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About Writing: A Guide: What is MLA, APA, and CMS?

About Writing: A Guide
What is MLA, APA, and CMS?

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table of contents
  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Table Of Contents
  5. Composing
    1. Types of Writing Styles
    2. Understanding the Assignment
    3. Assessing the Writing Situation
    4. Test Your Thesis
    5. Constructing an Outline
    6. Checklist: Planning a Document
    7. Transitions
    8. Visuals Help You Communicate
  6. Academic writing
    1. Active Reading
    2. Analyzing a Text
    3. Rhetorical Concepts
    4. Academic Writing: Point of View
    5. Academic Writing: Verb Tense
    6. How to: Write a Summary
    7. Countering Opposing Arguments
    8. Putting Inductive Reasoning to the Test
    9. Most Common Evidence Used by Authors
  7. Researching
    1. Keyword Searching: Do it Better!
    2. Is this source scholarly?
    3. Evaluating Sources
    4. Evaluating Web Sources
    5. What Do You Need for a Citation?
    6. Avoiding Plagiarism
  8. MLA/APA/CMS
    1. What is MLA, APA, and CMS?
    2. MLA Signal Phrases
    3. MLA Citation Examples
    4. APA Signal Phrases
    5. APA Citation Examples
    6. CMS Signal Phrases
  9. Basic Grammar
    1. Introducing... Subordinate Clauses!
  10. Grammatical Sentences
    1. Subject-Verb Agreement
    2. Should You Use –s (or –es) for a Present-Tense Verb?
    3. Is Your Sentence a Fragment?
    4. Is Your Sentence a Run-On?
    5. Does Your Sentence Have a Dangling Modifier?
  11. Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges
    1. Verb Forms: The Basics
    2. Verb Tenses: Active Voice
    3. Verb Tenses: Passive Voice
    4. The Meaning of Modals
    5. Nouns
    6. Articles for Common Nouns
    7. Non-count Nouns
    8. Geography and ‘The’
    9. How to Order Cumulative Adjectives
    10. Three Magic Words: At, On, and In
    11. Combo Time! – Adjectives & Prepositions
    12. Combo Time! – Verbs & Prepositions
  12. Revising
    1. A strategy for analyzing and revising a first draft
    2. Checklist: Revision
    3. How to: Be a Constructive Peer Reviewer

What is MLA, APA, and CMS?

MLA stands for Modern Language Association. It is a style of formatting academic papers that is used mostly in the arts and humanities.

APA stands for American Psychological Association, the professional guild who first developed the guidelines of the style. APA is a style of formatting academic papers that is used mostly in the social sciences.

CMS stands for the Chicago Manual of Style. It is a style of formatting written works that is most widely used in publishing.

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