Documenting Sources
MLA handout -- This is our main course resource for MLA; please print it out and use it as your official MLA guidelines
Online MLA Guidelines from Purdue's Online Writing Lab
Punctuating Integrated Source Material -- Where do those commas go?
Inflite tutorial -- Use the "Citing Sources" tutorial to help you recognize and avoid unintentional plagiarism
Research & Documentation Online, by Diana Hacker
Revision
What Exactly is Revising, Anyway?
Revising to Strengthen Evidence
Revision plan -- This plan must accompany the draft you select to be graded (Project 1 or Project 2)
Editing for Style
Variety in Sentence StructureTaken from The Lively Art of Writing by Lucile Vaughan Payne
Sentence ComplexityHow our choice of forms of expression affects the clarity of our writing
Loose and Periodic Sentences How to avoid burying your main point in the middle of a sentence
Grammar BWays to break the rules: intentional variations in style
General Resources
Information about print publications from Eco-Media Print Media Experts -- A good site to get descriptions of a magazine and to find about its subscribers
Information about the University Writing Center (.doc)
University Writing Center's Website
University Writing Center Handouts
Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
Inflite Tutorial from University Library to help you find, use and cite sources
Images
Ways of Reading Words and Images
Designing Visual Arguments and Websites"Envision: Persuasive Writing in a Visual World," by Alfano and O'Brien