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Pre-writing – Getting started:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/587/01/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/05/

Brainstorming: http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/brainstorming.html

 

 

Outline – components:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

 

Outline – how to develop:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/02/

Sample outline:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/03/

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Outlining.html

 

 

Identifying the “Big Idea” or creating a thesis statement:                 http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/545/01/

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Thesis.html

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/thesis.html

 

 

How to use quotations, paraphrases and summaries:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/01/

TEST 1 – Quotation marks: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_quoteEX1.html

 

 

Paraphrase:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/02/

Sample:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/563/03/

TEST 1:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_paraphrEX1.html

 

Using a variety of sentences:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/573/01/

 

Proofreading:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofread.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/proofread.html

 

Finding common errors:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/02/

 

Suggestions for proofreading:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/03/

 

Being concise:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/01/

 

Eliminating words:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/02/

TEST 1:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_conciseEX1.html

 

Improving phrases:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/03/

 

Sentence fragments:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/620/01/

TEST 1: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/interact/g_fragEX1.html

TEST 2: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX1.html

TEST 3: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_fragEX2.html

 

Sentence clarity:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/600/01/

 

Things to avoid:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/572/04/

 

 

STRUCTURE

 

How to structure a basic essay:   http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/sample.html

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/howto.html

Ten steps:  http://www.aucegypt.edu/academic/writers/

 

 

Introductions: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/intro.html

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/introductions.html

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Begin.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/writeintro.html

 

Conclusions:  http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Conclusions.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/conclude.html

 

Writing paragraphs:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/606/01/

http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/paragraphs.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/paragrf.html

 

Transitions between paragraphs:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/574/01/

http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/howto.html

 

Revision:  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Revising.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/revise.html

 

Editing:  http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/edit1.html (1)

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/edit2.html (2)

 

Proofreading: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/proofread.html

 

 

 

GENRE

 

Writing a research paper:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/01/

 

Genre:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/658/02/

 

Writing a persuasive argument:   establishing an argument:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/588/01/

http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~wricntr/documents/Overvu.html

 

Logic in argumentative writing:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/659/01/

 

 

STYLE

 

Using appropriate language:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/01/

 

Register – levels of formality:   http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/02/

 

Language specific to a discipline – jargon:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/03/

 

Avoiding bias or stereotypes in writing:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/05/

 

Gender and pronouns:  http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/608/06/