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If you're having difficulty grasping a particular concept or feel like you need some extra practice working with different grammatical situations, please explore some of the topics on writing and the writing handouts listed below. To access them, click on one of the links below, and you will find plenty of information and practice exercises that will make even the most complex writing situations easy to grasp.

Powerpoints

Writing and Research

• The Four C's of Good Writing
• The Writing Process
• Word Logic
• Using Research Effectively

Grammar

• Simple Sentences (Subjects and Verbs)
• Compound Sentences
• Complex Sentences
• Understanding Fragments and Run-ons
• Subject/Verb Agreement
• Parallelism
• Pronouns
• Commas
• Semi-colons and Colons
• Apostrophes and Quotation Marks
• Hyphens, Ellipses, Parentheses, and Dashes
• Word Choice, Mis-used Words, and Spelling
• Adjectives and Adverbs
• Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
• Sentence Variety

Handouts

• Curing Grammar Phobia
• Effective Writing Techniques
• Comma Splices
• 7 Tips for Being a Successful Student
• Commonly Confused Words
• Parallelism
• Semi-Colons vs. Colons
• Some Rules and Suggestions About Spelling
• Transitional Words and Phrases

To access other resources and handouts, please visit our Helpful Links page, which you can access via the link in the upper left-hand corner of this page.