CWAC编写资源
浏览 our go-to guides and references for help with every single bit of the writing process, from properly citing to finding just the right word.
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Follow the links below to explore our curated collection of various tips, 技巧, and strategies to help you as you write:
头脑风暴 & 概述
For planning out your project and getting started on the first draft.
起草 & 修改
For refining ideas, organizing sections, and structuring paragraphs.
语法 & 编辑
For sentence-level fixes and polishing the final draft.
简历 & 个人陈述
For applying to your next job, school, or program.
阅读 & 讨论
For analyzing and discussing texts, both in class and on paper.
纪律写
For course-specific writing and assignments.
风格指南
For disciplinary formatting and citation.
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篇讲义
浏览 our curated collection of handouts and tip sheets on every part of the essay, from brainstorming and theses to conclusions and citations.
语法讲义
Check out these handouts filled with various tips, 技巧, and strategies to help you as you write.
WID施舍
Explore the various tip sheets we've collected and see if the one for your course suits your needs.
在线指导 & 资源
Here is our list of CWAC-approved, easy-to-follow online grammar resources:
SMC图书馆风格指南: An up-to-date list of all the major style guides for your reference.
Purdue Online Writing Lab: Includes general grammatical rules and errors, MLA and APA format guides, and writing process guides.
Capital Community College Foundation: Interactive and comprehensive guides to sentence level, 段水平, and essay level composition.
风格的要素: An online resource from the inimitable Strunk and White style guide.
Self-Study English 语法 Quizzes: Helpful online quizzes to sharpen or further your understanding of grammar. This website is especially helpful for non-native speakers.
University of Kansas 语法 Guru: Ask the grammar guru when you just can't find the answer anywhere else!
Excelsior College Online 写作资源: Links to a variety of resources, including formatting and grammar guides, tips for evaluating sources, and essay writing strategies.
Whether (or not): using "or not" only when needed for emphasis
Here's a list of online dictionary and thesaurus websites to help expand your vocabulary. Learn some new words or find the best words to say what you mean:
OneLook: A one-stop shop for finding the definition of any word from every available online dictionary.
Merriam-Webster 字典 (HD): HD version of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, available on the App Store.
字典:字典, 同义词典, 押韵的字典, 拼写检查器, Vocabulary Building Games, 和维基百科浏览器. This app has a library of words that can be accessed offline, and is available on the App Store.
Creative Writing tools and exercises are also helpful for writing academic essays. Here are some websites to help with various aspects of writing creatively, easy-to-use databases of poetry and fiction, and other valuable resources:
《十大正规网赌平台》: A list of creative writing prompts to get your mind going. This webpage has ideas for journals, free-writing, prose, poetry, memoirs, and opinion pieces.
诗人.org: From the Academy of American 诗人. This database has poets, bios, selected poems (some with audio files!)、散文等等!
文学网络: Database of short stories, poems, quotations, quizzes, and trivia.
创意写作提示: Prompts for creative nonfiction, fiction, and poetry from 诗人 & 作家.
小说工艺练习: Compilation of several general fiction exercises to help develop your craft or work through writer's block from 关于.com.
创意写作: Prompts, how-to, resources, and contests.
基本十四行诗形式: Helpful website for learning about and composing Italian and Shakespearean sonnets.
Sestin-a-matic: An online sestina-maker that uses a form to help you compose your poem and takes the guess work out of the traditional poetic form.
Learning To Love You More: An art project and website filled with art and writing assignments to provoke memory, 探索太空, and define the story of self. The project officially stopped accepting submissions in 2009, but it is still maintained as an archive.