Writing Resources

We've compiled links, videos, and handouts for some of the more common questions we get on documentation styles, grammar, and more. Feel free to bookmark this page and download the handouts for future reference!

Documentation Styles

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Purdue's Online Writing Lab (MLA Formatting and Style Guide)
Video: MLA Citation
Video: MLA Paper Formatting
MLA In-Text Citations
MLA Works Cited Page
MLA Sample Paper

American Psychological Association (APA)

Purdue's Online Writing Lab (APA Formatting and Style Guide)

APA 7th Edition Changes
APA In-Text Citations
APA References
APA Sample Paper

Chicago

Chicago Bibliographies

Turabian

Turabian Quick Guide (University of Chicago)

Rhetorical Terms

Rhetorical Terms
Video: Rhetoric
Video: Ethos
Video: Kairos
Video: Logos
Video: Pathos
Video: Visual Rhetoric

Grammar & Mechanics

Video: Active and Passive Voice
Active and Passive Voice
Video: Apostrophes
Video: Capitalization
Video: Commas
Video: Dangling Modifiers
Video: Pronouns
Video: Semicolons (Part 1)
Video: Semicolons (Part 2)
Semicolons
Video: Sprawling Sentences

Essay Writing

Introductions and Conclusions
Thesis Statements
Using Transitions
Transitional Phrases
Copyright Flowchart

Links to Publications

The Writing Lab Newsletter
Enculturation: A Journal of Rhetoric, Writing, and Culture
Currents in Electronic Literacy

Links to Online Writing Labs (OWLS)

OWL at Purdue University
University of Wisconsin-Madison Writing Center
Portland State University Writing Center
DePaul University Center for Writing-Based Learning
UNC Chapel Hill Writing Center

Other Links

Oxford English Dictionary
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus Online
CompPile
The Research Exchange
National Writing Project
WAC Clearinghouse
International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)
National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)