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About Writing: A Guide
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About Writing: A Guide
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This writer’s reference condenses and covers everything a beginning writing student needs to successfully compose college-level work, including the basics of composition, grammar, and research. It is broken down into easy-to-tackle sections, while not overloading students with more information than they need. Great for any beginning writing students or as reference for advanced students! Buy a print copy: https://www.createspace.com/6573201

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Table Of Contents
Composing
Types of Writing Styles
Understanding the Assignment
Assessing the Writing Situation
Test Your Thesis
Constructing an Outline
Checklist: Planning a Document
Transitions
Visuals Help You Communicate
Academic writing
Active Reading
Analyzing a Text
Rhetorical Concepts
Academic Writing: Point of View
Academic Writing: Verb Tense
How to: Write a Summary
Countering Opposing Arguments
Putting Inductive Reasoning to the Test
Most Common Evidence Used by Authors
Researching
Keyword Searching: Do it Better!
Is this source scholarly?
Evaluating Sources
Evaluating Web Sources
What Do You Need for a Citation?
Avoiding Plagiarism
MLA/APA/CMS
What is MLA, APA, and CMS?
MLA Signal Phrases
MLA Citation Examples
APA Signal Phrases
APA Citation Examples
CMS Signal Phrases
Basic Grammar
Introducing... Subordinate Clauses!
Grammatical Sentences
Subject-Verb Agreement
Should You Use –s (or –es) for a Present-Tense Verb?
Is Your Sentence a Fragment?
Is Your Sentence a Run-On?
Does Your Sentence Have a Dangling Modifier?
Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges
Verb Forms: The Basics
Verb Tenses: Active Voice
Verb Tenses: Passive Voice
The Meaning of Modals
Nouns
Articles for Common Nouns
Non-count Nouns
Geography and ‘The’
How to Order Cumulative Adjectives
Three Magic Words: At, On, and In
Combo Time! – Adjectives & Prepositions
Combo Time! – Verbs & Prepositions
Revising
A strategy for analyzing and revising a first draft
Checklist: Revision
How to: Be a Constructive Peer Reviewer

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