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1st-year College English Intensive for Multilingual Students
- Author
- Kelly Kadi
- Publisher
- Diablo Valley College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- Language
- EN
- Category
- English
Contents· 97 sections
- 01: Introduction - Why Study Argument
- 02: Argument Assignments
- 2.01: Practice Assignment 1
- 2.02: Practice Assignment 2
- 2.03: Researched Argument Essay
- 2.04: Academic Research Essay
- 03: Reading to Figure out the Argument
- 04: How to Summarize Another Writers Argument
- 4.01: Introducing the Argument and the Main Claim
- 4.02: Describing the Reasoning
- 4.03: Describing How the Author Treats Counterarguments
- 4.04: Describing How the Author Limits the Claim
- 4.05: Putting the Summary Together
- 4.06: Using a Summary to Launch an Opinion
- 05: Adding to the Conversation with Research Papers
- 5.01: The Purpose of Research Writing
- 5.02: The Process of Writing a Research Paper
- 5.03: Developing a Research Proposal
- 5.04: Strategies for Gathering Information
- 5.05: Evaluating and Working with Sources
- 5.06: Reading and Note Taking for Research Papers
- 5.07: Critical Thinking and Research Applications
- 5.08: Creating a Rough Draft for a Research Paper
- 5.09: Developing a Final Draft of a Research Paper
- 5.10: Key Takeaways
- 06: Forming Your Own Argument
- 6.01: Organizing a Paper to Respond to Sources
- 6.02: Introductions
- 6.03: Developing a Strong Clear Thesis Statement
- 6.04: Topic Sentences
- 6.05: Conclusions
- 6.06: Body Paragraphs
- 6.07: Writing the Essay Draft
- 6.08: Definition Arguments
- 6.09: Evaluation Arguments
- 6.10: Causal Arguments
- 6.11: Proposal Arguments
- 07: Write Paragraphs That Support Your Thesis Argument
- 7.01: Creating Coherence
- 7.02: Strategies for Developing Supportive Paragraphs
- 7.03: Types of Support
- 7.04: Working with Sources- Part I
- 7.05: Working with Sources- Part II
- 7.06: Tips for Paraphrasing and Quoting
- 7.07: Key Takeaways
- 08: Revising and Editing
- 8.01: Revising and Editing
- 8.02: Stage 1- The Big Picture
- 8.03: Stage 2- Fleshing Out Your Ideas
- 8.04: Stage 3- Sentences Words Format
- 8.05: Proofreading
- 8.06: How to Say Nothing in 500 Words
- 8.07: Key Takeaways
- 09: Clarity Conciseness and Style
- 9.01: Academic Style
- 9.02: Punctuation and Style
- 9.03: Capitalization
- 9.04: Commonly Confused Words
- 9.05: Word Choice
- 9.06: Sentence Focus
- 9.07: Coordination and Subordination
- 9.08: Appositives Adjective Clauses Verbals
- 9.09: Active vs. Passive Voice
- 9.10: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
- 9.11: Sentence Variety
- 9.12: Relative Clauses
- 9.13: Key Takeaways
- 10: Grammar
- 10.01: Grammar Introduction
- 10.02: Word Order and Sentence Structure
- 10.03: Questions and Negative Statements
- 10.04: Word Form
- 10.05: Verbs and Verb Tense
- 10.06: Modal Auxiliaries
- 10.07: Other Verb-Like Words and Their Functions
- 10.08: Count-Noncount (Collective) Nouns
- 10.09: Articles
- 10.10: Pronouns
- 10.11: Apostrophes- Posession and Contractions
- 10.12: Subject-Verb Agreement
- 10.13: Adjectives and Adverbs
- 10.14: Prepositions and Prepositional Phrases
- 10.15: Commas
- 10.16: Semicolons Colons Question Marks and Exclamation Marks
- 10.17: Clause Joining and Punctuation
- 10.18: Extra Punctuation Practice
- 10.19: Run-On Sentences and Fragments
- 10.20: Grammatical Parallelism
- 10.21: Standard American English Practice Exercises
- 10.22: Extra Grammar Practice with Verbs
- 10.23: Spelling
- 11: The Academic Research Process
- 11.01: Approaching a Research Paper Assignment
- 11.02: Where to Find Authoritative Sources
- 11.03: Getting Familiar with Academic Journal Articles
- 11.04: Searching for Journal Articles
- 11.05: Strategies for Each Phase of the Research Process