Elaine P. Maimon,
Governors State University Janice H. Peritz,
Queens College Kathleen Blake Yancey,
Florida State University-Tallahassee
ISBN: 0073383759 Copyright year: 2008
Table of Contents
Preface for Students and Tutorials
Preface for Instructors
Introduction: Writing to Learn
a. Studying a range of disciplines
b. Using writing as a tool for learning
c. Taking responsibility for reading, writing, and research
c. Recognizing that writing improves with practice
Part 1 Writing and Designing Papers
1. Reading, Thinking, Writing: The Critical Connection
a. Reading critically
b. Thinking critically
c. Writing critically
2. Planning and Shaping
a. Approaching assignments
b. Exploring your ideas
c. Developing a working thesis
d. Planning a structure
e. Considering visuals
3. Drafting
a. Using online tools for drafting
b. Developing ideas and using visuals
c. Writing focused, clearly organized paragraphs
d. Integrating visuals
4. Revising and Editing
a. Getting comments
b. Using online tools for revising
c. Focusing on purpose
d. Testing your thesis
e. Reviewing structure
f. Revising paragraphs
g. Revising visuals
h. Editing sentences
i. Proofreading carefully
j. Using campus, Internet, and community resources
k. Learning from one student’s revisions
5. Designing Academic Papers and Portfolios
a. Considering audience and purpose
b. Using computer toolbars
c. Thinking intentionally about design
d. Compiling a portfolio
Part 2 Writing in College and beyond College
6. Informative Reports
a. Understanding the assignment
b. Approaching writing an informative report as a process
STUDENT PAPER
7. Interpretive Analyses and Writing about Literature
a. Understanding the assignment
b. Approaching writing an interpretive analysis as a process
STUDENT PAPER
8. Arguments
a. Understanding the assignment
b. Approaching writing an argument as a process
STUDENT PAPER
9. Other Kinds of Writing Assignments
a. Personal essays
b. Essay exams
SAMPLE ESSAY EXAM RESPONSE
10. Oral Presentations
a. Planning
b. Drafting
c. Preparing
SAMPLE POWERPOINT SLIDES
11. Multimedia Writing
a. Tools for creating multimedia texts
b. Interpreting images
c. Hypertext essays
d. Multimedia presentations
e. Web sites
SAMPLE WEB SITE
f. Blogs
SAMPLE BLOG
12. Writing beyond College
a. Addressing the community
b. Brochures, posters, and newsletters
SAMPLE BROCHURE AND NEWSLETTER
c. Internships
d. Résumés
SAMPLE RÉSUMÉ
e. Job application letters and interviews
SAMPLE LETTER
f. Writing on the job
SAMPLE E-MAIL AND MEMO
Part 3 Researching
13. Understanding Research
a. Primary and secondary research
b. Research and college writing
c. Choosing a research question
d. Understanding the research assignment
e. Creating a research plan
14. Finding and Managing Print and Online Sources
a. Using the library in person and online
b. Kinds of sources
c. Keyword searches
d. Printed and online reference works
e. Print indexes and online databases
f. Search engines and subject directories
g. Using the library’s online or card catalog
h. Government documents
i. Online communication
15. Finding and Creating Effective Visuals
a. Finding and displaying quantitative data
b. Searching for images
16. Evaluating Sources
a. Print sources
b. Internet sources
c. Evaluating a source’s arguments
17. Doing Research in the Archive, Field, and Lab
a. Ethics
b. Archival research
c. Field research
d. Lab research
18. Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement, and Intellectual Property
a. Definitions
b. Avoiding plagiarism
c. Fair use
19. Working with Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
a. Working bibliography
b. Annotated bibliography
c. Taking notes
d. Taking stock
e. Integrating quotations, paraphrases, and summaries
20. Writing the Paper
a. Planning and drafting
b. Revising
c. Documenting Part 4 MLA Documentation Style
21. MLA Style: In-Text Citations
22. MLA Style: List of Works Cited
23. MLA Style: Explanatory Notes
24. MLA Style: Paper Format
25. Student Paper in MLA Style
Part 5 APA Documentation Style
26. APA Style: In-Text Citations
27. APA Style: References
28. APA Style: Paper Format
29. Student Paper in APA Style
Part 6 Editing for Clarity
30. Avoiding Wordiness
a. Redundancies and unnecessary modifiers
b. Wordy phrases
c. Roundabout sentences
31. Adding Missing Words
a. Compound structures
b. The word that
c. Words in comparisons
d. The articles a, an, the
32. Unscrambling Mixed Constructions
a. Mixed-up grammar
b. Illogical predicates
33. Fixing Confusing Shifts
a. Shifts in point of view
b. Shifts in tense
c. Shifts in mood and voice
d. Avoiding shifts between direct and indirect quotations and questions
34. Using Parallel Constructions
a. Items in a series
b. Paired ideas
c. Repeating function words as needed
35. Fixing Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
a. Misplaced modifiers
b. Ambiguous modifiers
c. Disruptive modifiers
d. Split infinitives
e. Dangling modifiers
36. Using Coordination and Subordination Effectively
a. Coordination for equal ideas
b. Major ideas in subordinate clauses
c. Excessive subordination
37. Varying Your Sentences
a. Sentence openings
b. Sentence length and structure
c. Cumulative and periodic sentences
d. Inversions, rhetorical questions, and exclamations
38. Choosing Active Verbs
a. Alternatives to be verbs
b. The active voice
39. Using Appropriate Language
a. Slang, regional expressions, and nonstandard English
b. Levels of formality
c. Jargon
d. Euphemisms and doublespeak
e. Biased or sexist language
40. Using Exact Language
a. Connotations
b. Specific and concrete words
c. Standard idioms
d. Clichés
e. Figures of speech
f. Misusing words
g. Using the dictionary
41. Glossary of Usage
Part 7 Editing for Grammar Conventions
42. Fixing Sentence Fragments
a. Dependent-clause fragments
b. Phrase fragments
c. Other types of fragments
43. Repairing Comma Splices and Run-on Sentences
a. Adding a coordinating conjunction
b. Using a semicolon
c. Separating clauses into two sentences
d. Making one clause dependent
e. Transforming into one independent clause
44. Maintaining Subject-Verb Agreement
a. Separated by word group
b. Compound subjects
c. Collective subjects
d. Indefinite subjects
e. Subject follows verb
f. Subject complement
g. Relative pronouns
h. Phrases beginning with –ing verbs
i. Titles of works, names of companies, or words representing themselves
45. Recognizing Problems with Verbs
a. Regular and irregular verbs
b. Lay and lie, sit and set, rise and raise
c. Adding an –s or –es ending
d. Adding a –d or an –ed ending
e. Tenses
f. Use of the past perfect tense
g. Uses of the present tense
h. Complete verbs
i. Mood
46. Fixing Problems with Pronouns
a. Pronoun agreement
b. Pronoun reference
c. Pronoun case
d. Who and whom
47. Recognizing Problems with Adjectives and Adverbs
a. Adverbs
b. Adjectives
c. Comparatives (-er) and superlatives (-est)
d. Double negatives
48. Special Editing Topics for Multilingual Writers
a. Learning in English as a second language
b. Articles (a, an, the)
c. Helping verbs
d. Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives
e. Complete subjects and verbs
f. Using only one subject or object
g: Adjectives
h: Adverb placement
i: Prepositions
j: Direct objects with two-word verbs
k: Coordination and subordination
l: English word order
m: If clauses
Part 8 Editing for Correctness: Punctuation,
Mechanics, and Spelling
49. Commas
a. After an introductory word group
b. Between items in a series
c. Before a coordinating conjunction
d. Between coordinate adjectives
e. To set off nonessential elements
f. With transitional and parenthetical expressions, contrasting comments,
and absolute phrases
g. To set off words of direct address, yes and no, mild
interjections, and tag questions
h. With direct quotations
i. With dates, addresses, titles, and numbers
j. In place of an omitted word or phrase
k. Common errors
50. Semicolons
a. To join independent clauses
b. With transitional expressions
c. In a series with commas
d. Common errors
51. Colons
a. To introduce lists, appositives, or quotations
b. With independent clauses
c. Other conventional uses
d. Common errors
52. Apostrophes
a. To indicate possession
b. With indefinite pronouns
c. Contractions
d. Plural letters, words used as words, numbers, and abbreviations
e. Common errors
53. Quotation Marks
a. To indicate direct quotations
b. To enclose titles of short works
c. With words used in a special way
d. Other punctuation with quotation marks
e. To integrate quotations
f. Common errors
54. Other Punctuation Marks
a. The period
b. The question mark
c. The exclamation point
d. Dashes
e. Parentheses
f. Brackets
g. Ellipses
h. Slashes
55. Capitalization
a. Proper nouns
b. Personal titles
c. Titles of creative works
d. Names of areas or regions
e. Names of races, ethnic groups, and sacred things
f. First word of a sentence or quoted sentence
g. First word after a colon
56. Abbreviations and Symbols
a. Titles like Dr. or MD
b. Familiar abbreviations
c. Latin abbreviations
d. Inappropriate abbreviations and symbols
57. Numbers
a. Numerals versus words
b. Numbers that begin sentences
c. Conventional uses of numerals
58. Italics (Underlining)
a. Titles of works or separate publications
b. Names of ships, trains, aircraft, and spaceships
c. Foreign terms
d. Scientific names
e. Words, letters, and numbers referred to as themselves
f. For emphasis
59. Hyphens
a. Compound word
b. Compound adjectives or nouns
c. Fractions and compound numbers
d. To attach some prefixes and suffixes
e. To divide words at the ends of lines
60. Spelling
a. Basic spelling rules
b. Words pronounced alike but spelled differently
LIST OF COMMONLY MISSPELLED WORDS
Part 9 Basic Grammar
61. Parts of Speech
a. Verbs
b. Nouns
c. Pronouns
d. Adjectives
e. Adverbs
f. Prepositions
g. Conjunctions
h. Interjections
62. Parts of Sentences
a. Subjects
b. Verbs and their objects or complements
63. Phrases and Dependent Clauses
a. Noun phrases
b. Verb phrases and verbals
c. Appositive phrases
d. Absolute phrases
e. Dependent clauses
64. Types of Sentences
a. Sentence structures
b. Sentence purposes
Timeline
Quick Reference for Multilingual Writers
World Map
Answers to Tutorials and Selected Exercises
Index
Index for Multilingual Writers
Abbreviations and Symbols for Editing and Proofreading
2008