Handouts & Activities
We have created this page to help you with your writing when you can't come into the center to see a tutor. Here you will find a guides, activities, and handouts that will help you with many aspects of the writing process. Click on any of the underlined titles to open up the according document. Please feel free to download and print any resources you find here that will assist you in improving your writing!
**If you are a student who needs further assistance with any of these handouts, please contact Nicole Blean (nblean@mtsac.edu).**
Non-Native English Speakers
Article Usage Basic Sentence Patterns Relative Clauses, Appositives, & Participles How to Put Clauses Together (NEW: Pink Sheet) Verb Tenses Transition Words What does my professor really want? (Newly Updated)Brainstorming, Planning, &Organizing your Essay
The Five Paragraph Essay Outline Thesis Generator Research Essay Worksheet (outline)Decoding Assignments Writing a Personal Statement NoodleTools Free Account
Researching
Annotated Bibliography Peer Reviewed Articles: How to Read Them & Why You ShouldQuotations, Paraphrasing, and Paragraph Development
Drafting
The Introduction ParagraphThey Say/I Say: A Model for Developing Arguments and Thesis Statements
The MEAL Paragraph Plan
The Five Paragraph Essay
The Conclusion Paragraph
Revising
Reverse OutliningRevision as a Reader
11 Tips to Improve Your Writing
Editing &Proofreading
Comma Splices and Run-onsCommas for the Timid and Brave
Fragments
Prepositional Phrases Punctuation Patterns
Semi-colons, Colons, and Dashes
Style & Reference
Writing with Style: Parallelism Logical Fallacies Logos, Ethos, & Pathos Harry Potter and the Participial Phrase Harry Potter and the Absolute “Paramedic Method": How to Make Sentences Clear and ConciseMLA Documentation
General Formatting for Essays
Practice Template
MLA (Made Easy) 8th Edition
APA*, ASA, & Chicago Documentation
* We are currently working on updating all APA handouts (New 7th Edition).
General Formatting Guidelines (APA; 6th edition)Integrating Sources & In-text Citations (APA; 6th edition)
Reference List (APA; 6th edition)
Tricky APA Questions Answered! (APA; 6th edition) Quick Tips for American Sociological Association (ASA) What's New in the Chicago Manual 17th Edition? (Chicago)
