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Writing Resources

Writing Resources

Online Handouts

Starting, Continuing, and Concluding Well

Creating the Thesis
Development and Organization
Editing Concerns
FAQS about Writing
Invention How to Start Writing
More Simple Revision Methods
Proofreading
Simple Revision Methods
Starting the Writing Project
The Paragraph
Thesis and Support
Using Quotations Well
Writing Conclusions
Writing Introductions

Types of Writing Projects

Abstracts
Annotated Bibliography
Business Letters: Ten Tips
Critiques
Essays - Types
Essay Examinations
Lab Reports
Methods for Argument
OWL Creative Writer
Resumes
Summarizing
Synthesizing Sources
Writing About Film
Writing About Literature

The Research Project

Annotated Bibliography
APA Quick Guide.mht
APA
Beginning the Research Project
Documentation and Plagiarism
Evaluating Sources
FAQS Documentation
Invention
Methods of Development and Organization
MLA Quick Guide
MLA vs APA
Paraphrasing
Plagiarism: A Brief Statement
Quotation Marks
Quoting Sources

Improving your Writing

Avoiding Gender Biased Language
Avoiding Run-On Sentences
Avoiding Sentence Fragments
Avoiding Slang and Cliches
Being More Concise
Coherence
Parallel Structure
Passive and Active Voice
Sentence Variety
Transitions
Words to Avoid

Elements of the Paper

Conclusions
Introductions
Subject, Thesis, Support
The Topic Sentence

Punctuation and Grammar

A, An, and The
Abbreviating Correctly
Agreement
Capitalization
Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
Hyphen and Dash
How to Use Quote Marks
It's and Its
Numbers
Overview of Punctuation
Sentence Types
The Apostrophe
The Comma
The Semicolon
Who and Whom

Other Resources

More writing resources
Graduate Resources
Writing Center's reference library