Reading & Writing Handbook for the College Student, 3rd Edition

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1. Part 1: Reading & Writing
   1. 1: Thinking Critically
      1. a. Critical Reading Process
      2. b. Determining the Purpose of a Text
      3. c. Determining the Audience of a Text
   2. 2: The Writing Process
      1. a. Pre-writing
      2. b. Drafting
      3. c. Revising
      4. d. Editing
      5. e. Reflecting
   3. 3: Common Essay Components
      1. a. Introductions
      2. b. Thesis and Purpose Statements
      3. c. Effective Body Paragraphs
      4. d. Conclusions
      5. e. Sample Essay and Organizer
   4. 4: Organizational Patterns
      1. a. Cause and Effect
      2. b. Chronological
      3. c. Compare and Contrast
      4. d. Order of Importance
      5. e. Spatial
      6. f. Topical
   5. 5: Writing Across the Curriculum
      1. a. Similarities & Differences in Writing Assignments
      2. b. English, Literature, and Language Studies
      3. c. Business Courses
      4. d. History
      5. e. Psychology
      6. f. Lab Sciences
      7. g. Engineering and Technology
2. Part 2: Effective Sentences
   1. 6: Combining Word Groups
      1. a. Coordination
      2. b. Subordination
      3. c. Parallelism
   2. 7: Agreement
      1. a. Subject-Verb Agreement
      2. b. Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
   3. 8: Modifiers
      1. a. Using Modifiers
      2. b. Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
   4. 9: Word Choice
      1. a. Clarity and Conciseness
      2. b. Vague vs. Vivid Words
      3. c. Choosing Correct Words
      4. d. Inclusive Language
      5. e. Commonly Misused Words
   5. 10: Shifts in Tense and Person
      1. a. Consistency in Tense
      2. b. Consistency in Person
3. Part 3: Grammar Basics
   1. 11: Parts of Speech
      1. a. Nouns
      2. b. Pronouns
      3. c. Verbs
      4. d. Adjectives
      5. e. Adverbs
      6. f. Prepositions
      7. g. Conjunctions
      8. h. Interjections
   2. 12: Components of a Complete Sentence
      1. a. Capital Letters and Punctuation Marks
      2. b. Subjects and Verbs
      3. c. Complete Thoughts
4. Part 4: Punctuation & Mechanics
   1. 13: Punctuation
      1. a. Commas
      2. b. Unnecessary CommasColons
      3. c. Semicolons
      4. d. Apostrophes
      5. e. Quotation Marks
      6. f. Parentheses
      7. g. Brackets
      8. h. Hyphens
      9. i. Ellipses
      10. j. Dashes
   2. 14: Spelling
      1. a. Common Spelling Rules
      2. b. Commonly Confused Words
5. Part 5: Research
   1. 15: The Research Process
      1. a. Making a Research Plan
      2. b. Identifying Types of Sources
      3. c. Finding Sources
      4. d. Evaluating Source Credibility
      5. e. Organizing Research
   2. 16: Research Writing
      1. a. Narrowing Your Research
      2. b. Avoiding Plagiarism
      3. c. Integrating Sources into Your Writing
   3. 17: MLA
      1. a. Formatting the Document
      2. b. Citing the Document Sources
      3. c. MLA Sample
   4. 18: APA
      1. a. Formatting the Document
      2. b. Citing the Document Sources
      3. c. APA Sample
   5. 19: CMS
      1. a. Formatting the Document
      2. b. Citing the Document Sources
      3. c. CMS Sample
   6. 20: CSE
      1. a. Formatting the Document
      2. b. Citing the Document Sources
      3. c. CSE Sample