Handouts Masterlist

Prewriting

How to Read an Assignment (Duke)

Prewriting (Duke)

Drafting

Developing a Central Claim (Duke)

Making an Academic Argument (Duke)

Roadmaps (Duke)

Introductions (UNC)

Closing Paragraphs (Duke)

Writing Effective Transitions (UNC)

The Paragraph (Purdue)

Revising

Revision Strategies: HOCs and LOCs (Duke)

Reverse Outlining (Duke)

Roadmaps (Duke)

Organization (UNC)

Improving Your Writing Style (UNC)

Clarity and Conciseness (Duke)

Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity (Purdue)

The Paramedic Method for Revising Prose

Working With Sources

Quotations (Duke)

Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words (Purdue)

Using Statistics (Purdue)

Genres of Writing

Abstract

Annotated Bibliography

Argument Essay

Autobiographical Reflection

Book Review

Close Reading

Compare/Contrast

Cover Letter

Creative Non-fiction

Creative Writing

Curriculum Vitae

Essay Exams (Purdue)

Laboratory Report

Letters to the Editor

Literature Review

Memo

Op-ed

Personal Statement: Humanities

Personal Statement: Professional School/Scholarship

Poetry Explication

Relating Multiple Texts

Research and Grant Proposal

Response/Reaction Paper

Resume, Non-academic

Scientific Writing for Scientists

Scientific Writing for a Popular Audience

Summary

Writing for Specific Disciplines

Anthropology (UNC)

Art History (UNC)

Biology (Portland State)

Business (Purdue)

Communications (UNC)

Drama (UNC)

Economics (Duke)

Film (Dartmouth)

History (Duke)

Literature (Purdue)

Music (Duke)

Philosophy (Princeton)

Political Science (Duke)

Psychology (U Penn)

Public Policy: Op-Eds and Memos (Duke)

Religion (Dartmouth)

Science Writing, General (Duke)

Sociology (UNC)

Women's Studies (Wesleyan)

Grammar and Reference

20 Common Grammatical Errors (Bedford-St. Martins Press)
Passive and Active Voice (Duke)
Rules for Comma Usage (Duke)
Parallel Structure (Purdue)
Sentence Fragments and Run-Ons (Duke)
Dangling Modifiers (Purdue)
Pronouns (Duke)
Verb Tense Shifts (Purdue)