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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. Chapter 7 – How and Why to Cite
Katelyn Burton
2. Chapter 8 – Writing Basics: What Makes a Good Sentence?
Jenifer Kurtz
3. Chapter 9 – Punctuation
4. Chapter 10 – Working With Words: Which Word is Right?
5. What Expectations Should You Have?
Elizabeth Browning
6. What is Critical Reading?
7. Why do You Read Critically?
8. How do You Read Critically?
9. Now What?
10. Credits and Attributions
11. Chapter 2 -- Introduction
12. What is rhetorical analysis?
13. What is a rhetorical situation?
14. What are the basic elements of rhetorical analysis?
15. Striking a Balance
16. Credits and Attributions
17. Introduction
Kirsten DeVries
18. What Is Argument?
19. What Are the Components and Vocabulary of Argument?
20. What Is Standard Argument Form?
21. What is Logic?
22. What Are the Different Types of Arguments in Writing?
23. The Rogerian Argument
24. The Toulmin Argument Model
25. A Repository of Logical Fallacies
26. Credits and Attributions
27. The Writing Process -- Introduction
Kathy Boylan
28. What is the writing process?
29. What is prewriting?
30. What is a thesis statement?
31. How to organize and arrange?
32. How to Write a Rough Draft.
33. What Is revising?
34. What is done during editing, proofreading, & formatting?
35. What are other types of academic writing?
36. Credits and Attributions
37. Narration
38. Description
39. Process Analysis
40. Illustration/Exemplification
41. Cause and Effect
42. Classification
43. Comparison and Contrast
44. Definition
45. Ch. 5 Credits and Attributions
46. What are the different types of sources?
47. What makes a source scholarly or academic?
48. How can I create a research strategy?
49. Where can I find credible sources for my paper?
50. Ch. 6 Credits and Attributions
51. Introduction: How and Why to Cite
52. Quotations
Index
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