BGSU Learning Commons

Handouts and Style-Guide Information

For Student Writers
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Article Use PowerPoint

Arguments

Applying to Graduate School - Statement of Purpose

Avoiding Plagiarism

Colons

Combining Sentences

Commas: Part I

Commas: Part II

Counterarguments

Difference between two/too; then/than; they're/there/their; and its/it's

Essay Organization

Evaluating Online Sources

Grammar Links 

Introductions

Introducing Sources (MLA)

Opening Paragraphs

Paragraphing

Personal Statements

Punctuation Patterns in Sentences

Quotations

Resume

Source Identification

Summary

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Synthesis

Transitions

Thesis Statements

Thinking about the Thesis Statement

Thesis Sentences(ppt)

Tips for the Critique Essay (ENG 112)

Verbs of Attribution

Writers Block


For Writing Consultants

Annotated Writing Center Bibliography

Reference Book Guide

Strategies For Consultants

The Difference Between Consultants and Editors

The Metadiscourse of a Consultation

The OCIE Method Worksheet

Tips for Consultations

Tips for Non-evaluative Session Reports

Tips for On-line Consultations

 

 
For Instructors

An Outline of the Simon & Schuster Handbook for Writers

MIT's Tips for Creating Writing Assignments

Elements of an Effective Writing Assignment

Plagiarism Prevention

Tips for Constructing Effective Assignment Sheets

Teaching Synthesis

For Writers Across Disciplines and Genres

Book Review Tips

BGSU Thesis and Dissertation Handbook

Creative Writing Links

Diana Hacker's Research and Documentation Online

Examples of Business Writing

Handbooks for WAC Writers

Literature Reviews

Helpful Books for Proposal Writers

How to Write a Memo

Resume Writing

A Sample Table of Contents

A Short Guide to WAC Assignments

Slides That Discuss Writing in Engineering and Science

Web Page Evaluation Rubric

Writing in Accounting

Publishing

Directory of the American Association of University Presses

Literary Market Place

MLA Style Manual and Guide to Scholarly Publishing

Publishers' Guidelines

 
Style Guides

American Chemical Society

APA

APA Guide to Electronic References

APA Tips

Citation Style Guide

Online Video/Audio

Chicago Manual of Style

Columbia Guide to Online Style

MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers

 Citation Guides

Plain English Handbook