'ndex
Sublists,inwritingprocess, 271
Subordinatingconjunctions
inadjectiveclauses, 294
inadverbclauses,212,213,214,292-294
independentclauses, 163
listof, 163
innounclauses, 295
punctuationwith, 29
astransitionsignals,27, 29,87,101,
117,119,120,147,297-299
Subordinators.SeeSubordinating
conjunctions
Subtitles,colonsbefore, 286
Surrunarizing,127,136-137
reviewof, 141
writinggoodspmmary, 137
Supportingdetaiis,39-54
examples,12-13
factsversusopinions,39-40
outsidesources,41-48, 54
paraphrasingand, 135
quotations,42-48
directquotations,42-46, 54
indirectquotations,43-44,47-48,
54, 198
statistics,51, 54
Supportingsentences,3,11-13
examplesin,12-13
reviewof, 16
Tagcommas, 281
Tenses
sequenceof,48, 198
special,inthatclauses, 198
Thatclauses,195-197,207
adjective,232, 235
sentencesbeginningwithitversus,
196-197
specialverbtensesin, 198
Thesisstatements,59-60,63,65-68
forargumentativeessay,147-148
pitfallsof,67-68
forprocessessay, 84
subtopicsin,65-66
Timeclauses
adjective,244-245
adverb,210,211-212,228, 292
Timeofday,colonsin, 287
Titles
shortwork,quotationmarksaround, 289
subtitles,colonsbefore, 286
Tone,ofwriting, 265
Topicselection,inwritingprocess,265-266
Topicsentences,4-10
controllingideain,3,4,9
defined, 3
positionof,5-6
recognizing,4-5
reviewof, 16
topicin,3,4,9
twopartsof,3, 9
writing,10,271
Transitionsignals,25-32,57,297-299.
SeealsoStructurevocabulary
forargumentativeessay,147-148
forcauseandeffect, 10 1-1 02
chartsof,forgeneraluse,27,68,
291-299
forchronologicalorder,86-87
forcomparisonandcontrast,117, 119,
120,294
forlogicaldivisionofideas,68-69
overuse,avoiding, 32
betweenparagraphs, 69
punctuationwith,26, 283
reviewof, 36
typesof
conjunctiveadverbs,26-28
coordinators,27,28,68,101, 102,
117,119,120,291,297-299
othertypes,27, 29,68,87,101, 102,
117,119,120,297-299
subordinators,27, 29,87, 10 1,117,
119,120,147,297-299
transitionwordsandphrases,26-28
usesof,297-299
Transitionsbetweenparagraphs, 69
Unity,18-19,57
defined, 18
reviewof, 36
Verbs
agreement,inadjectiveclauses, 231
reportingverbs,43-44, 47-48, 198
sequenceoftenses,48, 198
astransitionsignals, 29
Whichclauses,232, 235
Words,unusual,quotationmarksaround,
288
Workscited,listof,42,308-309
Writingprocess.SeeProcessofwriting
Writingstyle
participialphrasesand, 257
sentencetypesand, 175