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• Tutoring
• Handouts for Writing
• International students
• Writing Resources

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• Undergraduate Work Study
• Graduate Assistantship

Faculty Information

• Academic Integrity
• Referring Students
• Writing Center Facts

Related Writing Links

• Documenting Sources
• Reference Sites
• Writing in the Disciplines

Handout Directory

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

• Free-Writing
• Clustering
• Getting Started
• Top 10 Writing Tips

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

• Revising vs. Editing
• Avoiding Run-Ons
• Sentence Variety
• Avoiding Fragments
• Parallel Structure

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
• Turabian Documentation Style
• Citing from the Internet
• Citation Machine

Disciplines

• Philosophy
• American Chemical Society Works Cited
• Psychology
• Formal Chemistry Lab reports
• Formal Biology Lab reports
• News Story Leads
• Journalism
• Education (Writing learning goals & objectives)
• Writing Industry Style Lab Reports

ESL

• The American Academic Essay
• Verb Tense
• Basic sentence patterns
• Basic sentence elements

Miscellaneous

• Cover letter
• Praxis Prep

Location:

Room 101 Davis Hall

Clarion, PA

Phone:

(814) 393-2173

Hours:

Monday- Thursday

8 a.m. to7 p.m.

Friday:

8 a.m. to 3 p.m.