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Let's Get Writing

This introduction is designed to exemplify how writers think about and produce text. The guiding features are the following: (1) Every good piece of writing is an argument. (2) Everything worth writing and reading begins with a specific question. (3) Improving skills takes practice, feedback, and re-thinking, redoing, revising.

CompositionHumanities
Author
Elizabeth Browning, Kirsten DeVries, Kathy Boylan, Jenifer Kurtz, and Katelyn Burton
Publisher
Virginia Western Community College
Source
LibreTexts
License
CC BY-NC-SA
Language
EN
Category
English
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Contents· 69 sections
  1. 01: Critical Reading
  2. 1.01: Why Do You Read Critically
  3. 1.02: How Do You Read Critically
  4. 1.03: Now What
  5. 1.04: What Expectations Should You Have
  6. 1.05: What is Critical Reading
  7. 02: Rhetorical Analysis
  8. 2.01: What is Rhetorical Analysis
  9. 2.02: What is Rhetorical Situation
  10. 2.03: What are the Basic Elements of Rhetorical Analysis
  11. 2.04: Striking a Balance
  12. 03: Argument
  13. 3.01: What is Argument
  14. 3.02: What are the Components and Vocabulary of Argument
  15. 3.03: What is Logic
  16. 3.04: What are the Different Types of Argument in Writing
  17. 3.05: A Repository of Logical Fallacies
  18. 04: The Writing Process
  19. 4.01: What is the Writing Process
  20. 4.02: What is Prewriting
  21. 4.03: What is a Thesis Statement
  22. 4.04: How to Organize and Arrange
  23. 4.05: How to Write a Rough Draft
  24. 4.06: What is Revising
  25. 4.07: What is Done During Editing Proofreading and Formatting
  26. 4.08: What are Other Types of Academic Writing
  27. 05: Rhetorical Modes
  28. 5.01: Narrative
  29. 5.02: Description
  30. 5.03: Process Analysis
  31. 5.04: Illustration and Exemplification
  32. 5.05: Cause and Effect
  33. 5.06: Compare and Contrast
  34. 5.07: Definition
  35. 5.08: Classification
  36. 06: Finding and Using Outside Sources
  37. 6.01: What are the Different Types of Sources
  38. 6.02: What Makes a Source Scholarly or Academic
  39. 6.03: How Can I Create a Research Strategy
  40. 6.04: Where can I find Credible Sources for my Paper
  41. 07: How and Why to Cite
  42. 7.01: An Overview of Quotations
  43. 7.02: An Overview of Paraphrases
  44. 7.03: How to Use Paraphrases and Quotations
  45. 7.04: Citations and Plagiarism
  46. 08: Writing Basics - What Makes a Good Sentence
  47. 8.01: Sentence Writing
  48. 8.02: Subject-verb Agreement
  49. 8.03: Verb Tense
  50. 8.04: Capitalization
  51. 8.05: Pronouns
  52. 8.06: Adjectives and Adverbs
  53. 8.07: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  54. 09: Punctuation
  55. 9.01: Commas
  56. 9.02: Semicolons
  57. 9.03: Colons
  58. 9.04: Quotes
  59. 9.05: Apostrophes
  60. 9.06: Parentheses
  61. 9.07: Dashes
  62. 9.08: Hyphens
  63. 10: Working With Words - Which Word is Right
  64. 10.01: Commonly Confused Words
  65. 10.02: Spelling
  66. 10.03: Word choice
  67. 10.04: Prefixes and Suffixes
  68. 10.05: Synonyms and Antonyms
  69. 10.06: Using Context Clues