Writing Resources
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Pre-writing
- How to Start Writing
- Brainstorming Outline
- Outlining
- Creating Titles
- Thesis Statements
- Introductory or Opening Paragraph
- Topic and Transition Sentences
Drafting
- Parts of an Essay or Research Paper
- Thesis Statement Writing Tips
- Incorporating Tables and Figures
- Paragraph Formatting M.E.A.L
- Paragraph Formatting PIE
Revision
Editing
Finalizing
- A Guide to Studying
- Daily Planner Outline
- Semester Outline
- SMART Goals Outline
- Brainstorming by Dr. Deeren
- Charting a Full Movement by Dr. Deeren
- Critical Inquiry by Dr. Deeren
Note Taking Methods:
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Alliteration, Assonance, and Consonance
- Articles
- Capitalization
- Combining Sentences
- Comma Splices
- Conciseness
- Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
- Gerunds
- Information Questions
- Italics
- Numerals
- Parallelism in Sentences
- Parts of Speech
- Phrases vesus Clauses
- Prepositions (In, Of, At, To, From, & After Which)
- Progressive Tense
- Pronouns and Antecedents
- Pronoun Types, Case, and Person
- Sentence Forms
- Sentence Fragments and Run-on Sentences
- Subjects and Predicates
- Subject and Verb Agreement
- That, Which, and Who
- Transitional Words and Phrases
- Two-Word Verbs
- Verb Tenses
- Zeugma
Extra Practice
Commonly Confused Words
- Accept and Except
- Advise and Advice
- Affect and Effect
- Allude and Elude
- Alot, Alot, and Allot
- Any body and Anybody
- Any one and Anyone
- Bear and Bare
- Been and Being
- Brake and Break
- Cacao, Cocoa, and Coco
- Choice, Choose, and Chose
- Cite, Sight, and Site
- Conscious and Conscience
- Council and Counsel
- Desert and Dessert
- Disc and Disk
- Dose and Dose
- Elicit and Illicit
- Emigrate, Immigrate, and Migrate
- Gage and Gauge
- He's and His
- Idea and Ideal
- Illusion and Delusion
- It's and Its
- Lay, Lie, Lead, Led, and Let
- Loose and Lose
- Me and Myself
- Palette, Palate, and Pallet
- Peak, Peek, and Pique
- Quiet, Quite, and Quit
- Raise and Rise
- Reel and Real
- Seam and Seem
- Set and Sit
- Shelf and Shelve
- Sole and Soul
- Sore and Soar
- Suit and Suite
- Their, They're, and There
- Then and Than
- This and These
- Though, Thought, and Through
- To, Too, and Two
- Well, We'll, and Will
- We're, Were, and Where
- Who, Who's, Whose, and Whom
- Your and You're
- Yours and Your's
Language Variants
Language Features
- Basic Rules for Quoting Sources
- Citing Sources
- Paraphrasing and Summarizing
- Plagiarism and Citing Sources
- Primary vs Secondary Sources
- Signal Phrases
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Assignment Instructions
- Reading an Assignment Sheet
- Understanding Assignment Instructions
- Understanding Source Material
- Email Etiquette
- Business vs. Academic Writing
Outlines
- Essay Outline
- Argumentative Essay Outline
- Biography Outline
- Personal Narrative Brainstorming Outline
Types of Essays and Assignments
- Active vs. Passive Voice
- Analytical Essay
- Annotated Bibliography
- Book Review
- Cause and Effect
- Close Reading and Explication
- Compare and Contrast
- Definition Essay
- Descriptive Essay
- Discussion Board Posts
- Division Classification
- Exemplification Essay
- In Class Essay Exams
- Literary Analysis
- Literature Essays Guidelines
- Literature Review
- Movie Review
- Pathos, Logos, and Ethos
- Personal Narrative
- Persuasive vs. Argumentative Essay
- PowerPoint Presentation
- Process Analysis Essay
- Play Review
- Proposal Writing
- Research Paper
- Scholarship Essay & Outline
Genral Overview Guide
Specific Guides
- APA 7th - Abbreviations
- Example Paper
- Example Paper (Intermediate Level)
- Running Head
- Title Hierarchy
Citing Resources
Genral Overview Guide
Specific Guides
Citing Resources
Genral Overview Guide
- Chicago Style - 17th edition
- Chicago 17th - Author Date Template
- Chicago 17th - Notes & Bibliography Template
- Chicago Sample Paper - Purdue Owl
Specific Guides
Citing Resources
Citing Resources