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Guilford College Writing Manual
This is the official Guilford College Writing Manual. A collaboration between the English Department and the Hege Library.
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Why Write?
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Practical Considerations
Write to Learn
Defining and Freeing the Self
Joining a Community of Seekers
Final Thoughts
How College Writing is Different
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A Proposed Categorization of the Academic Writer's Responsibilities
The Writing Scene at Guilford College
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Required Writing Courses
Placement in First-Year Writing Courses
Writing Courses Beyond First-Year English
Types of College Writing
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Informal vs. Formal Writing
Essay vs. Article
Two Models of Papers
General Expectations
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What is the Real Difference?
Specific Expectations of Papers
Grade Descriptions
The A Paper
The B Paper
The C Paper
The D Paper
The F Paper
College-Level Reading
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What makes college reading different?
Levels of Reading
The Writing Process
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An Overview
Sample Schedule
Suggestions for Prewriting
Getting Material
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Modes of Invention
Four Categories of Invention
Intuition Heuristics
The Five Perspectives
Loosening Heuristics
Clustering
Closing Observations
Doing Research
Introduction
Preliminary Tasks
The Search Strategy
Finding Materials
Finding Appropriate Websites
Selected Websites
Documenting Your Sources
Organization
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Open Form vs. Fixed Form
Geography of a Thesis and Proof Essay
Introductions
Body Paragraphs
Conclusions
Maintaining Control
Geography of an Issues and Exploration Paper
Reader Expectations
Style
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What is Style?
Diction
Festival of Verbs
Two Zones of the Word Stock
Levels of Generality
Writing with Nouns and Verbs
Avoiding Cliches
The Two Faces of Jargon
Using "I" in Academic Writing
Syntax
What Kinds of Sentences to Use
Hemingway vs. Faulkner
Three Syntactic Devices Worth Using
Subject-Verb-Object
Touches of Elegance
Tropes
Schemes
Gunning's Fog Index
Reader Expectations
Grammar
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Why It's Important
Two General Principles
Some College-Level Problems
A Word on Typos
Revising
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An Important General Rap
Revising Checklist
Revising for Concreteness
Revising to Eliminate Wordiness
Revising to Sharpen
Revising to Improve Coherence
Revising to Make More Effective Use of Quotations
Revising to Make Language More Inclusive
Revising to Brighten
Peer Editing
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What It Is and Why We Do It
Sample Edit Guide
Plagiarism
Resources
Doing Research
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