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General Academic Tips

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Creating Smart Goals  (png)
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The Study Cycle  (jpg)
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Communicating with Your Instructor  (png)
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Leamson__Learning: Your First Job as a Student  (pdf)
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Kampakis,Kari__Prepare the Child for the Road  (pdf)
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What Your Essay Prompt is Actually Asking You to Do  (pdf)
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PPT: Growth Mindset and the Study Cycle  (pptx)
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General Writing Resources

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Known New Contract  (docx)
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Transitions and Signal Words  (doc)
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PPT: Internal Writing Structures  (pptx)
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PPT: How Prompts Determine Writing Patterns  (pptx)
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CHP: Audience Analysis (OER: The Public Speaking Project)  (pdf)
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PPT: Audience Analysis  (pptx)
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PPT: Analytical Paragraph Structure  (pptx)
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PPT: Identifying Fact from Opinion  (pptx)
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PPT: Introductions & Conclusions  (pptx)
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PPT: Opposing Views  (pdf)
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PPT: Building Strong Questions  (pptx)
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PPT: Revision as House Flipping  (pptx)
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PPT: Rhetoric in the Case of the McDonalds Hot Coffee Lawsuit  (pptx)
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PPT: Summary and Paraphrasing - Integration of Research   (pptx)
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Writing Patterns

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Analytical Paragraph Structure  (jpg)
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CFC Pattern for Disagreements  (jpg)
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The Rhetorical Triangle  (jpg)
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Rhetorical Patterns for Writing  (jpg)
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Types of Written Genres  (External Link)

Sentence Templates for Using and Responding to Sources  (docx)
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PPT: Pattern - Causation  (pptx)
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PPT: Pattern - Classification   (pdf)
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PPT: Pattern - Comparison  (pptx)
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PPT: Pattern - Definition  (pptx)
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PPT: Pattern - Description  (pptx)
     15.8MB: > 47 minutes @ 56k

PPT: Pattern - Narrative  (pptx)
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PPT: Pattern - Process  (pptx)
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PPT: Pattern Rogerian Argument  (pptx)
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PPT: Unlearning the Five-Paragraph Essay and Using Rhetorical Patterns for Writing  (pptx)
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Research Guides

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Sample Annotated Works Cited Page  (jpg)
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Evaluating Sources - Who What When Where Why  (jpg)
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Quote Sandwich  (jpg)
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Popular vs. Scholarly Articles  (jpg)
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Paraphrase vs. Summary  (jpg)
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SIFT Method for Evaluating Sources  (png)
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Close-Reading Handout  (pdf)
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Grammar Resources

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Signal Phrases by Pattern  (png)
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Comma Rules  (pdf)
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Creative Writing

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Includes course materials for CRW2001, 2100, and 2300 (Creative Writing and Advanced Composition, Fiction I, and Poetry I respectively)

PPT: On the Poetic Line  (pdf)
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Kuusisto_Horse  (jpg)
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