I-8 Index
Main verb
helping verb and, 393
sentence structure and, 391
Mairs, Nancy, 805–809
Major events, in narration, 151
Malcolm X, 776–779
Maloney, Patty, 208–210, 419
Mapping, 65–66, 70–71
Marcos, Dylan, 228–229
Marquart, Debra, 770–773
Martinez, Rose, 5
may / might, reference chart for, 486–487
McCornack, Steven, 206–207
Medina, Luz, 170–172
“The Men We Carry in Our Minds” (Sanders),
788–793
Mighlietti, Mario, 263–264
mind / mine, 651
Misplaced modifi ers, 531–538
Misspelled words, list of, 666–667
MLA documentation
format for, 369–374
guidelines for, 360–365
reading and, 42
Modal auxiliaries; see also Helping verbs
basics of, 613–618
reference chart for, 485–488, 613–614
Modern Language Association documentation; see MLA
documentation
Modifi ers
defi nition of, 531
misplaced or dangling, 531–538
more, comparatives and, 521
most, superlatives and, 521
“Mother Tongue” (Tan), 796–801
Movies
capitalizing title of, 717–718
underlining / italicizing title of, 701
Mukherjee, Bharati, 822–825
must
basics of, 614–615
reference chart for, 487, 488
“My First Conk” (Malcolm X), 776–779
N
Names
capitalization of, 713–716
commas in, 683
Narration, 147–166
examples of, 745–754
four basics of, 147–148, 745
main point in, 149
organization in, 152
reading and analyzing, 152–161
support in, 149–151
tips for tackling, 161
writing, 161–166
Nationalities, capitalization of, 715
Negatives
basics of, 584–587
in future perfect tense, 484, 608
in future progressive tense, 482, 603
helping verbs and, 485–488
in past perfect tense, 484, 607
in past progressive tense, 481, 602
in present perfect tense, 483, 605
in present progressive tense, 481, 600
in simple future tense, 480
in simple past tense, 479, 598
in simple present tense, 479, 596
neither . . . nor, 557
new / knew / know / no, 650–651
Newspaper articles
capitalizing title of, 717–718
documentation of, 372
quotation marks for title of, 701
Newspapers; see also Periodicals
capitalizing title of, 717–718
underlining / italicizing title of, 701
The New York Times Magazine, 245–246
Ney, Donnie, 301–303
“Nightmare of Feature Creep” (Goodman), 755–757
no
commas with, 684
versus know, new, knew, 650–651
Noncount nouns, using articles with, 619–621
nor; see also Coordinating conjunctions
comma and, 676–677
compound subject and, 443–444
correcting run-ons with, 423–424
joining ideas with, 539, 540–543
not; see also Negatives
forming negatives with, 585–586
future perfect tense and, 608
future progressive tense and, 603
past perfect tense and, 607
past progressive tense and, 602
present perfect tense and, 605
present progressive tense and, 600
simple past tense and, 598
simple present tense and, 596
Note taking
reading and, 27
what to listen for, 8
not only . . . but also, 557
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