English Composition

by Karen Woodring

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Harrisburg Area Community College
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Humanities
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CC BY-NC, as LibreTexts states it. Non-commercial use only.
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Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects

Contents

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  1. Front Matter
  2. TitlePage
  3. InfoPage
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Licensing
  6. 1: Planning for Success in College
  7. 1.1: College Attendance and Communication
  8. 1.2: Emailing Your Professor - Ten Tips
  9. 1.3: Participating in Online Discussions
  10. 1.4: Writing for College
  11. 1.5: What is Academic Writing
  12. 1.6: Your Role as a Learner
  13. 2: Really? Writing? Again?
  14. 2.1: Yes. Writing. Again.
  15. 2.2: College Writing is Different
  16. 2.3: Academic Style
  17. 3: What Does the Professor Want? Understanding the Assignment
  18. 3.1: Writing for Whom? Writing for What?
  19. 3.2: So What Do Professors Want?
  20. 3.3: The Prompt- What Does “Analyze” Mean Anyway?
  21. 3.4: Rubrics as Road Maps
  22. 4: Reading, Interpretation, and Text Wrestling
  23. 4.1: Techniques
  24. 4.2: Activities
  25. 4.3: Student samples
  26. 4.4: What’s Critical About Critical Thinking?
  27. 5: The Writing Process
  28. 5.1: Introduction
  29. 5.2: Understanding the Writing Process
  30. 5.3: Why It Matters- Writing Process
  31. 5.4: Prewriting
  32. 5.4.1: Prewriting
  33. 5.4.1.1: Prewriting Strategies
  34. 5.4.1.2: Strategies for Narrowing a Topic
  35. 5.4.1.3: Rhetorical Situation
  36. 5.4.1.4: Working Thesis Statement
  37. 5.4.1.5: What is an Annotated Bibliography?
  38. 5.4.1.6: Why Write Annotated Bibliographies?
  39. 5.5: Drafting
  40. 5.5.1: Organizing and Writing your Draft
  41. 5.5.1.1: Moving From Outline to Draft
  42. 5.5.1.2: Moving Beyond the Five-paragraph Theme
  43. 5.5.1.3: Types of Essays and Suggested Structures
  44. 5.5.1.4: The First Draft is the Ugliest
  45. 5.5.1.5: Constructing and revising a thesis statement
  46. 5.5.1.6: Opening Paragraphs
  47. 5.5.1.7: In Today’s World …
  48. 5.5.1.8: Conclusions
  49. 5.6: Revising and Editing
  50. 5.6.1: Revising and Editing
  51. 5.6.1.1: General Revision Points to Consider
  52. 5.6.1.2: Points for Successful Revision
  53. 5.6.1.3: General Editing Points to Consider
  54. 5.6.1.4: Editing for clarity and conciseness
  55. 6: Types of Essays
  56. 6.1: Narration
  57. 6.1.1: Narration
  58. 6.1.2: Section Introduction- Telling a Story
  59. 6.1.3: Techniques
  60. 6.1.4: Tips on Writing the Narrative
  61. 6.1.5: Activities
  62. 6.1.6: Model Texts by Student Authors
  63. 6.1.7: Section Introduction- Reflecting on an Experience
  64. 6.1.8: Techniques
  65. 6.1.9: Sample Student Essay
  66. 6.2: The Causal Analysis Essay
  67. 6.2.1: Why Write a Causal Analysis or Cause/Effect Essay?
  68. 6.2.2: Cause and Effect
  69. 6.2.3: Organizing the Causal Analysis Essay
  70. 6.2.4: Tips for Writing the Causal Analysis
  71. 6.2.5: Sample Student Essays
  72. 6.3: Persuasion
  73. 6.3.1: Why Write an Argument Essay?
  74. 6.3.2: Elements of Rhetorical Appeals in persuasion
  75. 6.3.3: The Basics of Argument
  76. 6.3.4: The Fallacies of Argument
  77. 6.3.5: Persuasive Writing Tips
  78. 6.3.6: How to Write an Argument Essay
  79. 6.3.7: Incorporating Facts, Opinions, and Visuals to Persuade
  80. 6.3.8: Sample Professional Essays
  81. 6.3.9: Sample Student Essays
  82. 6.3.10: Model Texts by Student Authors
  83. 7: Avoiding Plagiarism
  84. 7.1: Avoiding Plagiarism
  85. 7.2: Incorporating Sources to Support your Thesis
  86. 7.3: Incorporating Sources
  87. 7.4: Principles
  88. 7.5: Integrating Source Material and Signal Phrases
  89. 7.6: Self Check on MLA citations and avoiding plagiarism
  90. 8: Handbook - Sentence Variety and Grammar
  91. 8.1: Fragments and Run-Ons
  92. 8.2: Coordination and Subordination
  93. 8.3: Subject-Verb Agreement
  94. 8.4: Verb Tense
  95. 8.5: Active vs. Passive Voice
  96. 8.6: Voice
  97. 8.7: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  98. 8.8: Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
  99. 8.9: Parallelism
  100. 8.10: Word Choice
  101. 8.10.1: Homonyms
  102. 8.10.2: Homonyms
  103. 8.10.3: Commonly Confused Words
  104. 8.10.4: Commonly Misspelled Words
  105. 8.10.5: Slang, Cliche, and Overly General Words
  106. 8.10.6: The Dilemma of Gendered Language in English
  107. 9: Handbook - Punctuation, Capitalization, and Mechanics
  108. 9.1: Italics and Quotation Marks
  109. 9.2: Semi-Colon
  110. 9.3: Colon
  111. 9.4: Apostrophe
  112. 9.5: Capitalization
  113. 9.6: Capitalization
  114. 9.7: Commas
  115. 9.8: Comma—Six Main Uses
  116. 9.9: Semicolons and Colons
  117. 9.10: Apostrophes
  118. 9.11: Quotation Marks
  119. 9.12: Hyphens and Dashes
  120. 9.13: Parentheses and Capitalization
  121. Back Matter
  122. Index
  123. Glossary
  124. Detailed Licensing