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About This Book
Amy Minervini; Liza Long; and Joel Gladd
1. How is reading for college different?
2. Generating Ideas for What to Write About
3. Building Self-Confidence in Writing
4. Developing a Thesis
5. Organizing Your Writing
6. Drafting Part 1: Getting Started
7. Drafting Part 2: Introductions
8. Drafting Part 3: Paragraphing
9. Peer Feedback, Revising, and Editing
Liza Long and Joel Gladd
10. Introduction to Analytical Writing
Amy Minervini
11. What is Rhetoric?
12. The Rhetorical Situation
13. Persuasive Appeals
14. Rhetoric and Genre: You’ve Got This (Even if You Don’t Think You Do)!
15. Analyzing Visual Rhetoric
16. Introduction to Argumentative Writing
Joel Gladd and Amy Minervini
17. Proposal Argument Model
18. Tips for Writing Academic Persuasive Essays
Joel Gladd
19. Putting It All Together: Basic Elements of an Argument Essay
20. Introduction to Writing with Sources
21. Framing Sources: MEA(L) Paragraphs and "Quote Sandwiches"
22. Three Forms of Integration: Summary, Paraphrase, and Direct Quotations
23. Evaluating Sources Using the SIFT Model
24. Description
25. Narration
26. Storytelling Memorability: 6 Keys for Success
27. Commas
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28. Semicolons
29. Colons
30. Quotes
31. Apostrophes
32. Parentheses
33. Dashes
34. Hyphens
35. Punctuation: End-of-Chapter Exercises
36. Sentence Writing
37. Subject-Verb Agreement
38. Verb Tense
39. Capitalization
40. Inclusive Pronoun Rules
41. Pronouns
42. Adjectives and Adverbs
43. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
44. Writing Basics: End-of-Chapter Exercises
45. Commonly Confused Words
46. Spelling
47. Word Choice
48. Prefixes and Suffixes
49. Synonyms and Antonyms
50. Using Context Clues
51. Working with Words: End-of-Chapter Exercises
52. Formatting a Research Paper
53. Citing and Referencing Techniques for APA Style
54. Creating a References Section for APA
55. Citing Sources in Modern Language Association (MLA) Style
56. APA and MLA Documentation and Formatting: End-of-Chapter Exercises
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