All of the handouts listed below are available in hard copy at The Writing Center. We have provided links below to key handouts for on-line users.
Generating Ideas
Organization
- Focusing with a Thesis
- Going from Gathering Ideas to Organizing an Essay
- Essay Structure
- Opening and Closing Paragraphs
- Transitions
- Proofreading Priorities
- Argument
Writing with Sources
- Paraphrasing
- Working with Sources
- Incorporating Sources in your Writing
- Plagiarism
- Summary
- Commentary
- Verbs for Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
Sentence Level Concerns
Punctuation and Grammar
- When to use an Apostrophe
- 6 Basic Comma Rules
- Active vs. Passive Voice
- Semicolons
- Who vs. Whom
- Eight Parts of Speech
- Comma Splices
- That and Which
Research
- Abstract
- Choosing Sources
- Annotated Bibliography
- APA Documentation Style
- MLA Documentation Style
- Citing from the Internet
- Citation Machine
- Turabian Documentation Style
Disciplines
- Philosophy
- American Chemical Society Works Cited
- Psychology
- Formal Chemistry Lab reports
- Formal Biology Lab reports
- Journalism
- Education (Writing learning goals & objectives)
- Writing Industry Style Lab Reports
