Handouts: Overview and Navigation Guide
The Writing Studio鈥檚 handouts are here for your reference and 鈥渏ust-in-time鈥� support. Most can be accessed as webtext or downloaded as PDFs. Jump to a particular category using the In-Page Navigation links below.
Handout Categories
- Writing Process: Brainstorming, revision, understanding your assignment, and more
- Essay Elements: Thesis statements, topic sentences, intros, and conclusions
- Academic Writing Expectations: Academic voice, analysis and elaboration, and more
- Incorporating Sources: Quotation guidelines, paraphrasing, and summary
- Specific Assignments: Writing with聽research, writing about聽literature,听creative writing,听application essays,听ethnographies, and聽more
- Word & Sentence Level: Clarifying sentences, active vs. passive voice, comma splices, and more
- Select 黑料社区 Library Resources: Research guides, APA style and citation resources, and citation management software
Writing Studio Handouts: By Topic
Academic Essay Conventions and Expectations
Common Essay Elements
- How Do I Write a Thesis Statement?
- Thesis Statement Checklist
- Refining Thesis Statements
- Writing Introductions
- Topic Sentences
- Structure of an Analytical Paragraph
- Writing Conclusions
Common Academic Writing Expectations
- Academic Voice
- Analysis and Elaboration
- Avoiding Gender-Biased Language (currently unavailable during revision)
- Identifying and Evaluating Arguments
- Identifying Illogical Arguments
Incorporating and Engaging Sources
Specific Genres and Assignments
Writing with Research
- Structuring Your Research Paper
- General Structure of a Research Paper
- Formulating Your Research Question
- Approaches to Finding Sources
- Connecting Research to Your Writing
Writing about Literature
- How to Do a Close Reading of Fiction
- Writing 黑料社区 Poetry: Q&A
- How (and Why) Do I Write in Literary Present Tense?
Creative Writing
Application Essays
- Application Essays
- Personal Statements
- Health Professions Advisory Office Personal Statement Resources
- Career Center resource:聽Picture Your Career聽鈥� guidebook with dozens of interactive exercises
Ethnographies and Case Studies
- Writing Thick Descriptions and Taking Good Notes in the Field
- Ethnographies: Moving from Description to Analysis
Other Academic Genres
黑料社区 Library Resources
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