Rhetoric and Composition/Print version



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 * The Stages of the Writing Process
 * Overview · Planning and Prewriting · Collaborating · Researching · Drafting · Editing · Reviewing · Revising · Publishing
 * Writing Applications
 * Overview · Analyzing Assignments · Description · Narration · Exposition · Evaluation · Argument
 * Advanced Topics
 * Overview · Writing in the Humanities · Writing in the Sciences · Writing in Business · Oral Presentations
 * Grammar and Mechanics
 * GNU Free Documentation License

= The Stages of the Writing Process =

= Writing Applications =

= Advanced Topics =

= Grammar and Mechanics =

= Contents =
 * Understanding Grammar
 * What is Grammar?
 * The Parts of Speech
 * Nouns · Pronouns · Verbs · Adjectives · Adverbs · Conjunctions · Prepositions · Interjections
 * Types of Sentences
 * Active and Passive Voice
 * Understanding Mechanics
 * What is Mechanics?
 * Punctuation
 * Commas · Semicolons · Colons · Apostrophes · Quotation Marks · Hyphens and Dashes · Parentheses and Brackets|Parentheses|Parentheses and Brackets
 * Capitalization
 * Common Errors
 * Know your patterns · Mixing up words that sound alike · When subjects and verbs don't agree · When pronouns and antecedents don't agree · Missing commas after introductory elements · Sentence fragments · Missing or misplaced apostrophes · Unnecessary tense shifts · Run-on or fused sentences · Disruptive commas · Dangling, misplaced, and squinting modifiers
 * Citing Sources
 * Citation · Plagiarism

= Understanding Grammar =

= Understanding Mechanics =

= Common Errors =

= Citing Sources =

= GNU Free Documentation License =