The Basics: A Rhetoric and Handbook with Catalyst access card

* Indicates material new to this edition.Tab 1: Reading, Writing, Arguing 1. *Reading Critically2. Prewriting 3. Outlining and Drafting an Essay 4. Developing Paragraphs for the Introduction, Body, and Conclusion of an Essay 5. Revising, Proofreading, and Editing 6. Developing ArgumentsTab 2: *Online Writing and Electronic Design7. *Using Computers in College8. *Writing Online9. Designing with ComputersTab 3: The Research Process 10. Creating a Research Strategy11. Researching and Evaluating Traditional Sources12. Researching and Evaluating Electronic Sources13. *Taking Notes and Avoiding Plagiarism14. Writing the Research PaperTab 4: MLA Documentation15. Writing the Research Paper Using the Modern Language Association (MLA) FormatTab 5: APA Documentation16. Writing the Research Paper Using the American Psychological Association (APA) Format Tab 6: Other Forms of Documentation17. Writing the Research Paper Using The Chicago Manual of Style (CMS) FormatTab 7: Special Writing Situations 18. Writing About Literature 19. *Communicating in Class: Essay Examinations and Oral Presentations20. Communicating in BusinessTab 8: Sentence Style 21. Learning about Sentences, Clauses, and Phrases 22. Mastering Sentence Structure 23. Combining Sentences Through Coordination and Subordination 24. Maintaining Parallelism 25. Using Modifiers That Make Sense 26. Correcting Mixed Constructions and Faulty Shifts 27. Creating Interest by Varying Sentence Patterns 28. Writing in a Clear and Emphatic StyleTab 9: Word Choice 29. Using a Dictionary and a Thesaurus 30. Using Exact Language 31. Maintaining Appropriate Tone, Style, and Word Choice 32. Making Your Writing ConciseTab l0: Grammar 33. Learning Parts of Speech 34. Mastering Verb Forms and Tenses 35. Maintaining Subject Verb Agreement 36. Learning Pronoun Types, Cases, and Reference 37. Maintaining Pronoun Antecedent Agreement 38. Using Adjectives and Adverbs CorrectlyTab 11: Punctuation, Spelling, and Mechanics 39. Mastering End Punctuation 40. Mastering the Comma 41. Mastering the Semicolon 42. Mastering the Colon 43. Mastering the Apostrophe 44. Mastering Quotation Marks 45. Mastering Other Marks of Punctuation 46. Improving Your Spelling 47. Using the Hyphen 48. Mastering the Rules of Capitalization 49. Learning to Abbreviate Words, Phrases, and Titles 50. Using Numbers and Italics CorrectlyTab 12: GUIDE FOR ESL WRITERS51. Mastering Articles and Plurals of Nouns 52. Mastering Sentence Structure 53. Mastering Verbs and Subject Verb Agreement 54. Using Adjectives, Adverbs, and Participles Correctly 55. Using Words Correctly Glossary and Index