The following resources will allow you to improve upon every aspect of the writing process.
Making Sense of Prompts | Prewriting
The Thesis: Purpose of a Thesis | Pointers for Writing a Thesis
The Introduction: Purpose of an Introduction | Pointers for Writing an Introduction | Common Mistakes in Introductions
The Argument: Effective Arguments | Arranging Arguments | Transitions
The Conclusion: Purpose of a Conclusion | Pointers for Writing a Conclusion
Research: Finding and Evaluating Sources
Incorporating Sources: Quote vs. Paraphrase | How to Paraphrase | Cited Material vs. Analysis | Why and When to Cite Sources
Writing a Research Paper: APA Citations in a Research Paper | Crafting a Thesis and Argument | Incorporating Summary into a Research Paper | A Sample Research Paper
Writing a Literary Analysis: MLA Citations in a Literary Analysis | Crafting a Thesis and Argument | Incorporating Summary | A Sample Literary Analysis
Revising: Revising Your Content
Proofreading: Proofreading for Errors | Commonly Confused Words
Feedback: Responding to an Instructor's Comments
Introduction: The Difference Between Tone and Voice
Awareness of Audience: Assumptions about Readers' Knowledge | Providing Relevant Information | Presenting Key Terms and Concepts | Bias | Humor
Personal Pronouns: First-Person Pronouns | Second-Person Pronouns | Third-Person Pronouns
Passive Voice: What is Passive Voice? | Meaning and Emphasis | A Limited Defense of Passive Voice | Summary
Word Choice: Principles of Word Choice | The Danger of Overwriting
Concision: Is Your Writing Concise? | Tips, Tricks and Things to Avoid
Vagueness: Vagueness is Bad | Vagueness and Persuasion | Vagueness and Statements of Fact
Apostrophes | Dashes and Parentheses | Ellipses | Exclamation Points and Question Marks | Periods and Commas | Semicolons and Colons
Parts of Speech: Adjectives, Articles and Adverbs | Nouns and Pronouns | Prepositions, Interjections and Conjunctions | Verbs
Verb Tense: What is Verb Tense? | Perfect Tense | Progressive Tense
Analyzing Sentences: What is a Sentence? | Phrases | Clauses | Sentence Types, with Notes on Punctuation
Creating Sentence Variety: Combining Sentences | Indicating Logical Connections | Other Sentence-Combining Strategies
Pronoun Agreement: The Rule for Pronoun Agreement | Gendered Pronouns | Collective Pronouns and Collective Nouns
Subject-Verb Agreement: The Rule for Subject-Verb Agreement | Collective Pronouns and Collective Nouns | Finding the Subject: Special Cases
Parallel Structure: What is Parallel Structure? | Parallel Structure in Longer Sentences
Citation Guides | General Writing Guides | Common Problems | Online Resources