Helpful Resources
Writing Center Resources
Writing Center Brochures
- How to Do a Writing Assignment
- Describes steps to help you approach a writing assignment without fear
- Answering Essay Questions
- Advice for answering essay questions on exams
- Constructing an Essay: Introduction, Body, Conclusion
- How to write an essay paper
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, Summarizing
- How to apply rules for quoting and using someone else's work
- Punctuation! Complications?
- Punctuation usage quick reference
- Commas
- Rules for using and not using commas
- Everything You Need to Know About the Colon
- Using the colon
- Sentences
- Sentences
- Thesis Statement
- Writing thesis statements
- English Grammar
- Common grammar mistakes
- English Articles
- Using articles in English
- FANBOYS and WABBITS
- Rules for coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
- Finding the Proper Pronoun
- Pronouns
- Pre-writing
- Before you start writing
- Outlines
- Creating an outline
General Writing Guidelines
- Argument
- Audience
- Brainstorming
- College Writing
- Conclusions
- Constructing an Essay
- Editing/Proofreading
- Evaluating Print Sources
- Evidence
- Fallacies
- Figures and Charts
- Getting Feedback
- Hocs and Locs
- How to Do a Writing Assignment
- Introductions
- Outlines
- Paragraph Development
- Plagiarism
- Pre-Writing
- Procrastination
- Reading Aloud
- Reading to Write
- Reorganizing Drafts
- Revising Drafts
- Statistics
- Summarizing and Paraphrasing
- Thesis Statements
- Transitions
- Understanding Assignments
- Writing Anxiety
- Writing Groups
Sentence Level Concerns
- Articles
- Capitalization Rules
- Clichés
- Colon
- Commas
- Conciseness
- Conditionals
- Conjunctions
- Fragments and Run-ons
- FANBOYS and WABBITS
- Gender-Inclusive Language
- Grammar
- Latin Terms/Abbreviations
- Modal Verbs
- Passive Voice
- Pronouns
- Punctuation
- Quotations
- Qualifiers
- Relative Clauses
- Semi-Colons, Colons, and Dashes
- Should I Use “I”?
- Sentences
- Sentence Patterns
- Style
- Transitions (ESL)
- Verb Tenses
- Word Choice
Specific Writing Assignments
- Abstracts
- Annotated Bibliographies
- Blogs
- Book Reviews
- Classroom Culture
- Comparing/Contrasting
- Conference Papers
- Creative Writing
- Dissertations
- Essay Exams
- Essay Questions
- Group Writing
- Honors Theses
- Literary Analysis
- Literary Analysis - APSU
- Literary Analysis
- Literature Reviews
- Oral History
- Poetry Explications
- Scientific Research
- Speeches
Business/Technical Writing
- Application Essays
- Business Letters
- Cover Letters
- CVs and Resumes
- E-mail Communication
- Grant Proposals
- Recommendations
- Reports
