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Handouts Designed for Writing Center Users

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The links on this page will take you to PDF versions of the handouts available in the Writing Center.

Reading and annotating

SQ3R: Introduces a technique used to improve reading comprehension.

Annotation Guidelines: Suggests ways for annotating your reading material.

Critical Thinking Tools: Provides tips for critical readings of different texts.

Guide to Understanding World Literature: Defines major terms and concepts for world literature texts.

Brainstorming for Ideas

Brainstorming and Topic Development: Gives helpful hints for brainstorming and topic development.

Developing a Thesis: Provides tips to help you develop a thesis for your paper.

Developing Topic Sentences: Covers a method for developing and revising topic sentences.

Organizing

Mapping: Shows a useful way to visually organize information.

Tips for Organizing Your Paper: Gives tips for organizing your writing.

Rhetorical Analysis: Defines rhetorical terms and gives suggestions for conducting the analysis.

Revising

Checklist to Revising ENGL 1100 and 1120 Papers: Provides a guide for effective revisions of 1100 and 1120 papers.

Checklist to Revising World Literature Papers: Provides a guide for effective revisions of World Literature papers.

Using Sources

MLA Citation for Works of Literature: Shows how to correctly reference sources as they appear in your draft.

Checklist for Writing From Sources: Provides a guide for ensuring that sources are correctly and effectively used.

Grammar and Mechanics

Reference Guide to Punctuation: This guide is a quick reference to the most common uses of certain punctuation in expository writing.

Sentence Punctuation Patterns: Describes a variety of sentence patterns and how to punctuate them.

Sentence Patterns: Describes common clauses, phrases, and connectors.

Parallelism: Provides examples of how to create parallel sentences and how to use parallel structure in writing.

Commonly Confused Words: Provides a list of words that are commonly confused in meaning and spelling.

Transitions: Describes the types of transitions and transitional expressions that can be used to better organize a paper.

Notetaking

Cornell Note-Taking System: Describes a system for taking organized notes during a class lecture.

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Last updated August 20, 2009
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