Part 1 - Web Links
Writing Summaries
http://college.hmco.com/english/vandermey/college_writer/2e/resources/write_summary.html
Beginning the Writing Process
http://www.powa.org/discover/index.html
Forming Your Thesis Statement
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/Thesis.html
Opening Your Draft
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/beginning.html
Developing the Middle
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/middle.htm
Ending Your Draft
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/ending.html
Revising Your Voice and Style
http://www.nutsandboltsguide.com/plainstyle.htm
Revising Collaboratively
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/PeerReviews.html
Using the Writing Center
http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~riceowl/
Avoiding Imprecise, Misleading, and Biased Words
http://www.bartleby.com/62/
Also, for help with specific word-choice challenges like wordiness, take this quiz.
http://college.hmco.com/cgi-bin/SaCGI.cgi/ace1app.cgi?FNC=AcePresent__Apresent_html___eng_elibrary49
Proofreading Your Writing
http://www.lynchburg.edu/writcntr/guide/drafting/proofing.htm
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 | Step-by-Step Writing Assignments |
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| Visual Activities |
| Reinforce your critical viewing skills with visual activities. |
| Game |
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| Annotated Readings |
| These pop-up annotations demonstrate how essays can be read critically. |
