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Lamott, Ann

Language

customs

figurative

gender and

metaphorical

original

politics of

of text

transparent theory of

Lanham, Richard

Later-stage drafts

Latinate diction

Lawrence, D. H

Leave It to Beaver

LexisNexis Academic

Linguistic bias

Listing

of details

of references

of repetitions

as thesis shape

The Literature Workshop (Blau)

Lodge, David

Logic

of arguments

of citations

figurative

of metaphors

Logical fallacies

Logos

Looking beyond content

MacArthur, Douglas

MacGowan, Christopher

Marshall, James

Marx, Karl

Matchstick Men (film)

Material, clarifying

Mead, Margaret

Meaning(s)

contextual

coordination and

diction and

of evidence

hidden

multiple

shades of

social context and

spelling and

style and

subordination and

transferring of

Mediating

Megacognition

Las Meninas (Velázquez)

Metamorphoses (Ovid)

Metaphors

logic of

reasoning with

The Method

idea generation and

poetry and

revision and

Methodology

evidence and

extracting

Middle ground

Miscommunications

MLA. See Modern Language Association

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Modifiers, misplaced

Modifying phrase

Moment

More, Thomas

Multiple meanings

Name-year (author-date) system

Narratio

Narrative

Naturalizing

“The Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain” (Hughes)

New Scientist

Newsweek

New Yorker, The

Niesenbaum, Richard

Nineteenth Century in Print

Nonacademic writing

Nonevaluative words

Nonrestrictive phrases/clauses

Non sequitor

Norling, Frederick

Nouns

Noun clause

Numerical data, interpreting

Obama, Barack

Object, direct

Observations

conclusions and

ideas and

implications from

strategies of

to thesis

OED. See Oxford English Dictionary

“Official Style The,”

Omnifile

1 on 10

converting from 10 on 1

“On Political Labels” (Borick)

Opinions

as habits of mind

Opposing categories

Organization

of binary oppositions

common strategies for

of contrasts

of paragraphs

of sources

10 to 1 and

Organizing contrast

Origin of Species, The (Darwin)

Orwell, George

Othello (Shakespeare)

“The Other You” (Douglas)

Outline

Outsiders

Overgeneralization

Overpersonalization

Oversimplification

Overstatement

of claims

Ovid

Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

Panning

Pan, track, and zoom

Paper(s)

10 on 1 and

building

using evidence

organizing

outlining of

reaction

scientific

Paragraph(s)

behavior of

body

coordinate

development of

five-paragraph format

introductory

length of

openings of

organization of

patterns of

“road map,”

sentences in

structure of

subordinate

Parallelism

faulty

forms of

Paramedic method

Paraphrasing

close

in disciplines

implications and

of quotes

of sources

usefulness of

Participles

dangling

phrases

Passage-based focused freewriting (PBFF)

example of

Passive voice

Pathos

Patterns

of errors

locating

looking for

of paragraphs

PBFF. See Passage-based focused freewriting

Period

Periodicals

Periodic potential

Periodic sentences

Peroratio

Personal associations

Personal conviction

Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin

Perspectives

on sources

Persuasive writing

Petraeus, David

Philosophy

Phrase(s)

modifying

nonrestrictive

participle

prepositional

searching

verb

Phrasing

Pinker, Steven

Pitch

locating

Plagiarism

accidental

bibliography and

frequently asked questions about

sources and

Plausibility

Pointing

Points of contact

Poisoning the well

Politics

of language

speeches and

“Politics and the English Language” (Orwell)

Possessive apostrophes

errors with

Post hoc, ergo proctor hoc

Poteet, Ellen

Practical reasoning

Predicate

compound

Prejudgment

Premature leaps

Prendergast, Catherine

Prepositional phrases

Prescriptive style manuals

Primary sources

Print corollaries

Problematizing

Problem-oriented

Procedural openings

Process, writing

Procrustes

Product Project Muse

Pronouns