Writing Guides

Invention

• Overview of the Writing Process
• Invention Techniques
• Knowing Your Audience
• Five Qualities of Good Writing
• Guidelines for Critical Reading
• Annotating a Text
• Guidelines for Writing a Summary
• Developing a Thesis Statement
• Writing a Critique
• Preparing for an Essay Examination
• Glossary of Essay Terms
• Writing a Response or Reaction Paper

Organization

• Organizing an Essay
• Guidelines for Outlining
• Developing an Informal Outline
• Developing a Formal Outline
• Guidelines for Paragraphing
• Developing a Paragraph
• Cohesion

Rhetorical Strategies

• Patterns of Development
• Description
• Argumentation
• Comparison and Contrast
• Logical Fallacy

Revision

• Guidelines for Revision
• Revising the Essay
• Revision Checklist
• Guidelines for Peer Editing

Guides to Research and Writing from Sources

• General Guidelines
• Notetaking
• Guidelines for Outlining
• Developing an Informal Outline
• Developing a Formal Outline
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography
• Quotation, Paraphrase, and Plagiarism
• Using the Interview as a Source
• Research Checklist

Documentation Styles

• MLA Documentation Style
• APA Documentation Style
• Chicago Documentation Style
• AMA Documentation Style
• ASA Documentation Style

English 002/005

• Overview of ESL Semester Courses

English 120

• The Writing Portfolio

English 220

• Writing About Literature

English 200/300/400-Level Courses

• Writing about Literature: Asking Questions
• Explicating a Poem
• Glossary of Literary Terms

Sentence Structure

• Overview of Sentence Structure
• Methods for Connecting Ideas
• Guidelines for Connecting Clauses
• Using Conjunctions
• Sentence Fragments
• Run-ons and Comma Splices
• Understanding Relative Clauses
• Using Transitional Expressions
• Understanding Conditional Sentences

The Verb System

• Overview of Verb Tenses
• Active and Passive Voice
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Using a Two-Tense Verb System
• Using Auxiliary Verbs
• Using Modal Auxiliary Verbs
• Using Gerunds and Infinitives
• Using Irregular Verbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

• Using Adjectives and Adverbs
• Using Participles

Articles and Determiners

• Using Definite and Indefinite Articles

Nouns and Pronouns

• Using Countable and Uncountable Nouns

Prepositions

• Using Prepositions

Punctuation and Capitalization

• Using End Punctuation
• Guidelines for Capitalization
• Using the Comma
• Using the Colon and Semicolon
• Using the Apostrophe

Spelling

• Overview of Spelling

Vocabulary and Idiom

• Glossary of Usage
• Using Phrasal Verbs

Business Writing

• Writing a Business Letter
• Writing a Cover Letter

The Resume

• Writing the Resume

The Personal Statement

• Writing a Personal Statement
• The Personal Statement: Sample Questions
• The Personal Statement: Checklist