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Writing Help Guides

Idea Development and Organization

Information on brain teasers, outlining, invention, narrowing a topic, developing a thesis.

Punctuation

Information on apostrophes, commas, semicolons, colons, quotation marks, dashes, hyphens, ellipsis, italics, titles, numbers, lists, and multiple punctuation.

Sentences

Information on sentence fragments, comma splice/run-on, sentence variety.

Style

Information on style, word choice, misused words, active vs. passive voice, transitions, gender-neutral language, email etiquette.

Essays

Information on essay "blueprints," argumentation, in-class essay exams, oral presentations, case studies.

Editing

Information on peer editing, self editing, proofreading, final polish.

Evaluation

Information on proposed criteria for evaluation student essays, Little English Handbook abbreviations, general grading guides.

Research

Information on research techniques, APA & MLA documentation styles, evaluating sources, plagiarism.