Contents

1. Preface & Acknowledgements

2. Welcome

3. Writing to Create Change

4. I. Before You Write

   1. 1. Audience, Purpose, & Context

   2. 2. Recursive Writing Process

   3. 3. Strategies for Getting Started

      Carol Burnell; Jaime Wood; Monique Babin; Susan Pesznecker; and Nicole Rosevear

5. II. Academic Honesty

   1. 4. Summarizing

   2. 5. Using Paraphrases & Quotations

   3. 6. In-text Citations & Works Cited Pages ~ MLA Format

   4. 7. Avoiding Plagiarism

6. III. Big Issues

   1. 8. Metacognition

   2. 9. Information Literacy: Evaluating Information

   3. 10. Critical Thinking for Academic Writing in the U.S.

7. IV. Writing Advice

   1. 11. Unity & Coherence

   2. 12. Paragraphs ~ Topic Sentences

   3. 13. Topic Sentences ~ More Examples

   4. 14. Paragraphs ~ Developing Support

   5. 15. Transitions

   6. 16. Transition Words & Phrases ~ Useful Lists

   7. 17. Rhetorical Modes for Paragraphs & Essays

   8. 18. Essays ~ Choosing the Best Structure

   9. 19. Introductions & Titles

   10. 20. Conclusions

   11. 21. Argument, Counterargument, & Refutation

   12. 22. Ethos, Pathos, & Logos

8. V. Appendices

   1. 23. Keyboarding Practice Sites

   2. 24. MLA Formatting Guides

9. Glossary