GRAMMAR

RESEARCH

WRITING

TIPSHEETS

• Unity

• Support

• Coherence (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Brainstorming  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Freewriting  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Pre-writing journal  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Clustering  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Lists

• Questioning

• Scratch outlines

• Formal outlines  (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Sample outlines  (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Conciseness  (Resource: George Mason University Writing Center Guide)

• Questions/Checklist  (Resource: George Mason University Writing Center Guide)

• Coherence

• 4 Proofreading Strategies that Work  (Resource: Steve Moiles)

• Checklist  (Resource: George Mason University Writing Center Guide)

• Step-by-step list  (Resource: Purdue OWL)
• Choosing a subject (Resource: Paradigm Online Writing Assistant--POWA)

• Thesis statement  (Resource: Writer's Web; Steve Moiles)

• Some Sample Thesis Statements:  The Good, the Bad and the Misguided  (Resource: George Mason University Writing Center Guide)

• Plagiarism (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Editing checklist  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Warning signs of a rushed paper (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Developing essays (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide)
• Common problems (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide)
• Narrative Essays (Resource: )
• Explanatory Essays (Resource: )
• Evaluation/Interpretive Essay (Resource: )
• Argumentative/Research Essay (Resource: )
• Common Errors of Logic in Argumentative Writing--Logical Fallacies (Resource: Steve Moiles)
• Essay Exams (Resource: Purdue OWL; Washburn U Writing Center)
• How to Take an Essay Test (Resource: Washburn U Writing Center)
• Essay Terms or Directives (Resource: Study Guides and Strategies)
• Literature Essay (Resource: Purdue OWL; Study Guides and Strategies )

• Developing paragraphs (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide)
• Unity

• Support

• Coherence

• Planning a paragraph (Resource: Writer's Web)

• The 5 Paragraph Essay (Resource: Study Guides and Strategies)

• Checklist

• Evaluating a topic sentence

• Length consistency  (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Keywords

• Identifying specific details

• Transitions

• Provide examples

• Process Essay 

• Summaries (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide)

• Cause and effect Essay

• Compare and contrast

• Defining a term

• Run-on Sentences (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide; Writer's Web)
• Sentences Fragments (Resource: UVic Writer's Guide; Writer's Web)

• Sentence Variety  (Resource: Purdue OWL)

• Agreement:  Nouns and Pronouns  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Agreement:  Subject and Verb  (Resource: Writer's Web)

• Concise Sentences--Lanham's Paramedic Method  (Resource: Writer's Web)

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