Writing Tips
- 15 Grammar Goofs (some common mistakes)
- Academic writing tips (great resources from the Purdue OWL)
- Avoiding Wordiness (some great writing tips)
- Coherence (making your writing flow)
- General writing tips (links to pages about mechanics, grammar, etc.)
- Grammar Girl (LOTS of great tips)
- Editing Checklist (her suggestions for what to check before turning something in)
- Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers
- Punctuation when combining sentences (one of many good resources on this)
- Punctuation within quotations
- Purdue OWL (the best source for how to do MLA)
- Sentence Variety 1 (a good file showing ways to make your writing more interesting)
- Sentence Variety 2 (another one)
- Signal words (ways to introduce a quotation in your writing)
- "The Elements of Style" (a classic, short & sweet handbook on grammar & usage)
- Transitions (from the Writing Center at UNC)
- Transitions #1 and #2 (both from the Purdue OWL)
- Using Commas (just one of many sites that show how)
- Using Semicolons
Vocabulary
- College Prep Vocabulary List
- Where words came from (a great way to remember what words mean)
- Ways to learn vocabulary (some suggestions you might want to try)
