Writing Center Handouts

The Writing Center offers the following handouts, many of which include exercises and answer keys. Download a .pdf copy now-- or stop by the center for paper copies! The links on this page are all .pdf files requiring Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The new Chicago style manual is here! Check out our revised handouts.

Using Sources

More APA resources, including an email link for fast questions, are at our Using APA Style

• APA Citations
• APA Headers and Titles
• APA Headings
• APA Online Photographs
• APA Sample Paper
• APA Style
• Chicago Style
• Citing Your Sources (in any style)
• Comparing Citation Styles
• MLA Format (what an MLA paper looks like)
• MLA Style
• Paraphrasing
• Plagiarism

Kinds of Writing

• Abstracts
• Comparison-Contrast Papers
• Literature Papers: Checklist
• Literature Papers: Plot vs. Interpretation
• Personal Statements
• Scholarship Essays
• Scientific Writing: IMRAD Structure Chart
• Scientific Writing: Organization

The Process and the Paper

• Conclusions
• Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
• Interviewing Effectively
• Paragraphing
• Prewriting: Getting Started
• Thesis Statements

Editing and Mechanics

• Agreement
• Apostrophes
• Articles
• Capitalization
• Colons
• Commas: Four Basic Uses
• Commas: Four Basic Uses
• Common Roots
• Dashes
• Finding and Fixing Fragments
• Fragment Exercises
• Introductions
• Modifiers
• Parts of Speech
• Passive Voice
• Prefixes
• Prepositions
• Questions and Question Marks
• Quotation Marks
• Revising
• Run-on and Fragment Exercise
• Run-on Sentences
• Semicolons
• Sentence Combining
• Sentence Structure
• Singular and Plural
• Spelling Easily Confused Words
• Transitions
• Verb Tenses
• Wordiness