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Writing Processes
- How to Read a Prompt
- Thesis Statements
- Introductions
- Body Paragraphs
- Conclusions
- Revising
- Editing & Proofreading
- Reverse Outlines
Prewriting Strategies
Organization Strategies
Rhetorical Concepts
- Audience
- Context
- Ethos, Logos, and Pathos
- Genre
- The Rhetorical Situation
- What is Multimodal?
- What is Rhetoric?
Grammar, Mechanics, & Style
Grammar
Mechanics
- Acronyms, Initialisms, & Capitalization
- Apostrophes
- Colons
- Commas
- Dashes & Parentheses
- Prepositions
- Semicolons
Style
- Passive & Active Voice
- Sentence Patterns
- Signal Verbs
- Style Strategies
- Transition Words
- Writing Clear & Concise Sentences
Research Methods
- Academic Integrity Policy Quick Fact Sheet
- Annotated Bibliographies
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Block Quotes
- The Evidence Cycle
- How to Review a Journal Article
- Literature Review
- Paraphrasing Effectively
- Quotation Marks
- Summary vs. Analysis
- Synthesizing Research
Citation Styles
APA Style (7th edition)
APA Style (6th edition)
Chicago (Turabian) Style
MLA Style (8th edition)
- MLA Style (8th Edition)
- MLA Style Cheat Sheet (8th Edition)
- Annotated MLA Style (8th Edition) Formatted Sample Paper