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Abbreviations
Academic Blogging, Effective
Academic Writing: Getting Started by David Roberts
Action & Clarity in Writing, Adding
Agreement, Nouns & Pronouns
Agreement, Subject & Verb
Analysis,What is it?
Analytic Research Papers
Anthropology, Writing In by Miles McKemy and Megan Venable (online handbook)
APA Documentation: Print Sources
Apostrophes
Articles, Using A, An, The
Audience, Taking into Account by Kathleen Lietzau

B

Bibliography, APA, MLA, Turabian Formats Contrasted
Biology, Writing in by Molly Cage, Jon Wakefield, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Bloom's Taxonomy : A Guide to Tasks & Questions
Book Reviews, Writing by Purdue Online Writing Lab
Brackets, Using
Brainstorming for Ideas
Building Writing Confidence by G.M. Smith
Business, Writing in, by
Liz Aquilino, Shane Kelly, Danny Raimondi, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)

C

Capitalization
Chemistry, Writing in by Shannon Biello (online handbook)
Chicago/Turabian Documentation: from the Chicago Manual of Style's site
Clarity, Revising "Code Words"
Clarity: The Pitfalls of Trying to Sound Like a Professor
Classics, Writing in by Austin Carter, Kathleen Lietzau, and Aimee Plaisance (online handbook)
Cliches and Tired Phrases, Avoiding
Clustering Ideas by Melanie Dawson and Joe Essid
Colons
Commas
Commentary, Do's and Don'ts of Written by Adria Bader
Concise Writing: Using Lanham's Paramedic Method
Conclusions, Writing Effective
Confronting Writing Anxiety by Lauren Cone
Confused Words

Contractions
Creative Commons Images, How to Find
Creative Writing, Writing in by Victor Wasserman and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
"Cubing" Ideas by Melanie Dawson

D

Dashes, Using
Details, Using to Support a Claim
Digital Storytelling (online handbook)
Direct Quotations, Effective
Direct Quotations, Examples
Direct Quotations, Incorporating in Papers
Direct Quotations, Long (MLA Style)
Documentation, APA : Print Sources
Documentation, MLA (print sources--our page)
Documentation, MLA (from the MLA--follow link to "MLA Style")
Documentation, Columbia Guide to Online Style (Janice R. Walker & Todd Taylor)
Documentation, Print & Electronic Sources (from UR Libraries)
Documentation, Turabian's Manual for Writers
Documentation, APA, MLA, Turabian Formats Contrasted

E

Editing Checklist
Education, Writing in by Kim Sawyer and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Electronic Writing, Basics
Ellipsis Marks, Using
Essay Exams, Writing from UVic Writer's Guide
English-as-a-second-language (ESL) conferences, Tips for
English, Writing in by Nadine Weiss and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Evaluating Multimedia Projects: The Basics

F

Faculty "Pet Peeves": Avoiding Them
Film Studies, Writing in by Carter Staub and Savannah Gillespie (online handbook)
First Year, Writing in the by Astoria Aviles and Gabrielle Pound (online handbook)
Focus, paragraphs: Using "Glossing" to Check

Focusing Sentences Through Parallelism
Focusing Sentences Through Subordination
Fragments and Complete Sentences
French, Writing in by Alicia Surdyk (online handbook)

G

Glossing: A technique for focusing a draft
Grammar Problems in Conferences, How to Address

H

History, Writing in by Glen Henkle, Steven Inglis, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Hyphens, using with modifiers

I

Creative Commons Images: How to Find Them
Images, Finding on the Web (Boatwright Library Guide)
International Studies, Writing In by Kathleen Lietzau, Sarah Loepp, and Brittany Mangold (online handbook)
Introductions, Preparing to Write

J

Journalism, Writing in by Keon Monroe, Brittany Taylor, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)

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L

Leadership, Writing in by Rachel Ehret, Hannah Hess, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Literary Terms
: A list from the English 299 syllabus
Literature Review: Writing One & Asking Good Questions

Long Quotations, MLA Style

M

Misplaced Modifiers: The funniest errors in the world
MLA Documentation (in-text citations--our page)
MLA Documentation (from the MLA--follow link to "MLA Style")
Multiple-Subject Papers, Organizing
Multimedia Projects, How to Evaluate

N

Nonsexist Usage, Guidelines for
Numbers & Numerals by Amy Addison

O

Online Writing, Basics
Outlines, Creating
by Kathleen Lietzau

P

Paragraph Focus: Using "Glossing" to Check
Paraphrases, Using
Parentheses, Using
Passive Voice, Using Well
Peer Editing Guide
Philosophy, Writing In by Ra-Twoine Fields, Jerry Giordano, Korine Powers, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Political Science, Writing In by David Roberts (online handbook)
Possessives--forming them correctly
Professional and Continuing Studies, Writing for by Mike Cerepak and Grace Robinson (online handbook)
Pre-Writing Journal, Using by Amy Addison
Pronouns, Agreement with Nouns
Pronouns, Confusing
Pronouns, Nonsexist Usage
Psychology, Writing in by Athena Hensel, Katelin Peterson, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)

Q

Quotations, Effective Direct
Quotations, Examples of Direct
Quotation Marks
Quotations, Long (MLA Style)

R

Reading Aloud: Catching Fossils and Flubs
Reading Strategies by Amy Addison
Reasoning: Arguing Cogently by David Roberts
Reasoning: General Inferential Errors by David Roberts
Reasoning: Errors in Causation by David Roberts
Reasoning: Errors in Generalization by David Roberts
Reasoning: Other Reasoning Fallacies by David Roberts
Reasoning: Supporting Arguments & Avoiding Fallacies by David Roberts
Rhetorical Triangle and Three Rhetorical Appeals by David Wright of Furman University
Run-On Sentences
Rushed Papers,Warning Signs of

S

Scientific Journals, Questions to Ask When Reading by Dr. John Bishop, UR Biology Dept.
Semicolons by Liz Atkins
Sentences, Complete vs. Fragments
Sentences, Focusing Through Parallelism
Sentences, Focusing Through Subordination
Sentences, Run-on
Sources, Creative Use of by Heather Logan
Sources, Effective Direct Quotations
Sources, Incorporating Quotations
Sources, Introduction to Using
Sources, Paraphrasing
Sources: Past Tense? Present? by Melanie Dawson and Joe Essid
Slashes, Using
Starting a Paper
Summaries, Writing from UVic Writer's Guide

T

Tense for Verbs: Writing About Events in Books
Theatre and Dance, Writing in by Keely Naughton, Katie Nunziata, and Kathleen Lietzau (online handbook)
Thesis Statements Exercise
Thesis Statements: General Advice
Thesis Statements: Where to End, Not Begin
Titles: Underline or Quotations?
Toulmin Model of Argumentation by David Wright, Furman U. English Dept.
Toulmin Model Exercise
Transitional Phrases by Joanna Taraba
Transitions, Using
Turabian's Manual for Writers, Guide to

U

Usage, Common Errors in English, by Paul Briars, Washington State U.

V

Verbs, Avoiding Weak
Voice, Putting it into Writing by Krysti Sibley

W

Writer's Block Help: Freewriting
Writing Anxiety and the Job Search (Psychology Today article by Katherine Brooks)
Writing Center Conferences: What to Expect by Ryan Jackson
Writing Critically: A Guide to Tasks & Questions
Writing for Professors: Get in the Driver's Seat by David Roberts

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