English & Writing Resources
English and Writing Resource Document Links
- Common Irregular Verbs (PDF File, 28 KB)
- Commas (PDF File, 76 KB)
- Abbreviations (PDF File, 15 KB)
- Apostrophes (PDF File, 32 KB)
- Articles - A An The (PDF File, 46 KB)
- Basic Sentence Structure (PDF File, 10 KB)
- Book Report vs. Book Review (PDF File, 54 KB)
- Capitalization (PDF File, 42 KB)
- Common Irregular Verbs (PDF File, 28 KB)
- Common Sentence Errors (PDF File, 13 KB)
- Commonly Confused Words (PDF File, 18 KB)
- Concrete and Abstract Ideas (PDF File, 15 KB)
- Conjunctions and Parallel Structure (PDF File, 48 KB)
- Details (PDF File, 25 KB)
- Concrete, abstract, general, and specific.
- Using Statistics to Develop and Idea (PDF File, 22 KB)
- Effective Introductions (PDF File, 25 KB)
- The Five W's (PDF File, 74 KB)
- Who, What, When, Where, Why, and How. How to use the 5 W's in a paper.
- Journaling (PDF File, 63 KB)
- Organizing an Essay (PDF File, 74 KB)
- Paraphrasing (PDF File, 40 KB)
- Parts of Speech (PDF File, 24 KB)
- Pronouns (PDF File, 37 KB)
- Punctuation Patterns (PDF File, 34 KB)
- Quotation Marks (PDF File, 18 KB)
- Revising Your Writing (PDF File, 14 KB)
- Annotated Bibliography (PDF File, 39 KB)
- Sample annotated bibliography entries.
- SQ3R (PDF File, 33 KB)
- How to use the SQ3R techniques: survey, question, read, recite, review.
- Essay Exams (PDF File, 93 KB)
- Strategies for successfully completing essay questions on an exam.
- Taking Notes for Others (DOC File, 22 KB)
- How and what to write down when taking notes for another student or yourself.
- Thesis Statements (PDF File, 10 KB)
- How to create and implement an effective thesis statement in your writing.
- Revising Your Writing (PDF File, 17 KB)
- Tips for revising your writing to make it better.
- Transitions (PDF File, 22 KB)
- Creating smooth transitions in your writing.
- Writing a Research Paper (PDF File, 123 KB)
- The components of a good research paper.
- Writing Effective Conclusions (PDF File, 26 KB)
- Writing Effective Introductions (PDF File, 0 KB)
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