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Book Contents

• Home
• Site Map
• Vision
  • Introduction (Vision)
  • Understanding Writing
    • Introduction (Understanding Writing)
    • Why Write?
    • Exploring Composing Strategies
    • Adopt Effective Writing Habits
    • Demystify Writing Misconceptions
    • Submit Understanding Writing Links
    • Reflect on Your Writing
      • Sample Process Writing Questions
      • Reflect on What You've Learned
    • Understanding Writing Links
  • Thinking Rhetorically
    • Introduction (Thinking Rhetorically)
    • Consider Your Audience
    • Consider Your Purpose
    • Consider Your Context
    • Consider Your Media
    • Consider Your Voice, Tone, and Persona
      • Voice, Tone, and Persona Analysis
    • Document Planner
  • Invention
    • Introduction (Inventing)
    • Reading, Researching, and the Creative Process
    • Group Brainstorming, Online Conversations, and Dictating
    • Freewriting
    • Asking Questions (Heuristics)
      • Journalistic Questions
    • Burke's Pentad
    • Using Visuals
      • Clustering / Spider Maps
      • Timelines / Flow Chart Maps
      • Hierarchical Maps
      • Systems Concept Maps
      • Introduction (Modeling/Theory Maps)
    • Develop a Writer's Journal
      • Benefits to Using Writer's Journal
      • Sample Notebook Categories
      • Archive Your Notebook Online
  • Collaboration
    • Introduction (Collaborating)
    • Managing Group Projects
    • Advice on Finding Collaborators
    • Providing & Receiving Feedback in Group Situations
    • Document Review Guidelines
    • Navigate Readers' Suggestions Wisely
  • Publishing
    • Introduction (Publishing)
    • Introduction (Public Writing Spaces)
• ReVision
  • Managing
  • Organizing
    • Introduction (Organizing)
    • General to Specific (Deductive Logic)
    • Specific to the General (Inductive Logic)
    • Paragraphing
    • Provide Metalanguage to Highlight Your Organization
    • Describing
    • Narrating
    • Defining
    • Classifying
    • Comparing and Contrasting
  • Designing
    • Introduction (Designing)
    • Principles of Design
    • Typography
    • Page Desgign
    • Graphics and Visual Language
    • Pictures and Photography
    • Charts and Graphs
    • Animation
    • Video
  • Revising
    • Introduction (Revising)
    • Ask Questions to Improve Your Document
    • Don't Let Criticism or Rejection Beat You
    • Writers on Revising
  • Editing
    • Introduction (Editing)
    • Editing Strategies
    • Avoid Vagueness
    • Use the First Person
    • Eliminate to be Verbs
    • Select and Appropriate Sentence Pattern
    • Edit Strings of Prepositional Phrases
    • Maintain a High Verb-to-Noun Ratio
    • Edit for Economy
    • Introduction (Punctuation)
      • Commas
      • Dashes and Parentheses
      • Colons
      • Semicolons
      • Apostrophe
    • Use the Active Voice
  • Peer Review
    • Providing & Receiving Feedback in Group Situations
    • Document Review Guidelines
    • Navigate Readers' Suggestions Wisely
• Secondary Research
  • Demystifing Research
  • Intellectual Property
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Library & Internet Reserach
    • Seek Help From Librarians
    • Search the Library Catalog
    • Search the Web
    • Search Dictionaries and Encyclopedias
    • Using Databases: Periodical Indexes and Abstracts
    • Government Publications
  • Evaluate Sources
    • Introduction (Evaulate Sources)
    • Critical Reading Strategies
    • Double-Entry Response Format
    • Special Critical Reading Concerns for Researchers
  • Citing Sources
    • Introduction (Citing Sources)
    • Documenting Sources: MLA or COS
    • Works Cited: MLA or COS
    • "Cup Runneth Over" by Sonja Kolb
    • Documenting Sources: APA
    • References APA
  • Summarize & Paraphrase Sources
    • Introduction (Summarize & Paraphrase Sources)
    • Understand When Citations are Necessary
    • Develop an Annotated Bibliography
    • Introduce and Integrate the Works of Others
    • Examples of Effective Summaries and Paraphrases (MLA Style)
• Primary Research
  • Introduction (Primary Research)
  • Surveys
    • Introduction (Surveys)
    • Survey Design
    • Create a Survey Instrument
    • Pilot/Pretest Survey
    • Sample the Population
    • Transmit the Survey
  • Ethnography
    • Introduction (Ethnography)
    • Select a Culture
    • Learn About the Culture
    • Develop Field Notes
    • Arrange Access
    • Use Research Tools
    • Select Key Informants
    • Analyze Artifacts
    • Observe Rituals
    • Conclude Your Work
  • Informed Consent
  • Interviews
    • Interviews (Introduction)
    • Types of Interviews
    • Create Effective Ambience
    • Types of Interview Questions
• Projects
  • Biography
    • Introduction (Biography)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Topics
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Autobiography
    • Introduction (Autobiography)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Topics
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Analysis
    • Introduction (Subjects & Concepts)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Projects
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Cause & Effect
    • Introduction (Causes & Effects)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Guidelines and Sample Topics
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Processes
    • Introduction (Processes)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Projects
    • Readings
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
    • Guidelines and Sample Topics
  • Literary Criticism
    • Introduction (Literary Criticism)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
    • Guidelines and Sample Projects
  • Evaluation
    • Introduction (Evaluating Texts)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Projects
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Argumention
    • Introduction (Arguments)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Topics
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Proposals
    • Introduction (Proposals)
    • Overview of the Project
    • Analysis of Key Features
    • Readings
    • Guidelines and Sample Projects
    • Helpful Tools and Resources
  • Rhetorical Analysis
  • Historiography
  • Bibliography
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