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Writing Tips

• Need help with writing your paper? We have some great writing tips below.


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General Writing Tips

Getting Started on a Writing Assignment: Problems and Strategies

Audience and Purpose

Three Ways to Persuade

What Is "Plagiarism"?

Ten Tips for Avoiding Plagiarism (New 08/13/08)

Critical Reading

Using the Words of Others

Essay

Writing a Simple Five-Paragraph Essay

Going Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay/An Essay Is Like An Intellectual Journey

The Thesis Machine

Essay Revision Checklist

Essay Response Sheet (.pdf)

Research Paper

The Research Process

Documenting Sources in MLA, APA, and other styles.

Writing the Research Report (A useful tutorial at the Purdue On-line Writing Lab.)

Research Paper for the Biological Sciences

Checklist for Papers in the Biological Sciences

Powerpoint for "Five Easy Steps in the Research Paper Process"
(Web Version) (Download Version)

Powerpoint for "Five More Easy Steps in the Research Paper Process"
(Web Version) (Download Version)

Proofreading

Proofreading Checklist

The Personal Statement

(A personal essay written as part of the application process to a school, scholarship, or other program.)

Preparing the Personal Statement: Personal Inventory Questions

Personal Statement Checklist

Sample Papers

No Censorship Period (.pdf)

No Censorship Period: Analysis (.pdf)

Practice Topic: Sex and Violence in The Movies (.pdf)