Student Writing Handbook Fifth+Edition

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in opinion papers, 105

in reviews, 344

organization, defined, 444

organizational plan, 109

autobiographical sketch, 145

autobiography, 144

character sketch, 169

essay test responses, 192

feature article, 196

letters to editor, 217

reviews, 344–345

technical report, 377

organizers, graphic, 6–7

.org extension, 297

outlines. See also outlines as summary;

outlines for paper; outlines for speech

in cause-and-effect papers, 60

characteristics of, 271–273

checking for accuracy, 275

for comparison-and-contrast papers,

77–79

defined, 6, 444

overview, 271

in prewriting, 9

for research paper, 305–306

in scripts, 351

outlines as summary

overview, 273–274

prewriting, 274

proofreading, 275

sample, 275–276

showing relationships among ideas, 274

outlines for paper

overview, 276–277

prewriting, 277

proofreading, 279

putting lists into outline form, 277–278

revising, 278

sample, 279–280

outlines for speech

developing body of, 281

forming introduction and conclusion,

281–282

overview, 280

prewriting, 281

proofreading, 282

sample, 282–283

overlapping divisions, 68

notes
defined, 443
for minutes of meeting, 262
for research paper, 302–305, 307–316
taking in outline format, 273–275
noun
defined, 443
overview, 404–405
noun clause, 422
novel, dialogue, 177
number, defined, 443
numbered bibliography style, 307, 318,
333–334

objective case, defined, 443
objective complement, 412, 443
objectivity, scholarship applications
essays, 135
OCLC First Search database, 296
off-screen, defined, 357
omniscient point of view, defined, 443
onomatopoeia, defined, 443
open-ended situations, cause-and-effect
paper, 65
opinion
characteristics of, 102–103
defined, 444
literary analysis of author, 228
overview, 102, 103
persuasion papers versus, 102
prewriting, 103–105
proofreading, 107
revising, 106
sample, 107–108
writing, 105–106
opposing argument, persuasive paper, 111
order, in paragraph development, 444.
See also chronological order; order of
importance; spatial order
order of business, 444
order of importance
arranging comparisons in, 51–52
in cause-and-effect papers, 60–61
in classification papers, 70
in comparison-and-contrast papers, 80
defined, 444
in descriptive papers, 92–93
in multi-paragraph papers, 26