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Academic Writing for First Year College Students
- Author
- Mary Jo M. Keiter
- Publisher
- HACC, Central Pennsylvania's Community College
- Source
- LibreTexts
- License
- CC BY-NC-SA
- Language
- EN
- Category
- English
Contents· 63 sections
- 01: College Success Skills
- 1.01: Introduction
- 1.02: College Success Skills
- 1.03: Intellectual Standards for Quality
- 02: The Writing Process
- 2.01: Introduction
- 2.02: Prewriting
- 2.03: Drafting
- 2.04: Revision
- 2.05: Editing
- 03: Essay Structure
- 3.01: Introduction
- 3.02: Opening Paragraphs
- 3.03: Body Paragraphs
- 3.04: Conclusions
- 04: Types of Essays
- 4.01: Introduction
- 4.02: Narration
- 4.2.01: Memoir or Personal Narrative- Learning Lessons from the Personal
- 4.2.1.01: Exploring the Past to Understand the Present
- 4.2.1.02: Trailblazer
- 4.2.1.03: Glance at Genre- Conflict Detail and Revelation
- 4.03: Process Analysis
- 4.04: Evaluation
- 4.05: Comparison and Contrast
- 4.06: Persuasion
- 4.6.01: Persuasion Argument
- 05: Research
- 5.01: Research Skills
- 5.1.01: Introduction
- 5.1.02: The Research Process
- 5.1.03: Citing Sources
- 06: Critical Reading
- 6.01: Research and Critical Reading (Part 1)
- 6.02: Research and Critical Reading (Part 2)
- 07: Annotated Bibliography- Gathering Evaluating and Documenting Sources
- 7.01: Compiling Sources for an Annotated Bibliography
- 7.02: Glance at Form- Citation Style Purpose and Formatting
- 7.03: Writing Process- Informing and Analyzing
- 08: 20 Most Common Grammar Errors
- 8.01: Wrong Word
- 8.02: Comma After Introductory Element
- 8.03: Documentation Common Error
- 8.04: Pronoun Reference
- 8.05: Spelling
- 8.06: Quotation Error
- 8.07: Unnecessary Comma
- 8.08: Capitalization
- 8.09: Missing Word
- 8.10: Faulty Sentence Structure
- 8.11: Missing Comma with Nonrestrictive Element
- 8.12: Verb Tense Shift
- 8.13: Missing Comma in Compound Sentence
- 8.14: Apostrophe Errors
- 8.15: Run-On Sentences
- 8.16: Comma Splice
- 8.17: Pronoun Agreement
- 8.18: Poorly Integrated Quote
- 8.19: Hyphens
- 8.20: Sentence Fragment
- 8.21: Try It Out
- 8.22: Putting It All Together
- 8.23: Time to Write