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It covers overcoming writer’s block, working under time pressure, brainstorming, and seeking feedback, then details how to prepare, edit, and revise for persuasive style and clear content. The chapter also explains how to use quotations accurately, integrate paraphrases and references, and revise for organization, unity, and correctness in grammar and word choice.","CHAPTER 11: THE WRITING STAGE  \nThis chapter sees you through the writing stage by giving detailed advice about the three major steps in preparing your essay: (1) writing the first draft on the computer, (2) building paragraphs into an argument, and revising to make your style persuasive, and (3) revising.  \nLearning Objectives  \nIn this chapter, you will find answers to the following questions:  \n• How do you overcome writer’s block?  \n• How do you use the computer to write and edit?  \n• How do you move from the outline you prepared to paragraphs that make an argument?  \n• How do you use quotations effectively?  \n• What methods are best for revising to correct faults in style and content?  \nA detailed outline for Chapter 11 follows:  \nLearning Objectives Writing the Essay  \nOvercoming Writer’s Block  \nWriting Against the Clock  \nTalking Through  \nBrainstorming  \nConsulting with Your Teacher  \nUsing Paraphrases  \nWriting the First Draft on the Computer  \nPreparing and Editing the First Draft  \nSplit Screens  \nSearch or Find and Replace Building Paragraphs and Argument  \nThe Topic Sentence  \nThe Infant and the Overgrown Paragraph  \nBridges or Links between Paragraphs  \nParagraph Unity  \nParagraph Development  \nUsing Definition, Explanation, and Illustration  \nProviding Evidence  \nProviding Analysis  \nMajor and Minor Ideas  \nThesis Statement  \nIntroductory and Concluding Paragraphs Using Quotations  \nQuoting Accurately  \nAvoiding Quotations at the Ends of Paragraphs  \nIntroducing Quotations and Commenting on Them  \nUsing Short Quotations  \nInserting Long Quotations  \nInserting Explanations  \nSetting Quotations within Quotations  \nSummarizing Quotations in Paraphrases  \nIncluding References for Quotations Revising: Content and Argument  \nRevising: Style and Persuasion  \nAvoiding Meaningless Abstractions  \nAvoiding Unnecessary and Pretentious Words  \nUsing Active Verbs in Assertive Sentences  \nIntroducing Variety into Your Style  \nUsing Descriptive Adjectives and Adverbs  \nUsing Precise Connectives  \nExpressing Parallel Ideas in Parallel Grammatical Forms  \nAvoiding Inconsistencies in Point of View  \nAvoiding Commonly Misused Words and Phrases  \n[See the list of common mistakes on this Web site]  \nUsing the Spell Checker, Thesaurus, and Grammar Checker  \nThe Spell Checker  \nThe Thesaurus  \nThe Grammar Checker Self-Evaluating Your Essay  \nOrganization and Argument  \nSentences, Paragraphs and Language Strategies Chapter Summary  \nFurther Readings  \nSUPPLEMENTARY MATERIALS FOR CHAPTER 11: Commonly Misused Words and Phrases  \nA. D.: This abbreviation (Latin, anno Domini, in the year of our Lord) is placed conventionally before a date: A.D. 1492. B.C. (before Christ) is placed after the year number. The current convention is to use terms that are non-sectarian: B.C.E. (before the common era) and C.E.(common era) . Some dictionaries recommend using the same letters in small caps with no punctuation, such as AD or CE.  \nall right: Two words, not alright.  \nalmost: An adverb, meaning “nearly all.”  \namong, between: Use among for more than two, between for two.  \nand with a verb: Try and see for try to see is a vulgarism.  \nanybody: Means “any person”; any body means “any corpse.”  \napt: Means “suitable, fitting”. 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