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We wish to thank the Writing Center at Agnes Scott College for allowing us to post their handouts. Hard copies of these handouts are also available from the rotofile in Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center, Room 339.

Academic Writing Handouts

  1.  : (The Colon)
  2. ; (The Semicolon)
  3. A Guide to Chicago or Turabian Documentation Style
  4. A Guide to Creative Writing
  5. Abstract-The Writing Center
  6. American Psychological Association (APA) Documentation
  7. American Sociology Association
  8. Approaches to Revising a Draft Analytical Essays
  9. Argument - The Writing Center
  10. Argumentation: Section I. Thesis Development
  11. Beating the Clock: Writing Timed Essays
  12. Citing your Sources: APA
  13. Clarity Clarified
  14. Creating an Outline: Before and After You Write
  15. Describing Art: Writing a Formal Analysis
  16. Editing and Proofreading - The Writing Center
  17. Evaluating Internet Resources
  18. Feeling Comfortable with Verb Tenses
  19. Fulbright Scholarship Winners Personal Statements and Grant Proposals
  20. How to Cite Archival Sources from the Spelman College Archives
  21. How to Tackle Final Exams
  22. How to Write a Literature Review
  23. How to Write a Thesis Statement
  24. In Your Own Words: Avoiding Plagiarism
  25. Integrating Research into your Papers: Everything You Need to Know about
    Paraphrasing, Quotations, Signal Phrases, and Citations
  26. Journal Writing: A Process of Reaction
  27. Keeping on Writing: Getting Past So-Called Writer's Block
  28. Lights...Camera...Brainstorming: Writing about Film
  29. Luce Scholarship Personal Statements
  30. MLA Documentation MLA 9 (2021)
  31. Make the Most of Your Tutor Session
  32. Marshall Scholarship Proposal and Personal Statements
  33. Netiquette: A Style Guide for Emails
  34. One of These Things is Not Like the Other... Writing Compare/Contrast Papers
  35. Organizing Your Paper: A Few Choice Words
  36. Peer Editing 101
  37. Prep Points for Writing Interviews
  38. Quotable Quotes: Effective Quoting in the Humanities
  39. Quote Integration
  40. Reading Between the Rhyme: Writing About Poetry
  41. Research Papers
  42. Resume Writing Guide
  43. Rhodes Scholarship Personal Statements
  44. Sentence Variety: Part One
  45. Sentence Variety: Part Two
  46. Seven Days to a Good Paper
  47. Subject-Verb Agreement 1: Finding the Subject
  48. Subject-Verb Agreement 2: The Rules
  49. Summary Versus Analysis
  50. Take a Stand! Writing Effective Position Papers
  51. Taking Essay Examinations
  52. Taming The chemical Beast: Writing a Chemistry Lab Report
  53. Ten Helpful Hints in Preparing Your Undergraduate Thesis
  54. The Annotated Bibliography
  55. The Cover Letter
  56. The Final Touches: Revising Prose
  57. The Inverted Pyramid: A Model for Effective Introductions
  58. The Resume
  59. Thinking It Through: A Guide to Writing Think Pieces, Reflection Papers, and Reaction Papers
  60. Tips on Argumentation for College Papers
  61. Topic Development: Writing the Trip ofYour Dreams
  62. Using Commas (1): A Writer's Guide to those Impossible Rules
  63. WWW.WHAT? How to Cite Online Sources
  64. Workshop for Fellowship Applications: Fulbright, Luce, Rhodes, and Marshall
  65. Writing Editorials
  66. Writing Feature Stories
  67. Writing News Stories
  68. Writing Reviews in the Visual and Performing Arts
  69. Writing in Math is Integral
  70. Writing in Philosophy
  71. Writing the Application Essay







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