Composition | |
The Writing Process | |
Writing Throughout the Process | |
Collaborating Throughout the Process | |
Gathering Ideas | |
Planning | |
Writing and Rewriting | |
Preparing the Final Copy | |
The Paragraph | |
Writing the Topic Sentence | |
Adding Supporting Details | |
Arranging the Supporting Details | |
Other Paragraph Patterns | |
Writing Transitions | |
Ending the Paragraph | |
The Essay | |
Details and Their Arrangement | |
The Thesis Statement | |
The Outline | |
The Opening Paragraph | |
The Middle Paragraph | |
Transitions | |
The Conclusion | |
A Sample Essay | |
Writing from Sources | |
Summary Writing | |
The Response Essay | |
The Synthesis Essay | |
The Original Argument Using Sources | |
Evaluating Your Sources | |
Plagiarism | |
Documenting Sources | |
Works Cited List | |
Logic | |
The Sentence | |
Sentence Form | |
The Basic Sentence | |
Sentence Fragments | |
Combined Sentences | |
Run-on Sentences | |
Tangled Sentences | |
Misplaced and Dangling Descriptive Words | |
Some Pointers on Sentence Form | |
Verbs | |
What Is a Verb? | |
Agreement of Subject and Verb | |
Verb Tenses | |
Active and Passive Verbs | |
Needless Shifts in Tense | |
Pronouns | |
Pronoun References | |
Pronouns and Gender | |
Pronouns as Subjects and Objects | |
Pronouns That Show Ownership | |
Pronouns That Relate | |
Adjectives and Adverbs | |
Singular and Plural Adjectives | |
Adjectives Made from Verbs | |
Comparisons Using Adjectives and Adverbs | |
Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases | |
Style and Usage | |
Specific and General Words | |
Repetition | |
Wordiness | |
Clich?s and Slogans | |
Shades of Meaning | |
Inclusive Language | |
Words Commonly Confused | |
Mechanics | |
Punctuation | |
Stops at the End of the Sentence | |
Breaks in the Middle of the Sentence | |
Other Punctuation | |
Quotation Marks | |
Direct Quotations | |
Long Direct Quotations | |
Quotations Within Quotations | |
Titles of Short Works | |
Quotation Marks with Other Marks of Punctuation | |
Capitals | |
Sentences and Quotations | |
Letters | |
Proper Names | |
Numbers | |
Figures | |
Addresses | |
Times | |
Percentages | |
Dates | |
Figures That Show Order | |
Parts of a Book | |
Abbreviations | |
Titles | |
Parts of Company Names | |
People's Names | |
Companies and Government Agencies | |
School Subjects | |
Latin Words | |
Symbols Used with Words | |
Abbreviations or Symbols Used with Numbers | |
Months and Days | |
Italics | |
Titles of Major Works | |
Foreign Words | |
Words, Letters, and Numbers Used as Such | |
Words That Need Emphasis | |
Spelling | |
Spelling Correctly | |
Words Often Misspelled | |
Homonyms and Near Homonyms | |
The ie Rule | |
Finale | |
Doubled Letters | |
Finaly | |
Plurals | |
Using a Dictionary for Spelling and Meaning | |
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