1 Exploring, planning, and drafting
2 Writing paragraphs
3 Revising, editing, and reflecting
4 AI and the writing process

Academic Reading and Writing
5 Reading and writing critically
6 Reading and writing about multimodal texts
7 Reading arguments
8 Writing arguments
9 Writing about literature

Clarity
10 Verbs
11 Parallelism
12 Needed words
13 Mixed constructions
14 Misplaced and dangling modifiers
15 Shifts
16 Emphasis
17 Variety
18 Wordy sentences
19 Appropriate language
20 Exact words; glossary of usage

Grammar
21 Sentence fragments
22 Run-on sentences
23 Subject-verb agreement (is or are etc.)
24 Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)
25 Pronoun reference
26 Pronoun case (I vs. me etc.)
27 who and whom
28 Adjectives and adverbs
29 Verb forms, tenses, and moods

Multilingual Writers and ESL Topics
30 Verbs
31 Articles (a, an, the)
32 Sentence structure
33 Prepositions and idiomatic expressions
34 Paraphrasing sources effectively

Punctuation
35 The comma
36 Unnecessary commas
37 The semicolon
38 The colon
39 The apostrophe
40 Quotation marks
41 End punctuation
42 Other punctuation marks

Mechanics
43 Abbreviations
44 Numbers
45 Italics
46 Spelling
47 Hyphenation
48 Capitalization

Grammar Basics
49 Parts of speech
50 Sentence patterns
51 Subordinate word groups
52 Sentence types

Research
53 Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources
54 Managing information; taking notes responsibly
55 Evaluating sources

Writing Essays in MLA Style
56 Supporting a thesis
57 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
58 Integrating sources
59 Documenting sources in MLA style
60 MLA format; sample research essay

Writing Papers in APA Style
61 Supporting a thesis
62 Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
63 Integrating sources
64 Documenting sources in APA style
65 APA format; sample research paper

Answers to lettered exercises

Index

Glossary of editing terms

Menu for multilingual writers

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