Writing Resources
GRAMMAR
Agreement
Agreement (Purdue)
Comma Rules
Five Comma Rules (Hamilton)
Miscellaneous
Seven Sins of Writing (Hamilton)
Parts of Speech
Parts of Speech (Purdue)
Sentence Parts
Punctuation
Punctuation (IUP)
Punctuation (Capital Community College)
Sentence Errors
Sentence Errors (Ohio State)
Sentence Variety
Varying Sentence Structures Lengths
11 Ways to Expand Sentences (Landmark)
W
riting the 5 Paragraph Essay (Baylor)
Sentence Types (Baylor)
Transitions
Transitions (Meijer Center)
More on Transitions (UNC)
Transitions (Hamilton)
Transitional Expressions (Penn State)
Transitions (Texas State)
Baylor English Department
Correction Symbols
Guidelines for Writing Thesis Statements
Style Sheet
Handbook
A Writing Text
(Stover)
Rubrics
Comparison/Contrast (Baylor)
Expository Essay (Baylor)
Sophomore WrAP Rubric (Baylor)
Essay Structure
& Organization
Conclusions (UNC)
Flow and Transition (U Texas Austin)
Introduction (UNC)
Thesis
Transitions (UNC)
Graphic Organizers
Comparison-Contrast
Basic Essay Template (Landmark)
Idea Diagram (Landmark)
Main Idea
Main Idea, Supporting Ideas, and Details
“Mind Map”
Quizzes
Exercises at Grammar Bytes
Grammar Exercises
Interactive Quizzes
OWL Exercises (Purdue)
Revision
Editing (Richmond)
Editing and Proofreading (UNC)
Proofreading (Indiana)
MLA CITATIONS
Hedges Library MLA Citation Generator
MLA Citation Style at Cornell University Library
Purdue Research and Citation Resource
Practice Essay Topics
Essay Prompts (Gallagher)
EFL (English as a Foreign Language)
Articles (Ohio State)
Dartmouth
Purdue International Student Prime
Quotations & Paraphrasing
Quotations (UNC)
Quoting and Paraphrasing (Wisc.)
SAT Prompts/College Essays
Common App Essay 2010, 2011, and 2012
SAT sample essays
SAT sample prompts
SAT sample scored essays
Online Resources
The Dartmouth Writing Program
The University of Kansas Writing Center
Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
The Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab)
University of Wisconsin Writing Center