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Writing Handouts          

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       Introduction and Credit

WRITING CONCERNS, COMPOSITION AND STYLR

  1. Choosing a Topic
  2. Subject and Scope
  3. Theme and Treatment
  4. Brainstorming
  5. Clustering
  6. Defining your Audience
  7. Starting to Write
  8. Writing Anxiety
  9. Writer’s block
  10. Starting your Writing Process
  11. Planning and Asking the Right Questions 
  12. Invention and Planning
  13. Making an Outline
  14. Affixes and Creating Words With meaning
  15. Basic Paragraph Patterns
  16. Basic Sentence Patterns
  17. Sentence Clarity
  18. Paragraphs
  19. Adding Emphasis
  20. Using Transitions In Your Writing Process
  21. Wordiness
  22. Identifying Priorities in the Revision Process
  23. Adding Vivid Description to Your Writing
  24. Definitions in Forman Writing
  25. Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
  26. Metaphors for Creative Writing
  27. 10 Rules for Better Writing
  28. Proofreading Your Writing Process
  29. Steps For Editing and Proofreading
  30. Proofreading, Editing and Revising
  31. More on Proofreading
  32. MLA Format
  33. APA Format
  34. Writing Essay Exams
  35. Improving Your Study Skills
  36. Steps in Writing the Research Paper
  37. Research Report Format
  38. Research Questions and Methods
  39. Using Statistics in Your Research Process
  40. Quantitative Statistics for Research
  41. Secondary Research
  42. Evaluating Sources of Information
  43. Search Engine Operators  
  44. Style in Business Correspondence 
  45. 10 Ways to Improve Your Technical Writing

ESL, GRAMMAR AND CORRECTNESS

  1. Analyzing The Sentence Part 1
  2. Identifying the Noun and Choosing the Article
  3. Plural and Possessive Nouns
  4. Choosing The Right Verb
  5. Subject Verb Agreement
  6. Rules for Irregular Verbs
  7. Irregular Verb Chart   (slow loading... be patient!)
  8. Identifying Prepositions and What They Modify
  9. Prepositions of Time and Place
  10. Punctuation Review
  11. Commas, Restrictive Clauses and Appositives
  12. Rules For Fixing Comma Splices and Fused Sentences
  13. Abbreviations
  14. Acronyms and Abbreviations
  15. Compound Words
  16. Problems with Adjectives: Adjective Order
  17. Problems with Adjectives: Capitalizing Proper Adjectives
  18. Problems with Adjectives: Collective Adjectives
  19. Problems with Adjectives: Forming Opposites
  20. Problems with Adjectives: Good & Well and Bad & Badly
  21. Problems with Adjectives: ing or ed - Participle or Adjective
  22. Problems with Adjectives: Predicate Adjectives
  23. Problems with Modifiers: Squinting Modifiers
  24. Problems with Modifiers: Limiting Modifiers
  25. Figures of Speech and Mixed Metaphors

LITERATURE AND READING

  1. Outline of Western Literary Periods (excluding English & American)
  2. Outline of English Literary Periods
  3. Outline of American literary Periods
  4. Poetry Analysis
  5. Strategies to Promote Early Literacy and Quality Literacy