Composing and Revising
Purpose and audience
Thesis statements 1
Thesis statements 2
Introductions
Conducting a peer review
Choosing an appropriate point of view
Topic sentences 1
Topic sentences 2
Transitions
Academic Reading, Writing, and Speaking
Evaluating arguments
Writing about Literature
Thesis statements in literature papers
Research
Research questions
MLA Papers
Thesis statements in MLA papers 1
Thesis statements in MLA papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers 1
Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers 3
Avoiding plagiarism in MLA papers 4
Paraphrasing in MLA style
Recognizing common knowledge in MLA papers
Integrating sources in MLA papers 1
Integrating sources in MLA papers 2
Integrating sources in MLA papers 3
Integrating sources in MLA papers 4
MLA documentation: in-text citations 1
MLA documentation: in-text citations 2
MLA documentation: in-text citations 3
MLA documentation: identifying elements of sources
MLA documentation: works cited 1
MLA documentation: works cited 2
MLA documentation: works cited 3
MLA documentation
APA Papers
Thesis statements in APA papers 1
Thesis statements in APA papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 1
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 3
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 4
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 5
Avoiding plagiarism in APA papers 6
Paraphrasing in APA style
Recognizing common knowledge in APA papers
Integrating sources in APA papers 1
Integrating sources in APA papers 2
Integrating sources in APA papers 3
Integrating sources in APA papers 4
Integrating sources in APA papers 5
Integrating sources in APA papers 6
APA documentation: in-text citations 1
APA documentation: in-text citations 2
APA documentation: in-text citations 3
APA documentation: in-text citations 4
APA documentation: in-text citations 5
APA documentation: in-text citations 6
APA documentation: identifying elements of sources
APA documentation: reference list 1
APA documentation: reference list 2
APA documentation: reference list 3
APA documentation: reference list 4
APA documentation
Chicago Papers
Thesis statements in Chicago papers 1
Thesis statements in Chicago papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 1
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 2
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 3
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 4
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 5
Avoiding plagiarism in Chicago papers 6
Recognizing common knowledge in Chicago papers
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 1
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 2
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 3
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 4
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 5
Integrating sources in Chicago papers 6
Chicago documentation: identifying elements of sources
Chicago documentation: notes 1
Chicago documentation: notes 2
Chicago documentation: notes 3
Chicago documentation: notes 4
Chicago documentation: bibliography 1
Chicago documentation: bibliography 2
Chicago documentation: bibliography 3
Chicago documentation
Writing Effective Sentences
Identifying coordination
Identifying subordination
Identifying sentence emphasis 1
Identifying sentence emphasis 2
Combining choppy sentences
Using coordination and subordination 1
Using coordination and subordination 2
Using coordination and subordination 3
Identifying active and passive voice
Using active voice
Active vs. passive voice
Active vs. be verbs
Using active verbs
Parallelism 1
Parallelism 2
Parallelism 3
Parallelism 4
Sentence variety 1
Sentence variety 2
Avoiding Sentence Problems
Sentence fragments 1
Sentence fragments 2
Sentence fragments 3
Sentence fragments 4
Sentence fragments 5
Sentence fragments 6
Run-on sentences 1
Run-on sentences 2
Run-on sentences 3
Run-on sentences 4
Run-on sentences 5
Run-on sentences 6
Awkward and misplaced modifiers
Misplaced modifiers 1
Misplaced modifiers 2
Misplaced modifiers 3
Dangling modifiers 1
Dangling modifiers 2
Dangling modifiers 3
Dangling modifiers 4
Shifts: person and number
Shifts: tense
Shifts: mood and voice, questions and quotations 1
Shifts: mood and voice, questions and quotations 2
All shifts 1
All shifts 2
Editing for shifts
Mixed constructions 1
Mixed constructions 2
Mixed constructions 3
Mixed constructions 4
Writing correct sentences
Subject-verb agreement 1
Subject-verb agreement 2
Subject-verb agreement 3
Subject-verb agreement 4
Subject-verb agreement 5
Irregular verbs 1
Irregular verbs 2
Irregular verbs 3
Standard English verb forms 1
Standard English verb forms 2
Standard English verb forms 3
Verb tense and mood 1
Verb tense and mood 2
Verb tense and mood 3
Pronoun-antecedent agreement 1
Pronoun-antecedent agreement 2
Pronoun-antecedent agreement 3
Pronoun-antecedent agreement 4
Pronoun-antecedent agreement 5
Pronoun reference 1
Pronoun reference 2
Pronoun reference 3
Pronoun reference 4
Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) 1
Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) 2
Pronoun case (such as I vs. me) 3
Pronoun case (who and whom) 1
Pronoun case (who and whom) 2
Pronoun case: review 1
Pronoun case: review 2
Adjectives and adverbs 1
Adjectives and adverbs 2
Adjectives and adverbs 3
Needed words 1
Needed words 2
Needed words 3
Needed words 4
Choosing Words Appropriately
Wordy sentences 1
Wordy sentences 2
Wordy sentences 3
Wordy sentences 4
Jargon, pretentious language, euphemisms, doublespeak 1
Jargon, pretentious language, euphemisms, doublespeak 2
Sexist language 1
Sexist language 2
Sexist language 3
Misused words 1
Misused words 2
Standard idioms 1
Standard idioms 2
Clichés and figures of speech 1
Clichés and figures of speech 2
Basic Grammar
Identifying nouns
Parts of speech: nouns 1
Parts of speech: nouns 2
Identifying pronouns
Parts of speech: pronouns 1
Parts of speech: pronouns 2
Identifying verbs
Parts of speech: verbs 1
Parts of speech: verbs 2
Identifying adjectives and adverbs
Parts of speech: adjectives 1
Parts of speech: adjectives 2
Parts of speech: adverbs 1
Parts of speech: adverbs 2
Parts of speech: prepositions
Parts of speech: identifying prepositions
Parts of speech: coordinating and subordinating conjunctions
Parts of speech: identifying conjunctions
All parts of speech 1
All parts of speech 2
Identifying complete subjects
Subjects 1
Subjects 2
Subject complements and direct objects 1
Subject complements and direct objects 2
Indirect objects and object complements 1
Indirect objects and object complements 2
All objects and complements
Linking, transitive, and intransitive verbs
Prepositional phrases 1
Prepositional phrases 2
Prepositional phrases 3
Objects of prepositions
Verbal phrases 1
Verbal phrases 2
Verbal phrases 3
Subordinate clauses 1
Subordinate clauses 2
Subordinate clauses 3
Subjects of subordinate clauses
Phrases and clauses
Sentence types 1
Sentence types 2
Punctuation
Commas with independent clauses and introductory elements 1
Commas with independent clauses and introductory elements 2
Commas with series and coordinate adjectives 1
Commas with series and coordinate adjectives 2
Commas with nonrestrictive elements
Major uses of the comma 1
Major uses of the comma 2
Major uses of the comma 3
Major uses of the comma 4
All uses of the comma
Unnecessary commas
Misuses of the comma 1
Misuses of the comma 2
The semicolon and the comma 1
The semicolon and the comma 2
The semicolon and the comma 3
The semicolon and the comma 4
The colon, the semicolon, and the comma 1
The colon, the semicolon, and the comma 2
The apostrophe 1
The apostrophe 2
The apostrophe 3
The apostrophe 4
Quotation marks 1
Quotation marks 2
Quotation marks 3
End punctuation
Other punctuation marks 1
Other punctuation marks 2
Mechanics
Spelling
The hyphen 1
The hyphen 2
Capitalization 1
Capitalization 2
Abbreviations 1
Abbreviations 2
Numbers 1
Numbers 2
Italics 1
Italics 2
Multilingual Writers and ESL Challenges
Verb forms and tenses 1
Verb forms and tenses 2
Verb forms with modals 1
Verb forms with modals 2
Verbs in negative and conditional sentences
Verbs in conditional sentences
Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives 1
Verbs followed by gerunds or infinitives 2
Using verbs: review
Omissions and repetitions 1
Omissions and repetitions 2
Sentence structure 1
Sentence structure 2
Using articles 1
Using articles 2
Using articles 3
Articles and types of nouns
Present vs. past participles 1
Present vs. past participles 2
Using cumulative adjectives 1
Using cumulative adjectives 2
Prepositions showing time and place 1
Prepositions showing time and place 2