ENG 112 Course Resources
Mike Davis

Prewriting Strategies

Prewriting Outlines and Drafts
Developing Ideas for Writing (Prewriting)
Freewriting
Paradigm Online Writing Assistant/ Freewriting
Prewriting – Humboldt State University
Quality Writing Center

 Focus/Thesis

Thesis Statement – Bowling Green State University
Thesis Statement - St. Cloud State University
Developing a Thesis Statement – UW-Madison
Thesis Writing -  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Introductions/ Conclusions

Opening Paragraph – Bowling Green State University
Writing Center - Bowling Green State University
Conclusions -  Bowling Green State University
Introductions and Conclusions – Cleveland State University

Paragraphing/Paragraph Development

Crafting Paragraphs – Cleveland State University
Michael Harvey’s The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Paragraphing – Humboldt State University
Particularly Good Paragraphing - Bowling Green State University
Developing Unified and Coherent Paragraphs- University of Ottawa

Sentence Construction/Sentence Coherence

Guide to Grammar Writing
Coherence  -  OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Conciseness: Methods of Eliminating Wordiness - OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Sentence Variety – OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Strategies for Improving Sentence Clarity – OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Transitional Devices (Connecting Words)  - OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Elements of Style –Humboldt State University
Revising Prose - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Revision

Revising/Rewriting
Revising and Editing - Texas A&M University Writing Center
Revising the First Draft – Rutgers Writing Program

Editing/Grammar and Mechanics

Basic Punctuation
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling – OWL (Purdue Online Writing Lab)
Online English Grammar

Other Resources

Internet Public Library Writing Center
Cleveland State University Writing Center
Michael Harvey’s Nuts and Bolts of College Writing
Principles of Composition from Capital Community College
Pre-writing, Outlining, & Drafts
Writing Processes from Colorado State University
Quality Writing Center

Developing Ideas for Writing/Prewriting from Empire State College
This Website focuses on helping writers discover topics and fresh ideas through various prewriting strategies.

Writing Guide/Prewriting Strategies from the University of Kansas
This Website covers prewriting strategies such as clustering, brainstorming, and looping.

OWL at Purdue University: Planning (Invention)
This Website discusses many aspects of prewriting and has many questions and exercises for student use.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: Invention
This Website focuses the writer on discovering what to write and how to choose a topic.

Prewriting from The University of Maryland University College
This Website offers a textbook-like explanation of prewriting and has a variety of links discussing other aspects of the writing process.

Prewriting from Tracy Duckart
This Website discusses prewriting, in general, and has interesting quotations from famous authors relating to the writing process.

 

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