The Little Seagull handbook

How to Use This Book

Write. Rhetorical contexts ; Academic contexts ; Reading strategies ; Writing processes ; Parts of the essay: Beginnings, endings, theses & titles ; Developing paragraphs ; Designing what you write ; Building up academic habits of mind ; Arguments ; Rhetorical analyses ; Personal narratives ; Summary / Response essays ; Literary analyses ; Reports ; Proposals ; Reflections ; Annotated bibliographies ; Abstracts

Research. Doing research ; Evaluating sources ; Synthesizing ideas ; Integrating sources, avoiding plagiarism

MLA Style. In-text documentation ; Notes ; List of works cited ; Formatting a research paper ; Sample MLA paper

APA Style. In-text documentation ; Notes ; Reference list ; Formatting a research paper ; Sample APA paper - Chicago Style. Documenting with notes and bibliography ; Note and bibliography models ; Formatting a paper ; Sample pages

CSE Style. In-text documentation ; List of references ; Formatting a paper ; Sample pages

Edit. Editing the details that matter ; Editing sentences ; Editing pronouns ; Editing verbs ; Editing quotations ; Editing commas ; Editing words that are often confused ; Sentences ; Elements of a sentence ; Sentence fragments ; Comma splices, fused sentences ; Verbs ; Subject-verb agreement ; Pronouns ; Parallelism ; Coordination, Subordination ; Shifts ; Language ; Well-chosen words ; Precise words ; Idioms ; Words often confused ; Prepositions ; Unnecessary words ; Adjectives & adverbs ; Articles: "A," "An," or "The"? ; Respectful & inclusive language ; Pronouns & gender ; Englishes ; Punctuation / Mechanics ; Commas ; Semicolons ; End punctuation ; Quotation marks ; Apostrophes ; Other punctuation ; Hyphens ; Capitalization ; Italics ; Abbreviations ; Numbers

Glossary / Index

Documentation directories.

How to use this book

Kinds of writing

Documentation

Editing errors that matter

Sentences

Language

Punctuation/Mechanics