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The following is an excerpt from Celia Millward and Jane Flick, Handbook for Writers<\/em>, Canadian Edition (Toronto: Holt, Rinehart and Winston of Canada, Ltd., 1985), pp. 344\u2013345.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Every paper should have a title, which should specify or at least suggest the contents of the paper. A good title is more specific than simply a description of the general subject area of the paper. That is, if your instructor has assigned a paper on cheating in schools, your title should not be simply \u201cCheating in Schools.\u201d To avoid overly general titles, it is best to postpone deciding on a title until after you have formulated a thesis statement or, even better, until after you have written your first draft.<\/p>\n

Titles should not be long; if you title takes up more than one line on the page, try to shorten it. For example, \u201cA Description of the Old Open-Air Market in Kitchener\u201d can easily be shortened to \u201cKitchener\u2019s Open-Air Market.\u201d Catchy titles are appealing to the reader but are more appropriate for informal or humorous topics than for serious topics. In any case, don\u2019t spend a great deal of time trying to think of a catchy title; a straightforward descriptive title is always acceptable.<\/p>\n

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Although a good title does not necessarily reveal the rhetorical type of a paper, it does provide an indication of it. Listed below are three broad subject areas. Possible titles are given for papers in each subject area and for each rhetorical type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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tobacco<\/td>\nexposition<\/td>\nHow To Roll Your Own Cigarettes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nargument<\/td>\nWhy Snuff Should Replace Cigarettes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndescription<\/td>\nThe Parphernalia of a Pipe-Smoker<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnarration<\/td>\nMy First Encounter with Chewing Tobacco<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
automobiles<\/td>\nexposition<\/td>\nDeveloping a Nonpolluting Engine<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nargument<\/td>\nTeen-agers Make the Best Drivers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndescription<\/td>\nMy New Datsun 200 SX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnarration<\/td>\nTragedy on the Trans-Canada<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
fires<\/td>\nexposition<\/td>\nArson: The Fastest-Growing Crime<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nargument<\/td>\nSmoke Detectors Are Worthless<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ndescription<\/td>\nOur House After the Fire<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnarration<\/td>\nThe Great London Fire of 1666<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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