Resources for Students

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General Writing Resources

  • Getting it Write: The College Writing Tutorial Website
  • The Online Writing Lab at Purdue
  • The University of Richmond's Writers' Web
  • Online ESL Resources

Organization/Outlining/Paper Structure

  • Introductions
  • Conclusions

Thesis Statements/Argumentation

  • Writing Effective Thesis Statements
  • Supporting an Argument
  • Common Logic Problems
  • A Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples
  • Shared Stories by Cara Stoddard

Overall Style and Sentence Structure/Clarity/Variety

  • How to write funny in places where you normally wouldn't by Danny Caine [Requires Microsoft Internet Explorer]

Grammar/Punctuation

  • Spell Check Didn't Catch That? Common Homonyms Explained by Jason Stewart
  • One Trick Words and Further Wordplay
  • He Be Studyin': Intro to African American Vernacular English by Marcos Gonzales

Documentation, Citation, and Reference

  • Mechanics of Quoting
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Citing Your Sources from Emory University Libraries
  • Paraphrasing handout from the Undergraduate Writing Center at the University of Texas

Style Guides and Formatting

  • MLA Style Guide
  • APA Style Guide
  • Chicago/Turabian Style Guide
  • Writing in the Historical/Literary Present

Study Skills

  • Approaching Essay Tests
  • Overcoming Procrastination...Later by Will Bundy

Need a Book?

  • Search our online database of Print Resources available in the Writing Center.

Got a Question?

  • Schedule a tutorial
  • Check out the Meet the Staff page to find out who might be able to answer it best!
  • Email us!

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