Writing and Rhetorical Guides

The Writing Process (ppt) --video
The Writing Process
Invention as Making Thinking Visible
What Does Drafting Mean?
Approaching First Drafts
Approaching Second Drafts
Approaching Final Drafts
Rethinking and Revision
Phases of Revision
Power of Description --video
Description--examples
Describing Characters
Showing Not Telling--examples
The Watcher and the Muse
Freewriting
Peer Response
Effective Writing and Inferences
Argumentative Techniques
Three Moves of Countering
Critical Thinking and Evidence
Collaborative Writing
Research Process

Technical/Professional Writing Guides

Primer on Genre Analysis
Resume Guide --video guide
Work and Education Experience in Resumes
Page Design Principles
Instructions/User Guide Principles
R Williams' Document Design Principles

Grammar/Style Guides

Punctuation --video
Sentence Basics
Sentence Boundary Errors
Using Quotations
--The Sandwich Principle
The Art of Integrating Quotes
Using Dialogue
Conciseness
Coordination&Subordination
Standard Editing Marks
Sentence Editing Draft
Editing Checklist
Revising Sentences
Commonly Confused Words

Documentation Guides

MLA Documentation
--example handling sources
--example MLA paper
APA Documenation
Avoiding Plagiarism

Read-Write Guides

Writing Critical Summaries
Response/Think Pieces -- example
Close Reading Strategies
Annotation Guide
Crossing the Bridge from Reading to Writing

ESL Writer Guides

Using Articles

Essay Basics

What is Academic Writing?
Critical Essay
Model Essay
Essay Form
Leads: Introductions
Organization
Development
Development Outline
Arriving at a Thesis
Writing Titles and 1st Lines
Brainstorming for Reasons
Brainstorming--Argu/Pers Essay
Strategies for Developing Support
Secondary Support Example
Evidence Sheets/Notecatcher 1 --EG
Evidence Sheets/Notecather 2 --EG
Argument Planner --Blank Planner--EG
From Argument Planner to Body Paragraph
Coherence
Transition Sentence Outline
More on Transition Sentences

Researching Guides

5Ws Method of Evaluating Sources
--5Ws Table
Research Triage