Rhetoric and Composition

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[edit] Welcome

Welcome to the Rhetoric and Composition Wikibook, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors. For more detail, see the Introduction chapter.

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1. Introduction
2. Overview: The Writing Process
   1. Planning and Prewriting
   2. Collaborating
   3. Researching
   4. Drafting
   5. Revising
   6. Reviewing
   7. Editing
   8. Publishing
3. Writing Applications
   1. Analyzing Assignments
   2. Description
   3. Narration
   4. Exposition
   5. Evaluation
   6. Argument
4. Advanced Topics
   1. Writing in the Humanities
   2. Writing in the Sciences
   3. Writing in Business
   4. Oral Presentations
   5. Rhetorical Analysis
   6. Annotated Bibliography
   7. Writing for the Web
5. Grammar and Mechanics
   1. Parts of Speech
   2. Parts of the Sentence
   3. Types of Sentences
   4. Active and Passive Voice
   5. Punctuation
   6. Commas
   7. Semicolons
   8. Colons
   9. Apostrophes
   10. Quotation Marks
   11. Hyphens and Dashes
   12. Parentheses
   13. Capitalization
   14. Common Errors
   15. Writing Feedback
   16. Citing Sources
   17. Plagiarism
6. Teacher's Handbook
   1. With Wikitexts
   2. Creating Effective Assignment Sequences
   3. Writing as a Process
   4. Modes of Writing
      1. Description
      2. Narration
      3. Exposition
      4. Evaluation
      5. Argumentation
   5. Annotated Bibliography
   6. Rhetorical Analysis
   7. Sentence Structure
   8. Grammar
   9. Writing in the Humanities
   10. Writing in the Sciences
   11. Writing in Business
   12. Oral Presentations
   13. Writing for the Web
   14. Using the Portfolio Method
   15. Assignment Sheet Database
   16. Handout Database
   17. Lesson Plan Database
7. Appendices
   1. Glossary
   2. Index
   3. Detailed TOC
   4. Bibliography
   5. Authors
   6. Ask a Question!
   7. Feature Requests

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