Rules for Writers

A Process for Writing
1  Exploring, planning, and drafting
2  Writing paragraphs
3  Revising, editing, and reflecting
4  AI and the writing process



Academic Reading and Writing
5  Reading and writing critically
6  Reading and writing about multimodal texts
7  Reading arguments
8  Writing arguments
9  Writing about literature



Clarity
10  Verbs
11  Parallelism
12  Needed words
13  Mixed constructions
14  Misplaced and dangling modifiers
15  Shifts
16  Emphasis
17  Variety
18  Wordy sentences
19  Appropriate language
20  Exact words; glossary of usage



Grammar
21  Sentence fragments
22  Run-on sentences
23  Subject-verb agreement (is or are etc.)
24  Pronoun-antecedent agreement (singular or plural)
25  Pronoun reference
26  Pronoun case (I vs. me etc.)
27  who and whom
28  Adjectives and adverbs
29  Verb forms, tenses, and moods



Multilingual Writers and ESL Topics
30  Verbs
31  Articles (a, an, the)
32  Sentence structure
33  Prepositions and idiomatic expressions
34  Paraphrasing sources effectively



Punctuation
35  The comma
36  Unnecessary commas
37  The semicolon
38  The colon
39  The apostrophe
40  Quotation marks
41  End punctuation
42  Other punctuation marks



Mechanics
43  Abbreviations
44  Numbers
45  Italics
46  Spelling
47  Hyphenation
48  Capitalization



Grammar Basics
49  Parts of speech
50  Sentence patterns
51  Subordinate word groups
52  Sentence types



Research
53  Thinking like a researcher; gathering sources
54  Managing information; taking notes responsibly
55  Evaluating sources



Writing Essays in MLA Style
56  Supporting a thesis
57  Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
58  Integrating sources
59  Documenting sources in MLA style
60  MLA format; sample research essay



Writing Papers in APA Style
61  Supporting a thesis
62  Citing sources; avoiding plagiarism
63  Integrating sources
64  Documenting sources in APA style
65  APA format; sample research paper



Answers to lettered exercises

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