Writing Center Resources

The Writing Process

• Thesis Statements

• Topic Sentences

• Transition Words and Phrases
• Body Paragraph Development
  
• Outlining
• Prewriting and Brainstorming
• Quoting, Paraphrasing and Summarizing
• How to Avoid Plagiarism
• Annotated Bibliography
• Finding Credible Sources
• Point of View
• Revising and Editing
• Writing in an Academic Tone
• Email Etiquette
  

For handouts on additional topics, visit our blog www.shawuwcblog.com.

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Grammar

• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement
• Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices
  
• Comma Usage
• Parallel Structure
• Punctuation

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Formatting & Citation

• MLA In-Text Citations & Works Cited (9th Edition)
• APA In-Text Citations & References (7th Edition)
• Chicago-Turabian In-Text Citations, Footnotes & Bibliography (17th Edition)
  
  

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Faculty Resources

• UNC-Chapel Hill Writing Center
• Purdue OWL
  

For more tools and resources, to discuss writing related topics in more detail, or to schedule a classroom visit/presentation, email writingcenter@shawu.edu.