| Contents: |
Some Really Crude Basics --
What Is a College Paper? --
Format and Length --
Timing Counts! --
How Much Work Do I Have to Do? --
Choosing a Topic and Telling Your Story --
K.I.S.S. --
Brainstorming --
Why Must We Fight? --
Daring Dissent --
Swindler's List --
Finding Patterns: Comparisons and Contrasts --
Freeing the Slaves --
End with a Bang --
Before Plunging In --
In the Beginning ... Pulling Your Creation Out of the Void --
Do I Really Need an Outline? --
What's in a Title? --
The Topic Paragraph --
Topic Sentences --
Keep the Flow Going --
Sentences and Paragraphs --
Be Specific --
Choosing a Voice --
Whom Must You Pretend to Be? --
Faking Other Voices --
Sin Boldly! --
Dialogue --
Voices to Avoid --
Dissing the Prof --
Imagining Your Audience --
Ungrammatical Voices --
Breezy or Pompous? --
Plain-Style American Populism --
Yankee Doodle's Macaroni --
McMurphy's "Average Asshole" --
The All-American Con-Man --
Empowering or Cowering --
PC Patty --
Business and Other Jargon --
Choosing Words --
Piss and Urine --
Being Niggardly About the Paddy Wagon --
Snobs and Slobs --
Cliches --
Say What You Mean--Mean What You Say --
Sexist Language --
Past and Present --
Poetic Prose --
Arguing Your Case --
No Right or Wrong --
Battle Tactics --
VGs, AEs, and OAs --
Show What You Know and Define Your Terms --
Keep Your Argument Grounded --
Refute! Reply! Fight Back! --
How to Lose Your Case --
Circular Reasoning --
Just Say No to "Just" --
Post Hoc, Ergo Propter Hoc --
Ad Hominem --
False Choices --
Non Sequitur. |
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