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Let's Get Writing!
Foreword: Why We Created an Open Textbook
Dale Dulaney
Introduction: About Writing and This Book
Ann Moser
1. Critical Reading
Elizabeth Browning
2. Now What?
3. Ch. 1 Credits and Attributions
4. Chapter 2 -- Introduction
5. What is rhetorical analysis?
6. What is a rhetorical situation?
7. What are the basic elements of rhetorical analysis?
8. Striking a Balance
9. Ch. 2 Credits and Attributions
10. Introduction
Kirsten DeVries
11. What Is Argument?
12. What Are the Components and Vocabulary of Argument?
13. What Is Standard Argument Form?
14. What is Logic?
15. What Are the Different Types of Arguments in Writing?
16. The Rogerian Argument
17. The Toulmin Argument Model
18. A Repository of Logical Fallacies
19. Ch. 3 Credits and Attributions
20. The Writing Process -- Introduction
Kathy Boylan
21. What is the writing process?
22. What is prewriting?
23. What is a thesis statement?
24. How to organize and arrange?
25. How to Write a Rough Draft.
26. What Is revising?
27. What is done during editing, proofreading, & formatting?
28. What are other types of academic writing?
29. Ch. 4 Credits and Attributions
30. Narration
Jenifer Kurtz
31. Description
32. Process Analysis
33. Illustration/Exemplification
34. Cause and Effect
35. Classification
36. Comparison and Contrast
37. Definition
38. Ch. 5 Credits and Attributions
39. What are the different types of sources?
Katelyn Burton
40. What makes a source scholarly or academic?
41. How can I create a research strategy?
42. Where can I find credible sources for my paper?
43. Ch. 6 Credits and Attributions
44. Introduction: How and Why to Cite
45. Quotations
46. Paraphrasing
47. Smoothly Incorporating Borrowed Information
48. Understanding and Avoiding Plagiarism
49. MLA Format and Citation
50. Ch. 7 Credits and Attributions
51. Sentence Writing
52. Common Sentence Errors
53. Verb Tense
54. Capitalization
55. Subject-Verb Agreement
56. Pronouns
57. Adjectives and Adverbs
58. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
59. Writing Applications
60. Ch. 8 Credits and Attributions
61. Commas
62. Quotes
63. Semi-Colons
64. Colons
65. Apostrophes
66. Hyphens
67. Dashes
68. Parentheses
69. Ch. 9 Credits and Attributions
70. Why Working With Words Matters
71. Using Context Clues
72. Prefixes and Suffixes
73. Synonyms and Antonyms
74. Word Choice
75. Spelling
76. Commonly Confused Words
77. Ch. 10 Credits and Attributions
Index
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