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Introduction
Publisher Information
About the Editor
About the Original Author
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College Writing Basics
College Success Strategies
Active Reading Strategies
Study Skills and Note-taking
Introduction to Sentence Grammar
Prepositional Phrases
Subjects and Verbs
Clauses and Combining Clauses (Coordination and Subordination)
Common Sentence Errors (Fragment, Run-on, Comma Splice)
Verb Tense
Subject-Verb Agreement
Person or Point-of-View
Capitalization
Commas
Semicolons
Colons
Quotation Marks
Apostrophes
Parentheses
Hyphens and Dashes
Word Choice
Commonly Confused Words
Specificity
Pronouns
Adjectives and Adverbs
Synonyms and Antonyms
To Be (Copula)
Spelling
Sex and Gender Word Choices
Vocabulary Strategies
Sentence Types
Sentence Slots
Active Voice vs. Passive Voice
Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Parallelism
Sentence Variety
Rhythms of Three
Steps of the Writing Process
Prewriting
Outlining
Drafting
Revising and Editing
Paragraph Basics
Topic Sentences
Supporting Sentences
Paragraph Structure for Argumentation
Transitions
Essay Basics
Thesis
Titles, Introductions, and Conclusions
Body Paragraphs
Organizing Body Paragraphs
Rhetoric
Argumentation
Analysis
Narrative
Illustration
Comparison and Contrast
Summary, Paraphrasis, and Quotation
Research Basics
Plagiarism
Types of Sources
Conducting Research
Legitimate and Reliable Sources
Note-taking for Research
Research Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
Using Research
MLA Format Basics
MLA Citation
MLA Citation for Specific Circumstances
Quotation Format Techniques
"The Devil Baby at Hull-House" by Jane Addams
Chapters VI and VII of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass (autobiography)
"Tradition and the Individual Talent" by T.S. Eliot
"The Moral Equivalent of War" by William James
The First Inaugural Address of Abraham Lincoln
"The Federalist No. 10" by James Madison
"An Animal's Place" by Michael Pollan
"The Perfect Picture" by James Alexander Thom
"Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
"Corn-Pone Opinions" by Mark Twain
I. Introductory
II. Elementary Rules of Usage
III. Elementary Principles of Composition
IV. A Few Matters of Form
V. Words and Expressions Commonly Misused
VI. Spelling
VII. Exercises on Chapters II and III
Word Order for Speakers of Other Languages
Negative Statements for Speakers of Other Languages
Count and Non-count Nouns and Articles for Speakers of Other Languages
Pronouns for Speakers of Other Languages
Prepositions for Speakers of Other Languages
Verb Tenses for Speakers of Other Languages
Modal Auxiliaries for Speakers of Other Languages
Slang and Idioms for Speakers of Other Languages
This chapter is about correctness and clarity at the level of punctuation and typographical format.
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