General
- First-Year Writer’s Handbook (Google Doc)
- Crafting Your Argument (Google Doc)
- Techniques for Reducing Wordiness (Google Doc)
- Guidelines for Peer Writing Workshops (Google Doc)
- Creative Writing: Tricks of The Trade (Oliver Renee Schminkey)
- Brainstorming Activity (Google Doc)
- Show, Don’t Tell: What Does That Mean? (Google Doc)
- Toulmin Logic (University of California-Irvine)
- Writing the Personal Statement (Google Doc)
- Resumes and Cover Letters (Macalester Career Exploration)
- Writing Personal Statements and Research Statements for Graduate Programs (PDF)(National Institutes of Health)
- Sample Personal Statement Paragraphs (PDF)(NIH)
Style and Documentation
- Documentation (Google Doc)
- MLA Style (The OWL at Purdue)
- APA Style (The OWL at Purdue)
- Chicago Style (The Chicago Manual of Style Quick Guide)
- Turabian Style (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
- CSE (The University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Grammar and Mechanics
- Punctuation (Google Doc)
- Commas (Google Doc)
- Integrating Quoted Material into Your Prose (Google Doc)
- Active Voice vs. Passive Voice (Google Doc)
- Using English Articles (Google Doc)
- Transitions (Google Doc)