Handouts
Invention
- Overview of the Writing Process
- Invention Techniques
- Knowing Your Audience
- Five Qualities of Good Writing
- Guidelines for Critical Reading
- Annotating a Text
- Guidelines for Writing a Summary
- Developing a Thesis Statement
- Writing a Critique
- Preparing for an Essay Examination
- Glossary of Essay Terms
- Writing a Response or Reaction Paper
Organization
- Organizing an Essay
- Guidelines for Outlining
- Developing an Informal Outline
- Developing a Formal Outline
- Guidelines for Paragraphing
- Developing a Paragraph
- Cohesion
Rhetorical Strategies
Revision
Guides to Research and Writing from Sources
- General Guidelines
- Notetaking
- Guidelines for Outlining
- Developing an Informal Outline
- Developing a Formal Outline
- Writing an Annotated Bibliography
- Quotation, Paraphrase, and Plagiarism
- Using the Interview as a Source
- Research Checklist
Documentation Styles
English 002/005
English 120
English 220
English 200/300/400-Level Courses
Hunter College: Overview
Writing in the Arts and Humanities
- Writing about Art
- Writing about Film
- Writing about History
- Writing about Literature
- Writing about Music
- Writing about Philosophy
- Writing about Theater
Writing in the Sciences
- Writing in the Biological Sciences
- Writing in the Health Sciences
- Writing Lab Reports
- Writing an Abstract in the Sciences
- Writing a Literature Review in the Sciences
Writing in Social Work
Sentence Structure
- Overview of Sentence Structure
- Methods for Connecting Ideas
- Guidelines for Connecting Clauses
- Using Conjunctions
- Sentence Fragments
- Run-ons and Comma Splices
- Understanding Relative Clauses
- Using Transitional Expressions
- Understanding Conditional Sentences
The Verb System
- Overview of Verb Tenses
- Active and Passive Voice
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Using a Two-Tense Verb System
- Using Auxiliary Verbs
- Using Modal Auxiliary Verbs
- Using Gerunds and Infinitives
- Using Irregular Verbs
Adjectives and Adverbs
Articles and Determiners
Nouns and Pronouns
Prepositions
Punctuation and Capitalization
- Using End Punctuation
- Guidelines for Capitalization
- Using the Comma
- Using the Colon and Semicolon
- Using the Apostrophe
Spelling
Vocabulary and Idiom
Business Writing
The Resume
The Personal Statement