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Summaries 2, Sue Kuykendall Jun 2022

Summaries 2, Sue Kuykendall

Research Skills

This handout provides information on the different types of summaries and how to write them.


Synthesis Of Research, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Synthesis Of Research, Angela Gulick

Research Skills

This handout provides information about synthesizing or blending different perspectives together in research writing. It consists of tips and examples of research paragraphs using synthesis.


Comma Splices, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Comma Splices, Angela Gulick

Sentence-level Errors

This instructional handout helps identify the comma splice sentence error and identifies for ways to fix the problem.


Run-On Sentences, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Run-On Sentences, Angela Gulick

Sentence-level Errors

This instructional handout provides information about how to correct the run-on sentence error.


Sentence Fragments 1, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Sentence Fragments 1, Angela Gulick

Sentence-level Errors

This instructional handout offers advice on how to correct the sentence fragment error.


Sentence Fragments 2, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace Jun 2022

Sentence Fragments 2, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace

Sentence-level Errors

This instructional handout addresses the sentence fragment error and suggests ways to correct it.


Personal Statements For College Applications And Scholarships, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Personal Statements For College Applications And Scholarships, Angela Gulick

Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships

This handout, complied by the author and Writing Lab Faculty, presents suggestions on how to write a personal statement for a college application.


Sample Personal Statement #1 For College Application, Deanna Williams Jun 2022

Sample Personal Statement #1 For College Application, Deanna Williams

Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships

This handout provides an example of a personal statement for a college application.


Sample Personal Statement #2 For College Application, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Sample Personal Statement #2 For College Application, Angela Gulick

Personal Statements for College Applications and Scholarships

This handout provides an example of a personal statement for a college application.


Active And Passive Voice, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Active And Passive Voice, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout distinguishes the difference between active and passive voice in writing, and suggests using active voice unless instructed otherwise, most notably in scientific writing.


Agreement, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Agreement, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout covers the topics of subject, verb, and pronoun agreement and offers advice on how to correct errors.


Capitalization, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Capitalization, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout offers guidelines for knowing when to capitalize words.


Conciseness And Clarity, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Conciseness And Clarity, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout offers guidelines for writing in a more concise and clear manner.


Conjunctions, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Conjunctions, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout offers guidelines for using conjunctions.


Point Of View, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Point Of View, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout identifies the three types of point of view in writing.


Pronouns, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Pronouns, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout addresses some common pitfalls when using pronouns in writing and makes suggestions for how to correct these errors.


Singulars And Plurals, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace Jun 2022

Singulars And Plurals, Lori Williams, Sally Wallace

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout provides information on singular and plural nouns and pronouns and the appropriate use of apostrophes when making nouns possessive.


Verb Tenses, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Verb Tenses, Angela Gulick

Style and Mechanics

This instructional handout highlights verb tense (past, present, and future) and discusses verb tense agreement errors and irregular verbs.


Column Graphs Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Column Graphs Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick

Graphs, Charts, and Tables

This handout demonstrates how to create column graphs using Microsoft Word 365.


Setting Up A Paper Using Microsoft Word 365, Sue Jones Jun 2022

Setting Up A Paper Using Microsoft Word 365, Sue Jones

Computer Tutorials

This instructional handout provides a visual for setting up line spacing using Microsoft Word 365.


Tables Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Tables Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick

Graphs, Charts, and Tables

This handout provides instruction for creating a table using Microsoft Word 365.


Headers Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Headers Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick

Computer Tutorials

This handout provides instructions for how to create headers using Microsoft Word 365.


Seven Steps For Incorporating Visuals, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Seven Steps For Incorporating Visuals, Angela Gulick

Graphs, Charts, and Tables

This handout demonstrates how to use graphs, tables, and charts in a Microsoft Word 365 document.


Pie Charts Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Pie Charts Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick

Graphs, Charts, and Tables

This handout demonstrates how to use Microsoft Word 365 to build pie charts.


Tables Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Tables Using Microsoft Word 365, Angela Gulick

Computer Tutorials

This handout provides instruction for creating a table using Microsoft Word 365.


Job Application Letter And Résumé Sample #4, Ruijie Zhao Jun 2022

Job Application Letter And Résumé Sample #4, Ruijie Zhao

Employment Materials

This handout provides a sample of a job application letter and résumé to help students construct their own.


Commas, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Commas, Angela Gulick

Punctuation

This handout provides examples showing appropriate use of commas.


Paraphrasing, Summarizing, And Quoting Sources, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Paraphrasing, Summarizing, And Quoting Sources, Angela Gulick

Research Skills

This handout provides a chart that compares paraphrasing, summarizing, and quoting sources.


Direct Quotations, Angela Gulick Jun 2022

Direct Quotations, Angela Gulick

Research Skills

This handout provides step-by-step information on using direct quotations.


My Soul Cries Out: Reimagining Lament For Research And Language Practice With Edwidge Danticat, Tanya Jo Woodward Jun 2022

My Soul Cries Out: Reimagining Lament For Research And Language Practice With Edwidge Danticat, Tanya Jo Woodward

English Theses, Dissertations, and Student Creative Activity

This thesis examines the implications of the genre of lament for the writing classroom. The thesis will address how Edwidge Danticat, a Haitian author, expresses joy and sorrow in her writing and how she can serve as a model text for students as they write. The thesis will also consider what Danticat's use of language means for the writing classroom, language policies, and the CCCC's "Student's Right To their Own Language" position statement. As Danticat explores the individual and communal juxtaposition of tragedy and celebration, her writing echoes the varied tenor and emotions of the Psalms. The Psalmic style is …