Choose from the list and click on the links under your selected topic.

English as a Second Language
  1. Purdue - look for English as a Second Language section in the OWL Handouts list.
  2. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"When to Use Articles"
    bullet"Count and Non-count Nouns"

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General Topics
  1. Ferris State University - check sections labeled "Exercises and Reference Sheets"
  2. Purdue
  3. Roane State Community College - Online Writing Lab - Look under "RSCC Online Documents" and under "Writing Resources"
  4. Trinity College - Writing Resources
  5. University of Texas
  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet" Tips on Approaching Assignments"
    bullet" Reading Toward Writing"
    bulletUniversity of California at Berkeley
    bullet" Tips for Writing in Reading and Composition Classes"

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Getting Started
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    2. bullet"Elements of Writing"
    bullet"Writing Process"
  2. Paradigm
    bullet"Discovering What to Write - with exercises"
    bullet"Writing Exploratory Essays"
  3. Rio Salado Community College
    bullet"The Process of Writing"

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Grammar and Punctuation
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    bullet"Punctuation"
    bullet"Grammar"
  2. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Subject Verb Agreement"
    bullet"Verb Tenses"
    bullet"Parallelism"
    bullet"Comma Rules"
    bullet"Comma Splices/Fused Sentences and Run-ons"
    bullet"Common Causes of Fragments"
    bullet"Pronoun/Antecedent Agreement"
  3. University of Pennsylvania - Jack Lynch
    bullet"Grammar & Style Notes"
  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet"Fragments and Run-ons"
    bullet"Commas"
    bullet"Using Gender-Sensitive Language"
    bullet"Style"

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Models to Follow
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    bullet"Literary Analysis - The Writing Process"
    bullet"Tips on Writing Summaries"
  2. George Mason University
    bullet"A Helpful Outline for Writing about Literature and Film"
    bullet"Writing About Film"
  3. Harvard Writing Center
  4. Paradigm
    bullet"Writing Argumentative Essays - with exercises"
    bullet"Writing Thesis/Support Essays with exercises"
  5. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Abstract"
    bullet"Book/Movie/Play Review"
    bullet"Comparison/Contrast"
    bullet"Definition"
    bullet"Descriptive paper"
    bullet"Narrative paper"
    bullet"Process paper"
    bullet"Reaction paper"
    bullet"Summary"
  6. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet"Poetry Explications"

 

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Organization and Development
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    bullet"Elements of Writing"
  2. Harvard Writing Center
    bullet"Transitioning"
  3. Paradigm
    bullet"Organizing Your Writing"
  4. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Introductions"
    bullet"Thesis Statements"
    bullet"Conclusions"
  5. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet"Constructing Thesis Statements"
    bullet"Transitions"
    bullet"Paragraph Development"
    bullet"Introductions"
    bullet"Conclusions"

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Professional Writing
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    bullet"Go to Miscellaneous"
  2. Purdue University
    bullet"Professional Writing"
  3. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Résumés"
    bullet"Cover Letters"
    bullet"Abstract"

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Proofreading and Editing Strategies
  1. Paradigm
    bullet"Editing Your Writing"
  2. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"General Strategies for Editing and Proofing"
    bullet"Editing and Proofing Strategies for Specific
    Sentence-Level Errors    "
  3. University of North Caroina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet"Proofreading"

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Research and Documentation
  1. Purdue University
    bullet"Writing Papers and Citing Sources"
  2. Rio Salado Community College
    bullet"How to Avoid Plagiarism"
    bullet"Steps to Writing the Research Paper"
  3. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Using APA Format"
    bullet"Using Online Sources"
    bullet"Using the MLA Format"
    bullet"Using Quotations"
    bullet"Punctuating Quotations"
    bullet"Paraphrasing"
  4. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill/ The Writing Center
    bullet"Plagiarism"

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Revision Strategies
  1. George Mason University
    bullet"Revising for Conciseness"
  2. Paradigm
    bullet"Revising"
  3. St. Cloud State University
    bullet"Reducing Wordiness"
    bullet"Combining Sentences for Variety and Clarity"
    bullet"Transitions"

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Spelling
  1. Purdue
  2. University of St. Thomas
    bullet"Spelling Reminders"

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Vocabulary and Usage
  1. Brigham Young Writing Center Handouts
    bullet"Introductions"
  2. The Maven’s Word of the Day - information on word origins
  3. Merriam Webster Online
    check out "The Word of the Day", "Archives", and "Word for the Wise"
  4. Rio Salado Community College
    bullet"Tips for Improving Vocabulary"
  5. Word Focus - go to "List of Word Activities" for vocabulary exercises

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