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1. Getting
Started
Preparing
to Write (from
Colorado State University)
Understanding
Assignments (from
the University of North Carolina)
Understanding
Writing Assignments (from
Purdue University)
College
Writing [Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay] (from
the University of North Carolina)
2. Analyzing
Audiences
Audience
(from
the University of North Carolina)
3. Invention
Strategies
Brainstorming
(from
the University of North Carolina)
Prewriting
(from
Purdue University)
Stasis
Theory (from
Purdue University)
Making
an Outline (from IUPUI)
4. Thesis
Statements
Thesis
Statements (from
the University of North Carolina)
Creating
a Thesis Statement (from
Purdue University)
5. Paragraphs
Paragraph
Development (from
the University of North Carolina)
6.
Introductions
Introductions
(from
Purdue University)
Tips
on Writing an Introductory Paragraph (from IUPUI)
7. Body
Paragraphs
Body
Paragraphs (from
Purdue University)
8. Conclusions
Conclusions
(from
Purdue University)
Concluding
Paragraphs (from IUPUI)
Conclusions
(from
the University of North Carolina)
9.
Transitions
Using
Transitions (from
the University of Wisconsin)
10. Exposition
The
Expository Essay (from
Purdue University)
11. Argumentation
Argument
(from
the University of North Carolina)
Argument
(from
Colorado State University)
The
Argumentative Essay (from
Purdue University)
Evidence
(from
the University of North Carolina)
12. Summary and
Response
Summary
(from
the University of North Carolina)
Writing
Effective Summaries (from IUPUI)
Standard
Summaries (from
Colorado State University)
Overview:
Responding to Written Texts (from Colorado State University)
13. Essay Exams
Preparing
for an Essay Exam (from IUPUI)
Taking
an Essay Exam (from IUPUI)
Answering
Exam Questions (from
Colorado State University)
Essay
Exams (from
the University of North Carolina)
14. Research
Planning
and Writing a Research Paper (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Conducting
Research (from
Colorado State University)
Evaluating
Print Sources (from
the University of North Carolina)
Evaluating
Electronic Information Sources (from IUPUI)
15. Using
Sources--Basic Principles of Fair Usage
Plagiarism
(from
the University of North Carolina)
Avoiding
Plagiarism (from
Purdue University)
Quoting
and Paraphrasing Sources (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Integrating
Sources with Paragraphs (from IUPUI)
Introducing
Quotations for Better Synthesis (from IUPUI)
Documentation
Systems (from
Colorado State University)
16.
Documentation--APA
Format
from
Colorado State University
from
Purdue University
from
the University of Wisconsin
17.
Documentation--Chicago/Turabian
Format
from
Colorado State University
from
Purdue University
from
the University of Wisconsin
18. Documentation--MLA
Format
from
Colorado State University
from
Purdue University
from
the University of Wisconsin
19. Online
Citation Tools
EasyBib
Citation
Builder (from
the University of North Carolina)
Landmark's
Son of Citation Machine
20. Revision
Revising
Drafts (from
the University of North Carolina)
Revising
for Coherence and Unity (from IUPUI)
21. Editing and
Proofreading
Editing
and Proofreading (from
the University of North Carolina)
Proofreading
(from IUPUI)
Editing
and Proofreading (from
Colorado State University)
How
to Proofread (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Twelve
Common Errors: An Editing Checklist (from
the University of Wisconsin)
22. Style
Style
(from
the University of North Carolina)
Parallelism
(from IUPUI)
Clear,
Concise, and Direct Sentences (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Gender-Sensitive
Language (from
the University of North Carolina)
Creating
Audience Connections with Language (from IUPUI)
23. Sentence
Structure, Grammar, and Punctuation
Sentence
Patterns (from
the University of North Carolina)
Sentence
Structure and Troubleshooting Common Errors (from IUPUI)
Comma
Usage--A Few Basic Guidelines (from IUPUI)
Using
Commas (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Comma
Splice & Fused Sentence (from IUPUI)
Fragments
and Run-ons (from
the University of North Carolina)
Using
Semicolons (from
the University of Wisconsin)
Subject-Verb
Agreement (from
the University of Wisconsin)
24. Writing
Groups
Working
Together (from
Colorado State University)
Resources
for Writing Groups (from
the University of North Carolina)