The following downloadable PDF documents provide useful advice for a variety of writing, grammar and revision topics.
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(Note: Please see our new Oral Communications page for handouts on public speaking and using PowerPoint.)
Citation styles
Content and organization
- Cutting clutter
- Self-revision checklist
- Thesis statements
- Transitions
- Using outside sources
- Using quotes effectively
- Writing an introduction
- Writing a conclusion
- Writing survival
Grammar and usage
- Active verbs
- Comma splices
- Conjunctions
- Dangling modifiers
- Idioms
- Parallel structure
- Proofreading for commas
- Sentence clarity
- Vague pronouns