Overview
Welcome to the Rhetoric and Composition Wikibook, designed for use as a textbook in first-year college composition programs, written as a practical guide for students struggling to bring their writing up to the level expected of them by their professors and instructors. For more detail, see the Introduction chapter.
Contents
# /Introduction/ # Overview: The Writing Process ## /Planning and Prewriting/ ## /Collaborating/ ## /Researching/ ## /Drafting/ ## /Editing/ ## /Reviewing/ ## /Revising/ ## /Proofreading/ ## /Publishing/ # /Genres/ ## /Memoirs/ ## /Reviews/ ## /Commentaries/ ## /Proposals/ # Writing Applications ## /Analyzing Assignments/ ## /Description/ ## /Narration/ ## /Exposition/ ## /Evaluation/ ## /Argument/ # /Advanced Topics/ ## /Writing in the Humanities/ ## /Writing in the Sciences/ ## /Writing in Business/ ## /Oral Presentations/ ## /Rhetorical Analysis/ ## /Annotated Bibliography/ ## /Writing for the Web/ ### /Formality/ ### /Formatting/ ### /Utility/ ### /Navigation/ ### /Establishing Connections/ ### /Advice for Writing in Various Venues on the Web/ ### /Usability Testing/ ### /Useful Links/ ### /See Also/ # /Grammar and Mechanics/ ## /Parts of Speech/ ## /Parts of the Sentence/ ## /Types of Sentences/ ## /Active and Passive Voice/ ## /Punctuation/ ## /Commas/ ## /Semicolons/ ## /Colons// ## /Apostrophes/ ## /Quotation Marks/ ## /Hyphens and Dashes/ ## /Parentheses/ ## /Capitalization/ ## Common Errors ## Writing Feedback ## MLA and APA ## /Plagiarism/ # /Teacher's Handbook/ ## Teaching With Wikitexts ## Creating Effective Assignment Sequences ## Writing as a Process ## /Modes of Writing/ ### Description ### Narration ### Exposition ### Evaluation ### Argumentation ## Annotated Bibliography ## Rhetorical Analysis ## Sentence Structure ## Grammar ## Writing in the Humanities ## Writing in the Sciences ## Writing in Business ## Oral Presentations ## Writing for the Web ## Using the Portfolio Method ## Assignment Sheet Database ## Handout Database ## Lesson Plan Database # Appendices ## /Glossary/ ## /Index/ ## /Detailed TOC/ ## /Bibliography/ ## Authors ## Ask a Question! ## /Feature Requests/