A writer's reference

Composing and revising ; C1. Planning ; C2. Drafting ; C3. Writing paragraphs ; C4. Reviewing, revising, and editing ; C5. Reflecting on your writing, preparing a portfolio

Academic reading, writing, and speaking ; A1. Reading and writing critically ; A2. Reading and writing about multimodal texts ; A3. Reading arguments ; A4. Writing arguments ; A5. Speaking confidently ; A6. Writing in the disciplines

Researched writing ; R1. Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources ; R2. Managing information; taking notes responsibly ; R3. Evaluating sources

MLA style ; MLA-1. Supporting a thesis ; MLA-2. Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism

MLA-3. Integrating sources

MLA-4. Documenting sources

MLA-5. MLA format; sample research paper

APA style and CMS style (coverage parallels MLA's)

Sentence style ; S1. Parallelism ; S2. Needed words ; S3. Problems with modifiers ; S4. Shifts ; S5. Mixed constructions ; S6. Sentence emphasis ; S7. Sentence variety

Word choice ; W1. Glossary of usage ; W2. Wordy sentences ; W3. Active verbs ; W4. Appropriate language ; W5. Exact language

Grammatical sentences ; G1. Subject-verb agreement ; G2. Verb forms, tenses, and moods ; G3. Pronouns ; G4. Adjectives and adverbs G5. Sentence fragments ; G6. Run-on sentences

Multilingual writers and ESL topics ; M1. Verbs ; M2. Articles ; M3. Sentence structure ; M4. Using adjectives ; M5. Prepositions and idiomatic expressions ; M6. Paraphrasing sources effectively

Punctuation and mechanics ; P1. The comma ; P2. Unnecessary commas ; P3. The semicolon and the colon ; P4. The apostrophe ; P5. Quotation marks ; P6. Other punctuation marks ; P7. Spelling and hyphenation ; P8. Capitalization P9. Abbreviations and numbers ; P10. Italics

Basic grammar ; B1. Parts of speech ; B2. Sentence patterns ; B3. Subordinate word groups ; B4. Sentence types

Index ; Multilingual/ESL menu ; Revision symbols ; Detailed menu.

Composing and revising

Academic reading, writing, and speaking

Researched writing

MLA style

APA style and CMS style

Sentence style

Word choice

Grammatical sentences

Multilingual writers and ESL topics

Punctuation and mechanics

Basic grammar.

Composing and revising

Academic writing

Sentence style

Word choice

Grammatical sentences

ESL challenges

Punctuation

Mechanics

Researching

MLA

APA/CMS

Basic grammar.