A Military Writer's Handbook
Glossary

GLOSSARY

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   

- A -

 
abbreviations and acronyms  
addressee  
adjective  
adverb  
agreement  
analogy paragraph  
analysis paragraph  
apostrophe  
appositives  
authority line  
   
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brackets  
branching  
   
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- C -

 
capitalization  
clauses, dependent  
clauses, independent  
clauses, relative  
cliches  
closing, complimentary  
clutter  
colon  
comma  
comma, coordinating  
comma, inserter  
comma, introducer  
comma, linker  
comma splice  
compare/contrast  
complement, subject  
conclusions  
conjunction  
conjunction, coordinating  
conjunction, correlative  
conjunction, paired  
conjunction, subordinating  
connecting words and phrases  
construction, mixed  
contractions  
controlling idea  
coordination  
   
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- D -

 
dangling modifier  
dash  
dictionary  
distribution list  
documentation, American Psychological Association  
documentation, Chicago Manual of Style  
documentation, Modern Languages Association  
   
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ellipsis  
English essay  
environmental management communication  
essay marking standards  
exclamation point  
   
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- F -

 
faulty parallelism  
file number/suffix  
five Ws and an H  
fragment, sentence  
freewriting  
fused sentence  
   
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gender inclusive language  
   
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- H -

 
homophones  
   
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- I -

 
ideas, combining/coordinating  
ideas, subordinating  
imperative (mood or verb)  
indicative (mood or verb)  
interjection  
   
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jargon  
   
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- L -

 
listing  
   
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- M -

 
marketing case(s)  
mechanical engineering report  
metaphor, mixed  
military correspondence  
military science report  
mind-mapping  
misplaced modifier  
mixed metaphor  
modifier, dangling  
mood  
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- N -

 
netiquette  
nominalization  
noun  
noun, abstract  
noun, collective  
noun, common  
noun, concrete  
noun, proper  
number, cardinal  
number, ordinal  
numeral, arabic  
   
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object  
   
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- P -

 
paragraph  
paragraph, classification  
paragraph, climactic  
paragraph, definition  
paragraph, descriptive  
paragraph, direct  
paragraph, example  
paragraph, interrogative  
paragraph, narrative  
paragraph, process  
paragraph, transition  
paragraph, turnabout  
parallelism  
parallelism, faulty  
paraphrasing  
parts of speech  
period  
phrase, participal  
plagiarism  
political science writing  
predicate  
preposition  
pronoun  
pronoun, gendered  
pronoun, possessive  
psychology paper, first-year expectations  
psychology, research  
punctuation  
   
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- Q -

 
question  
quotations  
quotations, handling  
quoting  
   
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- R -

 
R's of effective essay endings  
redundancy  
research  
research, 5-step process  
review, critical book  
research paper, guidelines for  
revision process  
run-on sentence  
   
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- S -

 
salutation  
security marking  
semicolon  
sentence  
sentence, compound  
sentence fragment  
sentence, inflated  
sentence, topic  
sexist language  
signature block  
significance, support and substance  
slash  
source, primary  
source, secondary  
spellchecking  
spelling, Canadian  
spelling rules  
subject  
subordination  
summary  
   
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-T -

 
tense  
thesis, defined  
thesis, sharpening  
thesis statement  
tone  
   
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- V -  
verb  
virgule  
voice  
voice, active  
voice, passive  
   
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- W -

 
WebCT discussion forum, participation in  
wordiness  
   
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