Writing Handouts

Visit these pages for advice on writing offered by the UC Writing Centre:

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Planning, Organizing, and General Advice

• Introductions and Conclusions
• Organizing an Essay
• Paragraphs
• Transition from High School to University Writing
• Using Topic Sentences
• Writer's Block

Using Sources

• Paraphrase and Summary
• Using Quotations

Grammar and Style

• Dangling Modifiers
• Faulty Parallelism
• Fixing Comma Splices
• Passive Voice: When to Use It and When to Avoid It
• Plurals
• Possessives
• Punctuation
• Sentence Fragments
• Spelling
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Using Articles

Types of Writing

• Active Voice in the Sciences
• The Comparative Essay
• Writing a Philosophy Essay
• Writing about Literature
• Writing for the Public
• Writing in the Sciences

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