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Acknowledgements
Preface
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Part I The Composition Process
Chapter 1: The Composing Process
1.1 Writing for College
1.2 What is Academic Writing
1.3 Your Role as a Learner
Chapter 2: Critical Concepts
2.1 Rhetoric / Rhetorical
Chapter 3: Defining the Composing Process
3.1 Invention As Process
3.2 Brainstorming Techniques
Chapter 4: Rhetorical Invention & Planning
4.1 Reading To Write: What Models and Reading Strategies Can Offer
4.2 The Rhetorical Situation: Analyzing & Composing
Chapter 5: Composing Strategies
5.1 Assessing Your Rhetorical Situation
5.2 Thesis / Purpose Statements
5.3 Organizing an Essay
5.4 MLA Formatting Conventions
5.5 Introductions & Conclusions
Chapter 6: Revising & Recomposing
6.1 Revising vs. Proofreading
6.2 Matters of Grammar, Mechanics, and Style
6.3 The Reader’s Role
Chapter 7: Publishing / Circulation: Media Matters
7.1 Composing in Digital Spaces: Things To Consider
Chapter 8 ePortfolio
8.1 ePortfolio
Chapter 9: Narrative
9.1 The Literacy Narrative Assignment
Chapter 10: Analysis and Evaluation
10.1 The Analysis and Evaluation Assignment
Chapter 11: Argument
11.1 The Argument Assignment
Chapter 8: Studying & Test-Taking
Chapter 10: Information Literacy
Chapter 9: College Thinking
Chapter 11: College Writing Skills
Part II Research Writing
Chapter 12: Research Proposal
12. 1 The Topic Proposal Assignment
Chapter 13: Annotated Bibliography
13.1 The Annotated Bibliography Assignment
Chapter 14: Research Paper and Presentation
14.1 The Research Paper & Presentation Assignment
14.2 Alternate Ways to Present Research
Chapter 15: Entering the Discourse Community
15.1 Identifying a Conversation
15.2 What is a Research Paper
15.3 Identifying and Understanding Your Audience and Purpose
15.4 Research Writing in the Academic Disciplines
15.5 Develop a Research Proposal
15.6 Topic, Thesis, and Research Proposal
15.7 Mapping Your Topic
Chapter 16: Researching: How, What, When, Where, and Why
16.1 What are Sources?
16.2 Finding Your Sources
16.3 Recording and Organizing Your Research
Chapter 17: Reviewing and Analyzing Your Sources
17.1 Critical Reading
17.2 Evaluating Your Sources
17.3 Developing an Annotated Bibliography
Chapter 18: Writing the Research Paper
18.1 Creating Your Argument
18.2 Synthesis
18.3 Drafting
18.4 Using Sources Creatively
Chapter 19: Citing Your Sources
19.1 In-text Citation
19.2 Works Cited Entries
19.3 Standard Style and Documentation Systems
Chapter 20: Revising Your Research Project
20.1 Revising Your Research Paper
Chapter 21: Planning Your Presentation
21.1 Turning Your Paper into an Oral Presentation
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