Includes index.

CONTENTS:

What does writing involve? -- How do you find and explore a topic? -- How do you focus and organize a writing project? -- How do you write a draft? -- How do you revise, edit, and proofread? -- How is writing evaluated? -- How do you write in college? -- How do you use course web sites and campus writing centers? -- How do you write for the public? -- How do you read and think critically? -- How do you interpret visual rhetoric? -- How can you write powerful arguments? -- How do you design an oral or multimedia report? -- How do you write about literature? -- What makes paragraphs work? -- How do you manage opening and closing paragraphs? -- How do you manage transition? -- What kinds of language can you use? -- How do you construct effective sentences? -- How do you write stylish sentences? -- What is visual design? -- How do you design documents? -- How do you create web sites? -- Model documents -- Questions about subject-verb agreement? -- Questions about verb tense, voice, and mood? -- Questions about verbals? -- Questions about plurals, possessives, and articles? -- Questions about pronoun reference -- Questions about pronoun agreement? -- Questions about pronoun case? -- Questions about pronoun choices? -- Questions about modifiers? -- Are you an ESL writer? -- ESL questions about verbs? -- ESL questions about gerunds, infinitives, articles, or number? -- How do you punctuate sentence endings? –
Questions about sentence boundaries: fragments, comma splices, and run-ons? -- Questions about commas? -- Questions about semicolons and colons? -- Questions about quotation marks and ellipses? -- Questions about parentheses and brackets? -- Questions about dashes, hyphens, and slashes? -- Questions about italics and capitalization? -- Questions about abbreviations and numbers? -- How do you design a research project? -- How do you find information? -- How do you evaluate sources? -- How do you use sources responsibly? -- How do you handle quotations? -- How do you complete a project? -- What is documentation? -- How do you use MLA documentation? -- How do you use APA documentation? -- How do you use CMS documentation? -- How do you use CSE documentation? -- How do you use COS documentation? -- Glossary of terms and usage.