Tab 1: Reading,
Writing, Arguing
1. *Reading
Critically
2. Prewriting
3. Outlining and
Drafting an Essay
4. Developing
Paragraphs for the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion of an Essay
5. Revising,
Editing, and Proofreading
6. Developing
Arguments
Tab 2: *Online
Writing and Electronic Design
7. *Using
Computers in College
8. *Writing
Online
9. Designing
with Computers
Tab 3: The
Research Process
10. Creating a
Research Strategy
11. Researching
and Evaluating Traditional Sources
12. Researching
and Evaluating Electronic Sources
13. *Taking
Notes and Avoiding Plagiarism
14. Writing the
Research Paper
Tab 4: MLA
Documentation
15. Writing the
Research Paper Using the Modern Language Association (MLA)
Format
Tab 5: APA
Documentation
16. Writing the
Research Paper Using the American Psychological Association (APA)
Format
Tab 6: Documentation
17. Writing the
Research Paper Using The
Chicago Manual of Style (CMS)
Format
Tab 7: Special
Writing Situations
18. Writing
About Literature
19.
*Communicating in Class: Essay Examinations and Oral Presentations
20.
Communicating in Business
Tab 8: Sentence
Style
21. Learning
about Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases
22. Mastering
Sentence Structure
23. Combining
Sentences Through Coordination and Subordination
24. Maintaining
Parallelism
25. Using
Modifiers That Make Sense
26. Correcting
Mixed Constructions and Faulty Shifts
27. Creating
Interest by Varying Sentence Patterns
28. Writing in a
Clear and Emphatic Style
Tab 9: Word
Choice
29. Using a
Dictionary and a Thesaurus
30. Using Exact
Language
31. Maintaining
Appropriate Tone, Style, and Word Choice
32. Making Your
Writing Concise
Tab l0: Grammar
33. Learning
Parts of Speech
34. Mastering
Verb Forms and Tenses
35. Maintaining
Subject Verb Agreement
36. Learning
Pronoun Types, Cases, and Reference
37. Maintaining
Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
38. Using
Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly
Tab 11:
Punctuation, Spelling, and Mechanics
39. Mastering
End Punctuation
40. Mastering
the Comma
41. Mastering
the Semicolon
42. Mastering
the Colon
43. Mastering
the Apostrophe
44. Mastering
Quotation Marks
45. Mastering
Other Marks of Punctuation
46. Improving
Your Spelling
47. Using the
Hyphen
48. Mastering
the Rules of Capitalization
49. Learning to
Abbreviate Words, Phrases, and Titles
50. Using
Numbers and Italics Correctly
Tab 12: GUIDE
FOR ESL WRITERS
51. Mastering
Articles and Plurals of Nouns
52. Mastering
Sentence Structure
53. Mastering
Verbs and Subject-Verb Agreement
54. Using
Adjectives, Adverbs, and Participles Correctly
55. Using Words
Correctly
Index
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