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Handout Guides

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  • Writing Studio
  • Handout Guides
  • Comma Rules
  • Direct Quotation Comma Rules
  • How to Write a Hook
  • Integrating Quotes
  • Participles and Participle Phrases
  • Passive and Active Voice
  • Plagiarism in Written Work
  • Pronoun Antecedent Agreement
  • Proofreading Strategies
  • Resumes and Cover Letters
  • Revision Checklist
  • Semicolons
  • Avoiding Setence Fillers and Wordiness
  • Topic Sentences

The Writing Studio tutors have worked hard to create handout guides for students looking for writing help.

See also the Writing Studio's Practice Quizzes.

Handout Guides

These resources are based off the most common questions and mistakes seen at the Studio. Here are a few documents that will help you achieve a polished final draft.

Style Guides

  • APA Style Guide
  • Sample APA Title Page
  • Basic ASA Documentation
  • Chicago Style Guide
  • MLA Style Guide
  • MLA Sample Paper
  • Sample MLA Title Page

Grammar

  • Comma Rules
  • Integrating Quotes
  • Passive and Active Voice
  • Semicolons
  • Direct Quotation Comma Rules
  • Participles and Participle Phrases
  • Block Quotations

Structure

  • Avoiding Sentence Fillers and Wordiness
  • Proofreading Strategies
  • Topic Sentences
  • How to Write a Hook
  • Revision Checklist
  • Scarecrow Essay Structure
  • Proofreading Questions
  • Building Meaty Paragraphs
  • Thesis Statements

Miscellaneous

  • Plagiarism in Written Work
  • Word Choice

  • Resume Action Verbs
  • Free and Convenient Writing Tools

Contact Us

Campus Address

Writing Studio, Kemp Library
(570) 422-3741

Director of Writing Studio

Sandra Eckard
seckard@esu.edu
(570) 422-3426

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