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Resources for Writers
General Resources Purdue’s Online Writing Lab (OWL) Companion Web Site for Easy Writer by Andrea Lunsford Silva Rhetoricae: The Forest of Rhetoric Important Points About Revision (Literally Re-Seeing)
Working With Sources Purdue OWL’s “MLA Formatting and Style Guide" Purdue OWL's "APA Formatting and Style Guide" Purdue OWL’s “Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing” "Evaluating Web Pages: Techniques to Apply & Questions to Ask" from UC Berkeley "Visual Rhetoric/Visual Literacy: Crafting and Evaluating Web Sites" from Duke University “Research and Documentation” from DianaHacker.com
Grammar & Style “20 Most Common Errors” and How to Correct Them from Easy Writer by Andrea Lunsford Tips on Editing and Proofreading The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr. The Columbia Guide to Standard American Usage by Kenneth G. Wilson The American Heritage Book of English Usage Purdue OWL's "Conciseness: Methods of Eliminating Wordiness" "Revising Prose" from Rensselaer Writing Center
Style Guides Modern Language Association (MLA) Chicago Manual Style (CMS) American Psychological Association (APA) American Sociological Association (ASA) Associated Press (AP)
For ESL Writers Dave's ESL Cafe Purdue OWL Materials for ESL Writers