Online Writing Handouts
The links below will connect you to helpful handouts from the Writing Tutorial at Westchester Community College. You will find helpful information about grammar, sentence structure, the writing process, research, and citations.
You can also get help by stopping into the Writing Tutorial located in Room G13 on the ground floor of the library or by visiting the Ask a Tutor page to submit your questions online.
Grammar
- Adjective or Adverb
- The Apostrophe
- Commas: Quick Rules
- Dangling Modifiers
- How to use Adjectives and Adverbs
- How to use Articles (a/an/the)
- Pronouns
- Using Pronouns Clearly
- Gendered Pronouns & Singular “They”
- Reflexive Pronouns
- Prepositions
- Prepositions for Time, Place, and Introducing Objects
- Relative Pronouns
- Verb Tenses
- Active Verb Tenses
Sentence Structure
- Sentence Clarity
- Sentence Fragments
- Sentence Punctuation Patterns
- Subject/Verb Agreement
- The Structure of a Sentence
- Parallel Structure
The Writing Process
- Creating a Thesis Statement
- Starting the Writing Process
- Introductions, Body Paragraphs and Conclusions for Argument Papers
- Introductions, Body Paragraphs and Conclusions for Exploratory Papers
- Prewriting (Invention)
Research and Citation
- APA Style Introduction
- APA Overview and Workshop
- APA Formatting and Style Guide
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- MLA Style Introduction
- MLA Overview and Workshop
- MLA Formatting and Style Guide
- Parenthetical Notes (MLA) Quick Reference Guide
- Quoting Literature –Basic MLA Rules
- Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
- Plagiarism Web Film- Courtesy of Rutgers University
- MLA—Guide to Citation Format PDF
- Sample MLA 8 Research Proposal
- Sample MLA 8 Annotated Bibliography
- Sample MLA 8 Research Paper
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