Writing Handouts

General

• Crafting Your Argument  (Google Doc)
• Reducing Wordiness (Google Doc)
• Guidelines for Peer Writing Workshops (Google Doc)
• The Writer’s Handbook at UW-Madison 
• Show, Don’t Tell: What Does That Mean? (Google Doc)
• Writing the Personal Statement (Google Doc)
• Writing Resumes and Cover Letters (Macalester Career Exploration)
• Writing Personal/Research Statements for Graduate Programs (PDF) (National Institutes of Health)
• The Basic Structure of a Statement of Purpose (Google Doc)
• Writing a Compelling Statement of Purpose (Hixon Writing Center at CalTech)
• Sample Personal Statement Paragraphs (PDF) (National Institutes of Health)
• Collins Cobuild Learners’ Dictionaries
• Dave’s ESL Cafe–Resources

Style and Documentation

• Documentation (Google Doc)
• MLA Style (Purdue OWL)
• APA Style (Purdue OWL)
• Chicago Style (The Chicago Manual of Style Online–Quick Guide)
• Turabian Style (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
• CSE (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Grammar and Mechanics

• Punctuation (Google Doc)
• Commas (Google Doc)
• Integrating Quoted Material into Your Prose (Google Doc)
• Signal and Lead-in Phrases (The OWL)
• Active Voice vs. Passive Voice (Google Doc)
• Using English Articles (Google Doc)
• Transitions (Google Doc)