Writing and Speaking Tutorial Services

Forms, Presentations, Handout and Websites

Forms

Take Home Exam Permission Form

Online Presentations

*These presentations are flash files that are best viewed in Internet Explorer.

Revising Strategies: This presentation runs about 11 minutes and covers steps for improving your paper's ideas and flow. Moving from content to organization, this presentation moves through the recommended process and strategies for revising written work.

Editing Strategies: This presentation runs about 15 minutes and discusses common editing issues for writers.

WSTS Handouts

Using Articles

Plagiarism

Rhetorical Analysis

Literature Review/Synthesis Matrix (Licensing Information)

Thesis Statements

Transitions

Active Voice/Passive Voice

Colons

Semi-colons

Commas Part I

Commas Part II

That vs. Which

Useful Websites

NCSU

Here are links to some other useful NCSU sites for you.

NCSU Career Center - Resources for creating your resume

NCSU Lobo - Library Research Methods Tutorial

NCSU Labwrite - Help writing lab reports

NCSU EFL Courses - Information about English as a foreign language courses

English Conversation Club - Informal practice speaking English

UNC

The Writing Center at UNC has a wonderful series of visual demos.

Here are links to a few we think you will find useful:

Understanding Assignments

Reverse Outline - This video pairs nicely with the Revising Strategies presentation above.

How We Cite

Why We Cite

 

On the Web

There are many other resources out there for you. Here are links to a few we use often.

Purdue University Online Writing Lab - Excellent resource for citation styles and grammar questions

Punctuation Made Simple - A helpful guide to the colon, semicolon, comma, dash and apostrophe.

Grammar Girl Quick and Dirty Tips - Searchable articles on everything from "Compound Subjects" to "How Do Words Get in the Dictionary."

Allyn and Bacon Public Speaking - Excellent resource for information on public speaking

 

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