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| Acknowledgments |
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Stories About the Past Intended to Be True |
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Writing History as a Way of Thinking |
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Basic Principles for History Essays |
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1 Good Historical Essays Are Sharply Focused on a Limited Topic |
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2 Historical Essays Should Have a Clearly Stated Argument |
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3 Historical Essays Are Built, Step by Step, on Carefully Acknowledged Evidence |
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4 Historical Essays Reflect the Dispassionate Thoughts of the Author |
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5 History Essays Are Clearly Written with an Intended Audience in Mind |
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Plagiarism and Paraphrase |
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Writers Checklist for Avoiding Plagiarism |
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24 | (21) |
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26 | (1) |
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28 | (2) |
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31 | (2) |
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33 | (2) |
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35 | (5) |
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40 | (4) |
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Writer's Checklist for Evaluation |
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44 | (1) |
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45 | (26) |
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47 | (3) |
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50 | (6) |
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56 | (6) |
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62 | (6) |
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Writer's Checklist for Research |
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71 | (21) |
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Recording Information and Ideas |
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1 Keep an Ongoing Bibliography |
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2 Carefully Select Keywords |
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77 | (1) |
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3 Avoid Copying Quotations |
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78 | (1) |
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4 Keep Any Quotations Separate |
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79 | (1) |
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80 | (1) |
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Writers Checklist for Taking Notes |
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80 | (1) |
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81 | (4) |
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Writing and Revising Drafts |
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85 | (6) |
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Writers Checklist for Peer Editing |
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91 | (1) |
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92 | (24) |
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93 | (1) |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (2) |
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97 | (2) |
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Simple and Direct Writing |
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Write in Coherent Paragraphs |
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101 | (1) |
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Keep Sentences Manageable |
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102 | (1) |
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103 | (1) |
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Write about the Past in the Past Tense |
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104 | (1) |
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Connect Your First and Last Paragraphs |
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105 | (1) |
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Word Forms and Punctuation |
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106 | (1) |
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Keep Modifiers Under Control |
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106 | (1) |
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Be Certain Pronouns Refer to Antecedents |
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107 | (1) |
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Form Plurals and Possessives of Nouns Accurately |
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108 | (1) |
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Use the Intended Form for Common Words |
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109 | (1) |
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Use Objective Case Pronouns Appropriately |
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109 | (1) |
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Maintain Parallel Form for a Series |
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110 | (1) |
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Use Commas and Semicolons Appropriately |
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110 | (1) |
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Carefully Present and Punctuate Quotations |
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111 | (1) |
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112 | (1) |
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Writers Checklist for Expression and Conventions |
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113 | (1) |
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114 | (2) |
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116 | (21) |
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117 | (1) |
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118 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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119 | (1) |
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120 | (1) |
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Shortened Forms for Subsequent Note Citations |
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120 | (1) |
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121 | (3) |
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124 | (1) |
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Writers Checklist of Source Citations |
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125 | (12) |
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Appendix A Sample Student Research Paper |
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137 | (14) |
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Things to Notice About This Paper |
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149 | (1) |
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Writers Checklist for Sample Research Paper |
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150 | (1) |
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Appendix B Writing Reviews |
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151 | (12) |
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Reviewing as a Special Form of Writing |
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151 | (4) |
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155 | (7) |
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Things to Notice About This Review |
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162 | (1) |
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Writers Checklist for Reviews |
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162 | (1) |
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Appendix C Short Essay Assignments |
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163 | (6) |
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Writers Checklist for Short Essays |
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168 | (1) |
| Select Bibliography of Student Resources |
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| Index |
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