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General Writing

Handouts

Going beyond the 5-paragraph essay
Writing is a process
Generating topics
Generating drafts
Purpose and audience
Thesis development
Organizational tools: 3 & 4-part rhetorical pyramids
The quote sandwich
Revising strategy – glossing
Guidelines for peer response
Proofreading

How to analyze a poem
Understanding short stories
How to write a critique
Writing a literature review  (see links below also)

Web links

Purdue University’s online writing resource, OWL, contains a wealth of information on a number of writing topics. Check it out!     
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/

What is an academic paper?
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~writing/materials/student/ac_paper/what.shtml

Writing a literature review
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html
http://unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature_review.html
LRC powerpoint and pdf





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