message to students
chapter 1: organizing with style
organizing your research: margin outlines
introduction: thesis and road map
using headings as signposts
usefulness of topic sentences
transitions
concluding exercises
chapter 2: creating sentences with style
long sentences
front-loaded sentences
awkward citation placement
treacherous placement
faulty parallelism
passive voice
lengthy quotations
concluding exercises
chapter 3: choosing words with style
jargon
wordiness
. pronoun antecedents
noun strings
nominalizations
treacherous words
gender-based language
concluding exercises
chapter 4: punctuating with style
punctuating sentences
punctuating words
concluding exercises
chapter 5: formai-i'ing for a visual society
student memorandum
client letter
law student resume
law student cover letter
judicial opinion
sexual harassment policy
class-action publication notice
publication paragraphs
concluding exercise
appendix: answers to "try these" and concluding exercises
index