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