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

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