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Overviews of Academic Writing and the Writing Process
The Writing Process (Cleveland State)**
Improving Your Writing Process (Duke .ppt)How Personality Affects Your Writing Process (Villanova)
Getting Feedback (UNC)**
Table of Elements for Academic Writing (Davidson .ppt)
Prewriting
How to Read an Assignment (Duke)**
Reading to Write (Duke .ppt)
Organizing a Research Project (Duke .ppt)
Prewriting (Duke)**
Getting Started: Steps to Organization (Amherst)
Guide to Mapping (Gallaudet)**
Working With Sources (Duke)
Drafting
Developing a Central Claim (Duke)**
Making an Academic Argument (Duke .ppt)
Roadmaps (Duke)**
The Paragraph (Purdue)**
Paragraphing: The MEAL Plan (Duke)**
Introductions (UNC)**
Closing Paragraphs (Duke)**
Writing Effective Transitions (UNC)**
Going Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay (Cal Poly Pomona)**
Working With Sources (Duke)
Revision Strategies: HOCs and LOCs (Duke)**
Getting Feedback (UNC)**
Reverse Outlining (Duke)**
Roadmaps (Duke)**
Organization (UNC)**
Working With Sources (Duke)
Improving Your Writing Style (UNC)**
Using "I" in Academic Writing (Duke)**
Guidelines for Nonsexist Language (Society for Music Theory)**
Clarity and Conciseness (Duke)**
Improving Writing Style: Clarity (Duke .ppt)
Improving Writing Style: Conciseness, Cohesion, Coherence
(Duke .ppt)
Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity (Purdue)**
The Paramedic Method for Revising Prose (Richmond)**
Undergraduate Publications Board
Duke Journal of Public Affairs
Oral Presentations (Rice)
Poster Presentations (Colorado State)
Writing for an American Academic Audience (Purdue)**
Cultural Perspectives on Plagiarism (Washington State)**
Using Appropriate Language (Purdue)**
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy (Bartleby)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital Community College)
ESL Common Errors Workbook (Penguin)
8 Common ESL Errors—and How to Correct Them (Hougton Mifflin)
ESL Writing Errors (Gallaudet)
Articles (UNC)**
Help Center at Dave's ESL Café
Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Online
The Academic Word List (Massey University)
Vocabulary Exercises for the Academic Word List (Victoria)
ESL Student Resources (UNC)
Evaluating Sources of Information (Purdue)**
Evaluating Internet Sources (Purdue)**
Quotations (Duke)**
Paraphrase: Write It in Your Own Words (Purdue)**
Using Statistics (Purdue)**
Citation Builder (NCSU)
Citing Online Sources (Bedford/St. Martin's)
Citing Sources (Duke)
CSE [formerly CBE] Citation Guide (OSU)
Working with Sources: Avoiding Plagiarism (Duke .ppt)
Citing Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism (Duke)
Introduction to EndNote (Duke .ppt)
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Business Letter (Purdue)**
Essay Exams (Purdue)**
Personal Statement: Humanities**
Personal Statement: Professional School/Scholarship**
Research and Grant Proposals**
Scientific Writing for Scientists**
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Writing for Specific Disciplines
Anthropology (UNC)**
Art History (UNC)**
Biology (Marquette)**
Business (Purdue)**
Communications (UNC)**
Drama (UNC)**
Economics (Duke)**
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)**
Visual Studies
Overview: Visual Rhetoric/Visual Literacy (Duke)
Writing about Comics and Graphic Novels (Duke)
Writing about Film (Duke)
Writing about Paintings (Duke)
Writing about Photography (Duke)
Using PowerPoint and Keynote Effectively (Duke)
Creating Scientific Poster Presentations (Duke)
Crafting and Evaluating Websites (Duke)
Women's Studies (Wesleyan)**
Model Documents Gallery (Bedford-St. Martin's)
Guide to Grammar and Writing (Capital Community College)
20 Common Grammatical Errors (Bedford-St. Martins Press)
Editing for Clarity and Proofreading for Correctness (Duke .ppt)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)**Articles (UNC)**
Merriam Webster Online
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations
The Internet Public Library (Michigan)
Roget's II: The New Thesaurus
Strunk's Elements of Style
MLA Style Guide: FAQ's
Great Books Online
Reading to Write Handout | Tutorial
Making An Academic Argument Handout | Annotated Text Sample |
Organizing A Research Project Handout | Tutorial
Working With Sources: Avoiding Plagiarism Humanities Handout |
Improving Your Writing Style: Clarity Handout | Tutorial
Improving Your Writing Style: Conciseness, Cohesion, and
Editing for Clarity and Proofreading for Correctness Handout |
Improving Your Writing Process Handout | Tutorial
Getting In: Application Essays for Graduate Schools, Internships,
and Special Programs Handout | Tutorial
Introduction to EndNote Tutorial
Academic and Professional E-Mail Handout | Tutorial
U.S. Academic Writing: Considerations for Non-Native English Speakers
Photographs, Audio Clips, and Video
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