Learning Center Self-Help Resources
Writing & Grammar
For additional reading, writing and grammar online help, please visit the
Virtual Reading and Writing Lab (VWRL).
How to Write a Thesis Statement:
- http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/thesis_statement.shtml
- http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/thesis.html
- http://essayinfo.com/basics/thesis.php
- http://depts.washington.edu/pswrite/thesisstmt.html
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_thesis.html
Tutorial for Writing Thesis Statements for Essays:
Paragraphs& Topic Sentences:
Resume & Cover Letter Writing:
Personal Statements and Application Letters :
Proofreading for Common Surface Errors: Spelling, Punctuation, and Grammar:
- http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/proofing_grammar.shtml
- http://www.muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/writing.html
Taking an Essay Exam:
Active and Passive Verbs:
- http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/actpass.html
- http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/speech/1_3f.htm
- http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/activepassive.html
- http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:ZsVn0LsJ0tAJ:www.sdc.uwo.ca/writing
/handouts/Active%2520and%2520Passive%2520Voice.pdf+Active+and+
Passive+Verbs+exercises&hl=en - http://66.102.7.104/search?q=cache:bsLqnCeU3gIJ:uwc.fac.utexas.edu/media/
Handouts/Passive%2520Voice.pdf+Active+and+Passive+Verbs+exercises&hl=en - http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_actpass.html
- http://english-zone.com/verbs/pssvchrt.html
Active and Passive Verbs Tutorials:
- http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/passive
- http://www.englisch-hilfen.de/en/exercises/active_or_passive.htm
Verb Tense Tutorial:
Irregular Verbs:
Modal Verb Tutorial:
Run-on Sentences, Comma Splices:
Sentence Fragments:
Dangling Modifiers:
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_dangmod.html
- http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/grammar/modifiers.html
- http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/msplmod.html
- http://www.asu.edu/duas/wcenter/modifiers.html
Dangling Modifiers Tutorials:
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/sentence.PPT
- http://bcs.bedfordstmartins.com/everyday_writer/20errors/19.html
- http://ace.acadiau.ca/english/grammar/mmodifier.htm
- http://owlet.letu.edu/grammarlinks/modifiers/modifier2.html
- http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/rvmismod.html
Prepositions:
- http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/200/grammar/prepo.htm
- http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/preposit.html
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep.html
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/eslprep2.html
Prepositions Tutorials:
- http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
- http://www.better-english.com/grammar/prepositions.htm
- http://a4esl.org/q/h/fb-bd-preposition.html
- http://www.englishpage.com/prepositions/prepositions.html
Parts of a Sentence:
- http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/sentence/index.htm
- http://www.oaklandcc.edu/iic/iicah/ah_www_wrt_sen.htm
Clauses:
- http://www.englishpage.com/minitutorials/who_whom.html
- http://factoryschool.org/handbook/sentences/TheWordThat.pdf
- http://smccd.net/accounts/skyfla/engtutorials/adjclauses.HTM
- http://web2.uvcs.uvic.ca/elc/studyzone/410/grammar/adj.htm
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/clauses.htm
- http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/bldcls.html
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling:
- http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/
- http://www.io.com/%7Ehcexres/tcm1603/acchtml/gramov.html
- http://www.nyu.edu/classes/copyXediting/Punctuation.html
Sentence Fragments, Fused Sentences, Run-ons and Comma Splices:
- http://www.wonderfulwritingskillsunhandbook.com/html/sentence_fragments_runons.html
- http://www3.cerritos.edu/fquaas/resources/runons.htm
- http://www.washburn.edu/services/zzcwwctr/sent-runons.wm.txt
- http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm
- http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/fragments.html
- http://66.102.7.104/searchq=cache:kzi0zTAzSpgJ:www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/
handouts_pdf/fragments.pdf+Sentence+Fragments,+Fused+Sentences,+Run-ons+and+Comma+Splices:&hl=en - http://www.ucalgary.ca/UofC/eduweb/grammar/course/punctuation/3_4i.htm
Writing a Research Paper:
APA & MLA:

