Table of Contents
Writing at Carson-Newman
General Information
- Academic Honesty Statement
- Common Proofreading Marks
- Common Latin Abbreviations Used in Research
- MLA Editing Checklist
- Peer Critique for Literary Essay
- Samples of Grading Rubrics:
Organizing Writing
- Brief Overview of Essay
- The Death of the Five-Paragraph Theme
- Inventing and Organizing Your Argument
- Keywords: What Does the Professor Want?
- Simple Organization Strategies
- Thesis Statements
- Thesis as Enthymeme
- English 101 Toulmin System
- English 201 Toulmin System
Citation Styles & Sample Papers
- Overview of Documentation Styles (from Writing at Carson-Newman College 5th Edition)
- APA (5th edition) - Check with your professor for their preferred APA edition.
- APA (6th edition) - Check with your professor for their preferred APA edition.
- Chicago
- MLA
- Format for Natural Sciences & Mathematics
- Music
- F–I–T: Fact, Interpretation, Tie-In:
Grammar
Punctuation
Style/Usage
- Clichés:
- Formality vs. Informality:
- The Spectrum of Formality and Informality
- Formality and Informality: Some Pointers
- Final Tips on Formality
- Passive Voice: Why It Is Evil and How to Recognize It
- Using Parallel Structures Effectively
Exercises
- Comma Practice
- Passive Voice:
- Pronoun Use
- Restrictive and Non-Restrictive Clauses and Phrases
- Run-on Sentences and Comma Splices
- Sentence Fragments
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- The Mechanics of Titles
- Using "You" Appropriately
- Wordiness
Helpful Links
- Blue Pencil Online
- Grammar Bytes
- Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
- Sensitive Language, by Random House
- University Writing Center at George Mason University