WRITING

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Grammar - Sentences and Punctuation  
Business Writing  (Business letters, business plans, cover letters, resumes, grants or proposals)
Research Projects (Research Writing)
Citations - Documentation

Organzation and Composition

Thesis Statements - LEO Literacy Education Online - St. Cloud University
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

First Draft - Writing Topic Sentences and Paragraphs for Support - Writer's Web - University of Richmond
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/paragrph.html

Outline of Five-Paragraph Essay - Example with Motivator, Thesis Sentence, Topic Sentences, and 'Support' Sentences - Glendale Community College, AZ
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/essay/index.html

Asked to Write a Five-Paragraph Essay? The Basics in Detail - Capital Community College; Hartford, Ct
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/five_par.htm

Introductions and Conclusions - Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Writing
http://writing.mit.edu/wcc/resources/writers/introduction
http://writing.mit.edu/wcc/resources/writers/conclusion

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Develop Different Types of Paragraphs & Essays - Tips & Articles for Extra-Curricular Writers - About.com, Richard Nordquist
http://grammar.about.com/od/developingessays/u/paressay07.htm

Brief, Practical Tips with Transition Words to Give Direction to the Reader and Improve Your Organization - University of Colorado Writing Center
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/processes/organize/list6.cfm

"Coherence: Transitions between Your Ideas" - Capital Community College
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm

Extensive Transition Words List - The Writer’s Web - University of Richmond
http://writing2.richmond.edu/writing/wweb/trans1.html

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Plain Writing Style

Garbl's Concise and Plain Writing Resources
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/concise.htm
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/plaineng.htm

Cheryl Stephens on Plain Writing - Articles
http://www.plainlanguagenetwork.org/stephens/

Avoiding Bias in the Use of Words

LEO: Literacy Education Online - St. Cloud University, MN
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/style/genderbias.html

Avoiding Bias - Garbl Writing Style Links
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/style.htm#bias

Proofreading  (Standard Proofreading Marks)

Editing and Proofreading Advice & Tips- University of North Carolina Writing Center
http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/proofread.html

Common errors to correct while editing your paper - Writing Center - U. of Wisconsin
http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/CommonErrors.html

Major Proofreading Symbols on Print Copies which You Can Correct Online
http://www.eeicom.com/staffing/marks.html
http://www.spellingpolice.com/higher/proof.html

To Grammar, Sentences, and Punctuation Resources

Meta Writing Web Sites - Comprehensive Treasure Trove of Web Links on Writing

Garbl Writing - Web Sites, by Topic
http://home.comcast.net/~garbl/writing/

Owl Purdue Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/
Owl Writing Lab helps preparing, researching, and writing the paper, as well as grammar and documenting sources.
Owl Site Map Index

Write Place - Directory of OWLs (Writing Labs On-line) - St. Cloud University, Minnesota
http://web.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace/wcd/cUSA.html
Directory information and hyperlinks to writing centers

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