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Purdue University Owl: Annotated Bibliography Example
This handout provides examples of an annotations for an annotated bibliography and an explanation. The one provided is in MLA style.
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Purdue University Owl: Annotated Bibliography Samples
This handout provides three annotated bibliography samples: MLA Sample, APA Sample, and Chicago Manuel Sample.
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Purdue University Owl: Commas After Introductions
This lesson from Purdue's Online Writing Lab provides a definition of phrase and instructions on how to punctuate different types of introductory phrases. There is also a link to an exercise on this topic.
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Purdue University Owl: Common Pitfalls of Primary Research
Learn about the common mistakes made when reporting primary research findings.
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Purdue University Owl: Count and Non Count Nouns
This is a printable handout covering countable and uncountable nouns used with plurals, articles, and quantity words. Exercises and corrections can also be printed for use in class.
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Purdue University Owl: Creating Good Interview and Survey Questions
This entry focuses on writing good interview and survey questions when conducting primary research. It warns againgst questions that are bias, wordy, double-barreled, and unrelated and provides examples of each.
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Purdue University Owl: Ethical Considerations in Primary Research
Learn about the ethical considerations necessary when reporting primary research findings.
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Purdue University Owl: Evaluating Bibliographic Citations
This entry focuses on how to evaluate bibliographic citations to determine if the information is useful. It suggests looking at the author, title, summary, and timeliness of the work.
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Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Apostrophes
This lesson has twenty items to test your understanding of apostrophes. Print the exercise and punctuate correctly. Answers are provided at the end of the exercise, along with an online handout on the rules for using apostrophes.
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Purdue University Owl: Gerunds
This is a very good synopsis of the uses of verb forms called gerunds, participles, and infinitives. Each section has a short practice exercise for which the answers are available.
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Purdue University Owl: Identifying an Audience
This article explains the importance of identifying the audience for a research paper including a list of questions beginning researchers might ask themselves to better understand who their audience really is.
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Purdue University Owl: Interviewing
Learn about different types of interviews, how to set up an interview, and important tips to remember during an interview.
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Purdue University Owl: Irregular Verbs
Here is a list of common irregular verbs showing the present, preterit, and past participle. Includes charts for rise vs. raise, sit vs. set, lie vs. lay, which will help prevent misusing these verbs.
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Purdue University Owl: Meter & Scansion
Handout from the Purdue University writing lab that explains poetic meter and scansion. Explains several terms, including the following: syllabic, accentual, accentual-syllabic, quantitative, scansion, accented, unaccented, poetic foot,...
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Purdue University Owl: Model for an Acceptance Letter
A brief example of an job acceptance letter. Good resource to use as a guide.
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Purdue University Owl: Model for Writing a Rejection of a Job Offer
A brief guide to writing a polite business letter in which one rejects a job offer.
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Purdue University Owl: Model for Writing a Request for Further Negotiations
A brief guide to writing a formal business request for further communication/negotiation with a potential employer.
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Purdue University Owl: Sales Letters: Four Point Action Closing
A good resource for effective sales writing skills. Describes a four-point system of attracting and convincing customers to order the product.
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Purdue University Owl: Surveying
Learn about important things to remember when conducting a survey.
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Purdue University Owl: Using Articles
The definition of "articles" is followed by examples of definite, indefinite, omitted, and special-use articles. Further elaboration on article usage follows concerning countable and uncountable nouns, first vs. subsequent mention, and...
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Purdue University Owl: Writing About Literature
Purdue University's Writing Lab offers some hints and tips for writing about literature, including how to construct a thesis and how to handle secondary material.
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Purdue University Owl: Writing Definitions
This handout focuses on writing definitions including the three parts: term, class, and differentiating characteristics. It also explains when you need to use definitions and some additional tips for writing definitions.
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Purdue University Owl: Writing in Engineering: Handbook on Report Formats
The first page in a series of handouts addressing how to organize various report formats. Developed for engineers but useful across disciplines.
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Purdue University Owl: Writing Numbers
Straightforward tutorial explaining the rules about numbers in writing.