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And as guides, Nelson and Prentiss prove themselves to be the most trustworthy of pathfinders through a heretofore confusing landscape in a practice that is still trying to define itself. I expect this will be my teaching text of choice for years to come. * Robin Hemley, Author of Borderline Citizen: Dispatches from the Outskirts of Nationhood, Founder of NonfictioNOW and Co-editor and founder, Speculative Nonfiction *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction \u003cb\u003ePart 1: Foundations\u003c\/b\u003e 1.       The History of Creative Nonfiction 2.       Veracity and Genre 3.       Forms and Modes of Creative Nonfiction 4.       Interplay of Genres, Forms, and Modes 5.       Elements of Creative Nonfiction \u003cb\u003ePart 2: Evolutions\u003c\/b\u003e 6.       The Central Question 7.       Image and Metaphor 8.       Exploding Scene 9.       Chronology 10.   Dialectical Movement 11.   Setting As Character 12.   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Bias-Free Language Guidelines\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneral Guidelines for Reducing Bias\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3.1 Describe at the Appropriate Level of Specificity\u003cbr\u003e 3.2 Be Sensitive to Labels\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReducing Bias by Topic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3.3 Age\u003cbr\u003e 3.4 Disability\u003cbr\u003e 3.5 Gender\u003cbr\u003e 3.6 Participation in Research\u003cbr\u003e 3.7 Racial and Ethnic Identity\u003cbr\u003e 3.8 Sexual Orientation\u003cbr\u003e 3.9 Socioeconomic Status\u003cbr\u003e 3.10 Intersectionality\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e4. Punctuation, Lists, and Italics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePunctuation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4.1 Spacing After Punctuation Marks\u003cbr\u003e 4.2 Period\u003cbr\u003e 4.3 Comma\u003cbr\u003e 4.4 Semicolon\u003cbr\u003e 4.5 Colon\u003cbr\u003e 4.6 Dash\u003cbr\u003e 4.7 Quotation Marks\u003cbr\u003e 4.8 Parentheses\u003cbr\u003e 4.9 Square Brackets\u003cbr\u003e 4.10 Slash\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4.11 List Guidelines\u003cbr\u003e 4.12 Lettered Lists\u003cbr\u003e 4.13 Numbered Lists\u003cbr\u003e 4.14 Bulleted Lists\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eItalics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4.15 Use of Italics\u003cbr\u003e 4.16 Reverse Italics\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e5. Spelling, Capitalization, and Abbreviations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpelling\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5.1 Preferred Spelling\u003cbr\u003e 5.2 Hyphenation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCapitalization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5.3 Words Beginning a Sentence\u003cbr\u003e 5.4 Proper Nouns and Trade Names\u003cbr\u003e 5.5 Job Titles and Positions\u003cbr\u003e 5.6 Diseases, Disorders, Therapies, Theories, and Related Terms\u003cbr\u003e 5.7 Titles of Works and Headings Within Works\u003cbr\u003e 5.8 Titles of Tests and Measures\u003cbr\u003e 5.9 Nouns Followed by Numerals or Letters\u003cbr\u003e 5.10 Names of Conditions or Groups in an Experiment\u003cbr\u003e 5.11 Names of Factors, Variables, and Effects\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbbreviations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5.12 Use of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.13 Definition of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.14 Format of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.15 Unit of Measurement Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.16 Time Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.17 Latin Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 5.18 Chemical Compound Abbreviations \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e6. Numbers and Statistics\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumbers\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6.1 Numbers Expressed in Numerals\u003cbr\u003e 6.2 Numbers Expressed in Words\u003cbr\u003e 6.3 Combining Numerals and Words to Express Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 6.4 Ordinal Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 6.5 Decimal Fractions\u003cbr\u003e 6.6 Roman Numerals\u003cbr\u003e 6.7 Commas in Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 6.8 Plurals of Numbers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eStatistics and Equations\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6.9 Presentation of Statistics\u003cbr\u003e 6.10 Statistical Symbols and Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e 6.11 Spacing, Alignment, and Punctuation for Statistics\u003cbr\u003e 6.12 Presentation of Equations\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e7. Tables and Figures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGeneral Guidelines for Tables and Figures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7.1 Purpose of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.2 Design and Preparation of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.3 Graphical Versus Textual Presentation\u003cbr\u003e 7.4 Formatting Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.5 Referring to Tables and Figures in the Text\u003cbr\u003e 7.6 Placement of Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.7 Reprinting or Adapting Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTables\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7.8 Principles of Table Construction\u003cbr\u003e 7.9 Table Components\u003cbr\u003e 7.10 Table Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 7.11 Table Titles\u003cbr\u003e 7.12 Table Headings\u003cbr\u003e 7.13 Table Body\u003cbr\u003e 7.14 Table Notes\u003cbr\u003e 7.15 Standard Abbreviations in Tables and Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.16 Confidence Intervals in Tables\u003cbr\u003e 7.17 Table Borders and Shading\u003cbr\u003e 7.18 Long or Wide Tables\u003cbr\u003e 7.19 Relation Between Tables\u003cbr\u003e 7.20 Table Checklist\u003cbr\u003e 7.21 Sample Tables\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFigures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7.22 Principles of Figure Construction\u003cbr\u003e 7.23 Figure Components\u003cbr\u003e 7.24 Figure Numbers\u003cbr\u003e 7.25 Figure Titles\u003cbr\u003e 7.26 Figure Images\u003cbr\u003e 7.27 Figure Legends\u003cbr\u003e 7.28 Figure Notes\u003cbr\u003e 7.29 Relation Between Figures\u003cbr\u003e 7.30 Photographs\u003cbr\u003e 7.31 Figure Checklist\u003cbr\u003e 7.32 Sample Figures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e8. 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