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Guide to Writing

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Guide to Writing

This writing style guide covers the fundamentals of English usage and writing. It includes sections on grammar and mechanics, editing, formatting, academic citation and research documentation, including the latest MLA and APA style guidelines. A useful supplement to any academic writing course.

CompositionHumanities
Author
SUNY/Lumen Learning
Publisher
LibreTexts
Source
LibreTexts
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 121 sections
  1. 01: Grammar
  2. 1.01: Why Is Grammar Important
  3. 1.02: Introduction to Nouns
  4. 1.03: Regular Plural Nouns
  5. 1.04: Irregular Plural Nouns
  6. 1.05: Count vs. Non-Count Nouns
  7. 1.06: Compound Nouns
  8. 1.07: Practice Activities- Nouns
  9. 1.08: Introduction to Pronouns
  10. 1.09: Personal Pronouns
  11. 1.10: Practice Activities- Personal Pronouns
  12. 1.11: Demonstrative Pronouns
  13. 1.12: Indefinite Pronouns
  14. 1.13: Relative Pronouns
  15. 1.14: Antecedent Clarity
  16. 1.15: Antecedent Agreement
  17. 1.16: Practice Activities- Pronouns
  18. 1.17: Introduction to Verbs
  19. 1.18: Active Verbs
  20. 1.19: Linking Verbs
  21. 1.20: Helping Verbs
  22. 1.21: Simple Verb Tenses
  23. 1.22: Subject and Verb Agreement
  24. 1.23: Verb Tense Consistency
  25. 1.24: Introduction to Non-Finite Verbs
  26. 1.25: Gerunds
  27. 1.26: Participles
  28. 1.27: Infinitives
  29. 1.28: Advanced Verb Tenses
  30. 1.29: Practice Activities- Verbs
  31. 1.30: Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs
  32. 1.31: Functions of Adjectives
  33. 1.32: Functions of Adverbs
  34. 1.33: Differences between Adjectives and Adverbs
  35. 1.34: Common Mistakes with Adjectives and Adverbs
  36. 1.35: Practice Activities- Adjectives and Adverbs
  37. 1.36: Introduction to Other Parts of Speech
  38. 1.37: Conjunctions
  39. 1.38: Practice Activities- Conjunctions
  40. 1.39: Prepositions
  41. 1.40: Articles
  42. 02: Punctuation
  43. 2.01: Introduction to Punctuation
  44. 2.02: Ending Punctuation
  45. 2.03: Commas
  46. 2.04: Semicolons
  47. 2.05: Colons
  48. 2.06: Practice Activities- Commas Semicolons and Colons
  49. 2.07: Hyphens and Dashes
  50. 2.08: Apostrophes
  51. 2.09: Quotation Marks
  52. 2.10: Brackets
  53. 2.11: Ellipses
  54. 2.12: Parentheses
  55. 2.13: Practice Activities- Punctuating Quotes
  56. 2.14: Punctuation Clusters
  57. 2.15: Practice Activities- Punctuation
  58. 03: Usage
  59. 3.01: Introduction to Usage
  60. 3.02: Commonly Misused Terms and Phrases
  61. 3.03: Abbreviations and Acronyms
  62. 3.04: Writing with Numbers
  63. 3.05: Capitalization
  64. 3.06: Spelling
  65. 04: Sentence Structure
  66. 4.01: Introduction to Sentence Structure
  67. 4.02: Basic Parts of a Sentence
  68. 4.03: Common Sentence Structures
  69. 4.04: Sentence Punctuation Patterns
  70. 4.05: Run-on Sentences
  71. 4.06: Sentence Fragments
  72. 4.07: Parallel Structure
  73. 4.08: Practice Activities- Parallel Structure
  74. 4.09: Active and Passive Voice
  75. 4.10: Revising Weak Passive-Voice Sentences
  76. 4.11: Using the Passive Voice
  77. 4.12: Practice Activities- Active and Passive Voice
  78. 05: Writing Process
  79. 5.01: Rhetorical Context
  80. 5.02: How to Write a Thesis Statement
  81. 5.03: The Perfect Paragraph
  82. 5.04: Introductions and Conclusions
  83. 5.05: Higher Order Concerns for Editing
  84. 5.06: Lower Order Concerns for Proofreading
  85. 5.07: The Importance of Spelling
  86. 5.08: Revising With Style In Mind
  87. 06: Research
  88. 6.01: Why Is Research Important
  89. 6.02: Preliminary Research Strategies
  90. 6.03: Level Up Your Google Game
  91. 6.04: Intermediate Research Strategies
  92. 6.05: Google Scholar
  93. 6.06: Advanced Search Strategies
  94. 6.07: How to Search in a Library Database
  95. 6.08: Primary Secondary and Tertiary Sources
  96. 6.09: Evaluating Sources
  97. 6.10: Tools for Evaluating Sources
  98. 6.11: Using Sources in Your Paper
  99. 6.12: Using Multiple Sources
  100. 6.13: Academic Dishonesty
  101. 6.14: Defining Plagiarism
  102. 6.15: Avoiding Plagiarism
  103. 07: MLA Citations
  104. 7.01: Why Is MLA Documentation Important
  105. 7.02: Introduction to MLA Documentation
  106. 7.03: MLA Document Formatting
  107. 7.04: MLA Works Cited Page Formatting
  108. 7.05: Creating MLA Works Cited Entries
  109. 7.06: MLA In-Text Citations
  110. 7.07: MLA Block Quotations
  111. 08: APA Citations
  112. 8.01: Why Is APA Documentation Important
  113. 8.02: APA Order of Major Sections
  114. 8.03: APA Title Page Formatting
  115. 8.04: APA Abstract Page
  116. 8.05: APA First Main Body Page Formatting
  117. 8.06: APA Headings and Subheadings
  118. 8.07: APA In-Text Citations
  119. 8.08: APA References Page Formatting
  120. 8.09: Creating APA References Entries
  121. 8.10: APA Block Quotations