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English Composition

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English Composition

Humanities
Author
Karen Woodring
Publisher
Harrisburg Area Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 118 sections
  1. 01: Planning for Success in College
  2. 1.01: College Attendance and Communication
  3. 1.02: Emailing Your Professor - Ten Tips
  4. 1.03: Participating in Online Discussions
  5. 1.04: Writing for College
  6. 1.05: What is Academic Writing
  7. 1.06: Your Role as a Learner
  8. 02: Really Writing Again
  9. 2.01: Yes. Writing. Again.
  10. 2.02: College Writing is Different
  11. 2.03: Academic Style
  12. 03: What Does the Professor Want Understanding the Assignment
  13. 3.01: Writing for Whom Writing for What
  14. 3.02: So What Do Professors Want
  15. 3.03: The Prompt- What Does Analyze Mean Anyway
  16. 3.04: Rubrics as Road Maps
  17. 04: Reading interpretation and Text Wrestling
  18. 4.01: Techniques
  19. 4.02: Activities
  20. 4.03: Student samples
  21. 4.04: Whats Critical About Critical Thinking
  22. 05: The Writing Process
  23. 5.01: Introduction
  24. 5.02: Understanding the Writing Process
  25. 5.03: Why It Matters- Writing Process
  26. 5.04: Prewriting
  27. 5.4.01: Prewriting
  28. 5.4.1.01: Prewriting Strategies
  29. 5.4.1.1.01: What Is Brainstorming
  30. 5.4.1.1.02: What is Clustering
  31. 5.4.1.1.03: What is Freewriting
  32. 5.4.1.02: Strategies for Narrowing a Topic
  33. 5.4.1.03: Rhetorical Situation
  34. 5.4.1.04: Working Thesis Statement
  35. 5.4.1.05: What is an Annotated Bibliography
  36. 5.4.1.06: Why Write Annotated Bibliographies
  37. 5.05: Drafting
  38. 5.5.01: Organizing and Writing your Draft
  39. 5.5.1.01: Moving From Outline to Draft
  40. 5.5.1.02: Moving Beyond the Five-paragraph Theme
  41. 5.5.1.03: Types of Essays and Suggested Structures
  42. 5.5.1.04: The First Draft is the Ugliest
  43. 5.5.1.05: Constructing and revising a thesis statement
  44. 5.5.1.06: Opening Paragraphs
  45. 5.5.1.07: In Todays World
  46. 5.5.1.08: Conclusions
  47. 5.06: Revising and Editing
  48. 5.6.01: Revising and Editing
  49. 5.6.1.01: General Revision Points to Consider
  50. 5.6.1.02: Points for Successful Revision
  51. 5.6.1.03: General Editing Points to Consider
  52. 5.6.1.04: Editing for clarity and conciseness
  53. 06: Types of Essays
  54. 6.01: Narration
  55. 6.1.01: Narration
  56. 6.1.02: Section Introduction- Telling a Story
  57. 6.1.03: Techniques
  58. 6.1.04: Tips on Writing the Narrative
  59. 6.1.05: Activities
  60. 6.1.06: Model Texts by Student Authors
  61. 6.1.07: Section Introduction- Reflecting on an Experience
  62. 6.1.08: Techniques
  63. 6.1.09: Sample Student Essay
  64. 6.02: The Causal Analysis Essay
  65. 6.2.01: Why Write a Causal Analysis or Cause Effect Essay
  66. 6.2.02: Cause and Effect
  67. 6.2.03: Organizing the Causal Analysis Essay
  68. 6.2.04: Tips for Writing the Causal Analysis
  69. 6.2.05: Sample Student Essays
  70. 6.03: Persuasion
  71. 6.3.01: Why Write an Argument Essay
  72. 6.3.02: Elements of Rhetorical Appeals in persuasion
  73. 6.3.03: The Basics of Argument
  74. 6.3.04: The Fallacies of Argument
  75. 6.3.05: Persuasive Writing Tips
  76. 6.3.06: How to Write an Argument Essay
  77. 6.3.07: Incorporating Facts Opinions and Visuals to Persuade
  78. 6.3.08: Sample Professional Essays
  79. 6.3.09: Sample Student Essays
  80. 6.3.10: Model Texts by Student Authors
  81. 07: Avoiding Plagiarism
  82. 7.01: Avoiding Plagiarism
  83. 7.02: Incorporating Sources to Support your Thesis
  84. 7.03: Incorporating Sources
  85. 7.04: Principles
  86. 7.05: Integrating Source Material and Signal Phrases
  87. 7.06: Self Check on MLA citations and avoiding plagiarism
  88. 08: Handbook - Sentence Variety and Grammar
  89. 8.01: Fragments and Run-Ons
  90. 8.02: Coordination and Subordination
  91. 8.03: Subject-Verb Agreement
  92. 8.04: Verb Tense
  93. 8.05: Active vs. Passive Voice
  94. 8.06: Voice
  95. 8.07: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  96. 8.08: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  97. 8.09: Parallelism
  98. 8.10: Word Choice
  99. 8.10.01: Homonyms
  100. 8.10.02: Homonyms
  101. 8.10.03: Commonly Confused Words
  102. 8.10.04: Commonly Misspelled Words
  103. 8.10.05: Slang Cliche and Overly General Words
  104. 8.10.06: The Dilemma of Gendered Language in English
  105. 09: Handbook - Punctuation Capitalization and Mechanics
  106. 9.01: Italics and Quotation Marks
  107. 9.02: Semi-Colon
  108. 9.03: Colon
  109. 9.04: Apostrophe
  110. 9.05: Capitalization
  111. 9.06: Capitalization
  112. 9.07: Commas
  113. 9.08: CommaSix Main Uses
  114. 9.09: Semicolons and Colons
  115. 9.10: Apostrophes
  116. 9.11: Quotation Marks
  117. 9.12: Hyphens and Dashes
  118. 9.13: Parentheses and Capitalization