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A Guide to Professional and Business Writing

A Guide to Using Good Grammar

A Student's Guide to Writing Essays

Creative Writing and Publishing

Grammar Questions People Ask The Write Advice

On-the-Job Grammar

Writing About Literature

Handouts

Essay Formats

Essay Format - Argumentation
Essay Format - Multiple Paragraph
Essay Format - Cause and Effect
Essay Format - Classification
Essay Format - Comparison and Contrast
Essay Format - Definition
Essay Format - Description
Essay Format - Exemplification
Essay Format - Narration
Essay Format - Process

Essay Writing

Composition Outline
Conclusions
Introductions
Outlining
Improving Paragraph Coherency
Summary
Themes - Writing
Thesis Statements
Topic Sentences
Transitions

Letter Writing/Business & Professional Writing

Business Letter Components
Business Letters Layout
Cover Letters
Proposal Writing
Resume Criteria
Resume Example 1
Resume Example 2
State Abbreviations

Writing About Literature

Critical Response Paragraphs
Criticism
Introductory Verbs for Quotations
Quoting from Sources 1
Quoting from Sources 2
Quoting Literary Text
Quoting Poetry

Other Genres of Academic Writing

Essay Examination
How to Write a History Paper
How to Study and Take Exams
Precis - How to Write

Mechanics

Articles - Definite and Indefinite

Capitalization
Diction - The Terrible Three and the Terrible Twenty-seven
Grammatical Terms - Glossary

Idiomatic Usage in English

Parts of Speech
Passive and Active Voice

Sentence Construction
Sentence Variety
Spelling - Correcting Common Errors

Mini-Lessons for Writing

1. Annotated Bibliography
2. Business Letter Formats
3. Capitalization of Titles in MLA, APA, and Turabian
4. College Level Writing
5. Common Grammar Errors in Theses and Dissertations
6. Creative Writing
7. Formatting Block Quotations
8. Memos
9. MLA Manuscript Format
10. MLA Manuscript Format Quiz
11. MLA Tips
12. Paraphrasing, Summarizing, and Direct Quoting
13. Quoting and Citing Literary Genres
14. Resume and Business Letter Writing
15. The Terrible 30
16. Typography of Titles in APA
17. Typography of Titles in MLA
18. Typography of Titles in Turabian