductory Phrases | |
Commas with Compound Clauses | |
Commas with Nonrestrictive Modifiers | |
Commas with Items in a Series | |
Commas with Coordinate Adjectives | |
Commas with Quotations | |
Commas with Dates, Numbers, Titles, and Addresses | |
Commas to Avoid Confusion | |
Unnecessary Commas | |
Semicolons and Colons | |
Semicolons with Closely Related Independent Clauses | |
Semicolons Together with Commas | |
Colons in Sentences | |
Colons with Lists | |
Hyphens | |
Hyphens with Compound Modifiers | |
Hyphens with Compound Nouns | |
Hyphens That Divide Words at the End of Lines | |
Hyphens and Ambiguity | |
Hyphens for Clarity | |
Dashes and Parentheses | |
Dashes and Parentheses vs. Commas | |
Dashes and Parentheses to Set Off Information | |
Other Punctuation with Parentheses | |
Other Punctuation with Dashes | |
Apostrophes | |
Possessives | |
Contractions and Omitted Letters | |
Plurals of Letters, Symbols, and Words Referred to as Words | |
Quotation Marks | |
Direct Quotations | |
Titles of Short Works | |
Other Uses of Quotations | |
Misuses of Quotations | |
Other Punctuation with Quotation Marks | |
Other Punctuation Marks | |
Periods | |
Question Marks | |
Exclamation Points | |
Brackets | |
Ellipses | |
Slashes | |
Capitalization, and Italics | |
Capital Letters | |
Italics | |
Abbreviations, Acronyms, and Numbers | |
Abbreviations | |
Acronyms | |
Numbers | |
If English Is Not Your First Language | |
Nouns and Articles | |
Kinds of Nouns | |
Count and Noncount Nouns | |
Singular and Plural Forms | |
Articles | |
Verbs | |
Be Verbs | |
Modal Auxiliary Verbs | |
Verbs and Infinitives | |
Verbs and -Ing Verbals | |
Phrasal Verbs | |
Conditional Sentences | |
Participial Adjectives | |
English Sentence Structure | |
Subjects | |
English Word Order | |
Placement of Modifiers | |
Direct and Indirect Questions | |
Idiomatic Structures | |
Prepositions | |
Adjectives with Prepositions | |
Phrasal Verbs | |
Writing Essay Examinations | |
Glossary of Usage | |
Glossary of Web Terms | |
HTML Tags | |
Index | |
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