From College to Career: A Handbook for Student Writers
About This Book
1 College Success Skills Ann Inoshita; Karyl Garland; Kate Sims; Jeanne K. Tsutsui Keuma; Tasha Williams; and Christina Frasier Learning Objectives - Develop responsible student habits - Prepare for deep engagement with classes and class materials - Compose effective, professional emails to instructors It’s about Time: Attendance and ‘Presence’ In elementary school, children are reminded to “stay on task” and focus on classroom activities. But college students often need to remind themselves of
| Category | general |
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| Subject | N/A |
| Year | 2023 |
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| Chapters | 82 |
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| License | Creative Commons - Attribution Share-Alike - https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/ |
Chapters
- 2 Introducing Academic Writing
- 5 Understanding the Means of Persuasion
- 6 Analyzing the Rhetorical Situation
- 8 Considering Genre in Writing
- 9 Description
- 10 Narrative
- 11 Illustration
- 12 Definition
- 14 Process Analysis
- 15 Comparison and Contrast
- 18 Writing an Analysis of a Poem, Story, or Play
- 20 Evaluation
- 23 What Is Argument?
- 25 Elements of an Argument: Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos
- 26 Claims, Support, and Structure
- 27 Using Sources as Evidence
- 28 Framing, Word Choice, and Biases
- 29 The Rogerian Argument
- 30 The Toulmin Argument Model
- 31 Appeals to Ethos, Logos, and Pathos and Logical Fallacies
- 32 Repository of Logical Fallacies
- 33 Quantitative or Qualitative?
- 37 Using Sources in Your Writing
- 40 Publication Formats and the Information Lifecycle
- 41 News as a Source
- 44 Precision Searching
- 46 Evaluating for Credibility
- 47 Combining the Factors
- 50 Focusing on Paraphrasing
- 52 Synthesizing Sources
- 54 Understanding the Assignment
- 56 Constructing an Outline
- 58 Drafting
- 59 Thesis Sentences
- 61 Body Paragraphs
- 65 Checklist: Revision
- 67 How to Be a Constructive Peer Reviewer
- 68 Objectivity and Bias
- 69 Point of View
- 71 Passive Voice
- 72 Expletive Constructions
- Excessive Subordination
- Run-On Sentences
- Mixed Constructions
- Verbs: Perfect Progressive Tense
- Verbs: Modals
- Use of -d or -ed Endings When Appropriate
- Active Voice Verbs
- Subjunctive Mood
- Subject-Verb Agreement, Separation of Subject and Verb
- Subject-Verb Agreement, Indefinite Pronouns
- Subject-Verb Agreement with who, which, and that
- Verbs: Perfect Tense
- Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement Problems
- Who vs. Whom
- Unclear Pronoun Reference
- Double Negatives
- Misplaced Modifiers
- Question Marks
- Comma with Dialogue or Quote Integration
- No Comma with Essential Elements
- No Comma Between Compound Elements that are not Clauses
- Semicolons with Independent Clauses
- Semicolons with Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Expressions
- Block Quotations – Block Quote Format
- Brackets
- Ellipses
- Misuses of Apostrophe
- Hyphens
- Preposition Usage
- 76 MLA Signal Phrases
- 78 MLA In-Text Citations
- 79 MLA Citation Examples
- 80 MLA Works Cited Page Example
- 83 MLA: Citing Personal Communications
- 84 MLA: Citing Audiovisual Works
- 85 MLA: Example Works Cited List
- 87 APA Signal Phrases
- 89 APA: What Is an In-Text Citation?
- 90 APA What is a References List?
- 91 APA: Creating a References List
- 92 APA: References Page Example