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2. ENGL 1302 – Capstone Essay
3. Why Is Grammar Important?
4. Introduction to Nouns
5. Regular Plural Nouns
6. Irregular Plural Nouns
7. Count vs. Non-Count Nouns
8. Compound Nouns
9. Practice Activities: Nouns
10. Introduction to Pronouns
11. Personal Pronouns
12. Practice Activities: Personal Pronouns
13. Demonstrative Pronouns
14. Indefinite Pronouns
15. Relative Pronouns
16. Antecedent Clarity
17. Antecedent Agreement
18. Practice Activities: Pronouns
19. Introduction to Verbs
20. Active Verbs
21. Linking Verbs
22. Helping Verbs
23. Simple Verb Tenses
24. Subject & Verb Agreement
25. Verb Tense Consistency
26. Introduction to Non-Finite Verbs
27. Gerunds
28. Participles
29. Infinitives
30. Advanced Verb Tenses
31. Practice Activities: Verbs
32. Introduction to Adjectives and Adverbs
33. Functions of Adjectives
34. Functions of Adverbs
35. Differences between Adjectives and Adverbs
36. Common Mistakes with Adjectives and Adverbs
37. Practice Activities: Adjectives and Adverbs
38. Introduction to Other Parts of Speech
39. Conjunctions
40. Practice Activities: Conjunctions
41. Prepositions
42. Articles
43. Introduction to Punctuation
44. Ending Punctuation
45. Commas
46. Semicolons
47. Colons
48. Practice Activities: Commas, Semicolons, and Colons
49. Hyphens and Dashes
50. Apostrophes
51. Quotation Marks
52. Brackets
53. Ellipses
54. Parentheses
55. Practice Activities: Punctuating Quotes
56. Punctuation Clusters
57. Practice Activities: Punctuation
58. Introduction to Usage
59. Commonly Misused Terms and Phrases
60. Abbreviations and Acronyms
61. Writing with Numbers
62. Capitalization
63. Spelling
64. Introduction to Sentence Structure
65. Basic Parts of a Sentence
66. Common Sentence Structures
67. Sentence Punctuation Patterns
68. Run-on Sentences
69. Sentence Fragments
70. Parallel Structure
71. Practice Activities: Parallel Structure
72. Active and Passive Voice
73. Revising Weak Passive-Voice Sentences
74. Using the Passive Voice
75. Practice Activities: Active and Passive Voice
76. Rhetorical Context
77. How to Write a Thesis Statement
78. The Perfect Paragraph
79. Introductions and Conclusions
80. Higher Order Concerns for Editing
81. Lower Order Concerns for Proofreading
82. The Importance of Spelling
83. Revising With Style In Mind
84. Why Is Research Important?
85. Preliminary Research Strategies
86. Level Up Your Google Game
87. Intermediate Research Strategies
88. Google Scholar
89. Advanced Search Strategies
90. How to Search in a Library Database
91. Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sources
92. Evaluating Sources
93. Tools for Evaluating Sources
94. Using Sources in Your Paper
95. Using Multiple Sources
96. Academic Dishonesty
97. Defining Plagiarism
98. Avoiding Plagiarism
99. Why Is MLA Documentation Important?
100. Introduction to MLA Documentation
101. MLA Document Formatting
102. MLA Works Cited Page Formatting
103. Creating MLA Works Cited Entries
104. MLA In-Text Citations
105. MLA Block Quotations
106. Why Is APA Documentation Important?
107. APA Order of Major Sections
108. APA Title Page Formatting
109. APA Abstract Page
110. APA First Main Body Page Formatting
111. APA Headings and Subheadings
112. APA In-Text Citations
113. APA References Page Formatting
114. Creating APA References Entries
115. APA Block Quotations
116. How to Write a Summary
117. Research and Critical Reading
118. Primary Source: Sustaining Our Commonwealth of Nature and Knowledge
119. Primary Source: The Zombie as Barometer of Capitalist Anxiety
120. Primary source: Zombies vs. animals? The living dead wouldn't stand a chance
121. Basic Questions for Rhetorical Analysis
122. Rogerian Argument
123. Toulmin's Argument Model
124. Toulmin's Schema
125. Persuasion
126. Research Essay Project Overview
127. What Is Research?
128. Research and Other Types of Source-based Writing
129. What Is Research Writing?
130. Reading to Write Effectively
131. How to Read Like a Writer
132. The Qualities of a Good Research Question
133. Choosing A Manageable Research Topic
134. Managing Your Research Project
135. Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
136. Prewriting Strategies
137. Formulating a Thesis
138. 5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis
139. Process: Writing a Thesis Statement
140. The Seven Steps of the Research Process
141. Understanding Bias
142. Examples for Reading Notebook #4
143. Quotation Marks
144. Quotations
145. Using Sources Blending Source Material with Your Own Work
146. Using Sources Creatively
147. When to Quote & When to Paraphrase
148. Citing and Referencing Techniques
149. Read: Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
150. When & How To Use MLA In-Text Citation
151. How to Cite YouTube
152. APA in-text citations
153. Video: Annotated Bibliographies An Illustrated Guide
154. Classical Essay Structure
155. Writing for Success: Outlining
156. Introductions
157. Conclusions
158. Audience
159. Revising and Editing
160. General Revision Points to Consider
161. Specific Revision Points to Consider
162. Photos and Illustrations
163. Video: Visualizing Data
164. Visual Elements: Play, Use, and Design
165. Sample Final Research Essay Drafts
166. Cohesion: What do People Mean When They Say My Writing Doesn't "Flow"
167. Read: Developing Your Final Draft
168. Reflection
169. Reflective Learning
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