The Writing Center offers student-directed services whenever possible. The following documents were developed by peer tutors in the Writing Center to help other students improve their writing skills and style in the University setting. In addition, these documents are fully downloadable and in print-ready form.
Here is a list of summer reading recommendations made by our tutoring staff.
Documenting Sources
Grammar and Mechanics
- Articles and Determiners
- Colon and Semicolon Exercises
- Comma Use
- Commonly Confused Words
- Contraction Exercises
- Direct and Indirect Objects
- Homophones
- Homophone Exercises
- Misused Verb Forms
- Parallelism
- Parts of Irregular Verbs
Rhetoric and Composition
- Sentence Composition
- Signal Words
- Using Quotations
- Using Specific Details
- Writing Effective Sentences
- Writing with Consistency: Point of View
Writing Beyond the Classroom
- Graduate School Personal Statements
- Résumé and Cover Letter Handout
- Writing Résumés and Cover Letters
Writing In the Disciplines
- Business
- History
- Philosophy
- Social Science
Resources
