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- Referencing and citations
- Writing style
- Tips for specific writing applications
- The composition process
- Resumes and cover letters
- Writing workshops
Referencing and Citations
- Plagiarism
- Guidelines for usage of generative AI:
- Integrating evidence into your essay
- APA (7th edition)
- APA: What to do when a citation element is missing (7th ed.)
- (official APA website)
- MLA (9th edition)
- (9th edition handbook, external)
- (18th edition)
- (17th edition)
- Chicago Author-Date (17th edition)
- Chicago Notes and Bibliography (17th edition)
- CSE Style (9th edition)
- (9th edition, official CSE website, external)
- ACS Citation Style (Chemistry)
- SAA (Anthropology)
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Writing style
- Active and passive voice
- Articles (e.g. 'a', 'an', 'the')
- Transitional words and phrases
- Prepositional phrases
- Parallelism
- Five rules for using commas
- Common punctuation
- Basic grammar
- Subject-verb agreement
- Concise writing
- Commonly confused words
- Common writing and sentence structure mistakes and how to fix them
- Common writing mistakes worksheet
- Formal vs. informal language
- The 'monster paragraph' exercise with potential revisions
Tips for specific writing applications
- Abstracts
- Annotated bibliographies
- Book review
- Critical review or analysis of a journal article
- A guide to case analysis
- Literature review
- Reflective writing
- Scientific papers
- Scientific and humanities papers
- Summarize, paraphrase or quote
- Research proposals
- Typing shortcuts for chemistry
- Writing in history
- Thesis writing productivity tips
- Other graduate thesis-writing resources
The composition process
- Paper structure: The hourglass of writing
- Assignment planner
- Audience analysis
- Audience analysis worksheet
- Concept mapping
- Free-writing
- Paragraph structure
- Paragraph-by-paragraph outlines
- Thesis statements
- Essay planning
- Outline Template
- Editing tips
- Revision and editing checklist
- Visual essay planner
- Circle essay planner guide
- Circle visual essay planner
Resumes and cover letters
The Career Centre has a number of resources.
Writing workshops
Workshop videos available on the writing tutoring shell
General Writing
- (Online concept mapping site)