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Writers' Handbook

v. 1.0

Table of Contents
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Acknowledgments

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Dedication

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Preface to Teachers

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Preface to Students

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Chapter 1: Writing to Think and Writing to Learn
◦Examining the Status Quo
◦Posing Productive Questions
◦Slowing Down Your Thinking
◦Withholding Judgment

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Chapter 2: Becoming a Critical Reader
◦Browsing the Gallery of Web-Based Texts
◦Understanding How Critical Thinking Works
◦Reading a Text Carefully and Closely

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Chapter 3: Thinking through the Disciplines
◦Exploring Academic Disciplines
◦Seeing and Making Connections across Disciplines
◦Articulating Multiple Sides of an Issue

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Chapter 4: Joining the Conversation
◦Raising the Stakes by Going Public
◦Recognizing the Rhetorical Situation
◦Rhetoric and Argumentation
◦Developing a Rhetorical Habit of Mind

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Chapter 5: Planning
◦Choosing a Topic
◦Freewriting and Mapping
◦Developing Your Purposes for Writing
◦Outlining

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Chapter 6: Drafting
◦Forming a Thesis
◦Testing a Thesis
◦Supporting a Thesis
◦Learning from Your Writing
◦Learning from Your Reading
◦Generating Further Questions
◦Using a Variety of Sentence Formats
◦Creating Paragraphs

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Chapter 7: Researching
◦Organizing Research Plans
◦Finding Print, Online, and Field Sources
◦Choosing Search Terms
◦Conducting Research
◦Evaluating Sources
◦Taking Notes
◦Making Ethical and Effective Choices
◦Creating an Annotated Bibliography
◦Managing Information

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Chapter 8: Revising
◦Reviewing for Purpose
◦Editing and Proofreading
◦Making a Final Overview

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Chapter 9: Designing
◦General Text Formatting Considerations
◦Creating and Finding Visuals
◦Incorporating Images, Charts, and Graphs

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Chapter 10: Publishing
◦Choosing a Document Design
◦Developing Digital Presentations
◦Presenting Orally

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Chapter 11: Academic Writing
◦Meeting College Writing Expectations
◦Using Strategies for Writing College Essays
◦Collaborating on Academic Writing Projects

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Chapter 12: Professional Writing
◦Writing Business Letters
◦Writing to Apply for Jobs
◦Composing Memos
◦E-mail and Online Networking

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Chapter 13: Writing on and for the Web
◦Composing in Web-Based Environments
◦Creating Websites
◦Collaborating Online
◦Creating an E-portfolio
◦Using Web Links Effectively

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Chapter 14: Public and Personal Writing
◦Writing Newsletters
◦Creating Flyers and Brochures
◦Developing Ads
◦Writing Personal Letters

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Chapter 15: Sentence Building
◦Incorporating Core Sentence Components (Avoiding Fragments)
◦Choosing Appropriate Verb Tenses
◦Making Sure Subjects and Verbs Agree
◦Avoiding Misplaced Modifiers, Dangling Modifiers, and Split Infinitives
◦Preventing Mixed Constructions
◦Connecting Pronouns and Antecedents Clearly

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Chapter 16: Sentence Style
◦Using Varied Sentence Lengths and Styles
◦Writing in Active Voice and Uses of Passive Voice
◦Using Subordination and Coordination
◦Using Parallelism
◦Avoiding Sexist and Offensive Language
◦Managing Mood

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Chapter 17: Word Choice
◦Controlling Wordiness and Writing Concisely
◦Using Appropriate Language
◦Choosing Precise Wording
◦Using the Dictionary and Thesaurus Effectively

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Chapter 18: Punctuation
◦Using Commas Properly
◦Avoiding Unnecessary Commas
◦Eliminating Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
◦Writing with Semicolons and Colons
◦Using Apostrophes
◦Using Quotation Marks
◦Incorporating Dashes and Parentheses
◦Choosing Correct End Punctuation
◦Knowing When to Use Hyphens

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Chapter 19: Mechanics
◦Mastering Commonly Misspelled Words
◦Using Capital Letters
◦Abbreviating Words and Using Acronyms
◦Inserting Numbers into Text
◦Marking Words with Italics

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Chapter 20: Grammar
◦Making Sure Subject and Verbs Agree
◦Avoiding General Verb Problems
◦Choosing the Correct Pronoun and Noun Cases
◦Making Pronouns and Antecedents Agree
◦Using Relative Pronouns and Clauses
◦Using Adverbs and Adjectives

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Appendix A: Writing for Nonnative English Speakers
◦Appendix Introduction
◦Parts of Speech
◦English Word Order
◦Count and Noncount Nouns
◦Articles
◦Singulars and Plurals
◦Verb Tenses
◦Correct Verbs
◦Modal Auxiliary Verbs
◦Gerunds and Infinitives
◦Forming Participles
◦Adverbs and Adjectives
◦Irregular Adjectives
◦Indefinite Adjectives
◦Predicate Adjectives
◦Clauses and Phrases
◦Relative Pronouns and Clauses
◦Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
◦Omitted Words
◦Not and Other Negative Words
◦Idioms
◦Spelling Tips
◦American Writing Styles, Argument, and Structure

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Appendix B: A Guide to Research and Documentation
◦Appendix Introduction
◦Choosing a Documentation Format
◦Integrating Sources
◦Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
◦Formatting In-Text References
◦Developing a List of Sources
◦Using Other Formats