Index
Clauses(continued)
restrictive, 232
reviewof, 177
Clustering, 269
Coherence,21-36, 57
consistentpronounsand, 24
defined, 21
logicalorderand,34, 36
repetitionofkeynounsand,22, 23, 57
reviewof, 36
transitionsignalsand,25-32
chartsof,27,68,291-299
conjunctiveadverbs,26-28
coordinators,27,28,68,101,102,
117,119,120,291
othertypes,27, 29
subordinators,27,29,87, 10 1,117,
119, 120, 147
transitionwordsandphrases,26-28,
297-299
Colon,285-287
beforeappositives, 286
inexpressionoftimeofday, 287
afterformalsalutation, 287
beforelists,285-286
beforelongquotations,46, 286
beforesubtitles, 286
inthesisstatements, 65
Comma
inadverbclauses, 211
incompound-complexsentences, 174
incompoundsentences,165-171
withconjunctiveadverbs,26-28, 168
withcontrast(directopposition)adverb
clauses, 120
withcoordinators,28, 281
indirectquotations, 45
betweenitemsinseries, 284
withnonresllictiveadjectiveclauses, 232
aftersalutation, 287
withsubordinators, 29
withtransitionwordsandphrases,
26,283
Commasplices,188, 192
Comparisonandcontrast, 34
essay,111-126
organizationof,113-115, 122
reviewof, 122
signalwordsfor,116-120,294
Complexsentences, 172
Compound-complexsentences, 174
Compoundsentences,165-171
Concession(unexpectedresult)clauses,
119,211,218,223,228,293
Conclusion
concludingparagraph,56-57, 72
concludingsentences,3-5,13-15, 16
end-of-paragraphsignals,13, 16
Conditionalclauses,211,225-226,228, 293
Conjunctions.SeeCoordinatingconjunc-
tions;Correlativeconjunctions;
Subordinatingconjunctions
Conjunctiveadverbs,295-297
chartsof,169,296-297
compoundsentenceswith,168-169
punctuationwith, 283
astransitionsignals,26-28
usesof,169,296-297
Connectors,semicolonbefore, 283
Contrast.SeealsoComparisonandcontrast
contrasttransitionsignals,119,120,294
Contrastclause
concession,119,211,218,223,228,293
directopposition,120,211,222-223
Controllingidea,3,4, 9
Coordinatingconjunctions
commaswith,28, 281
incompoundsentences,165-166
listsof,28,166, 291
parallelismwith, 180
astransitionsignals,27, 28,68,101,
102,117,119,120,291,297-299
usesof, 166
Coordinators.SeeCoordinatingconjunctions
Correlativeconjunctions
listsof,28,181, 292
forlogicaldivisionofideas, 65
parallelismwith, 181
astransitionsignals, 28
Dependentclauses
adjective.SeeAdjectiveclauses
adverb.SeeAdverbclauses
commawith, 29
noun.SeeNounclauses
subordinatingconjunctionsin, 29
Directquotations.SeeQuotations,direct
Distanceclauses,211,214-215,228, 293
Documentingsourcesofinformation,
306-310
in-textcitations,42, 45,306-308
listofworkscited,42,308-309
plagiarism,avoiding,41,128-129
Drafts,writingandrevising,272-274
Editing
peer,313-314
inpolishingstageofwriting,273-275
