Handouts and Videos

In addition to being a resource to help you with your writing in person or through our Virtual Writing Center, we have a variety of resources available on our website to help you any time. For screen reader accessible handouts, click here for a list of all our handouts in .docx file format. 

Videos

We have Video Writing Workshops on our YouTube page. Take a look at our workshops on:

Handouts

Need some help with specific writing issues? Here are handouts we use in the Writing Center to address issues of writing strategies, genres, and style and usage.

Elements of Writing

Conclusions
Introductions
Logos, Ethos, Pathos, and Kairos
Transitions
Thesis Statements

Genres of Writing

Abstracts
Annotated Bibliographies
Cover Letters
Curriculum Vitae
Literature Reviews
Medical Residency Personal Statements
Personal Statements - Graduate
Personal Statements - Undergraduate
Resumes

Strategies for Writing

Getting Started with Digital Assignments 
Outlines
Plagiarism
Planning and Sustaining Dissertations/Theses
Planning and Sustaining Writing Projects
Revision
Using Feedback When Revising
Responding to Peers' Writing
Using Sources
Writing about Reading

Style and Usage

Active Voice and “Be” Verbs
Active and Passive Voice
Articles
Modifiers
Parallelism
Prepositions
Semicolons
That, Which, and Who

Documentation and Citation

APA
APA Title Page
Chicago- Author Date Version
Chicago- Notes and Bibliography Version
MLA 7th Edition
MLA 8th Edition (newest)