Writing Center Handouts

writing center blackboard Our handouts aim to provide concise, direct guidance on various aspects of writing. See our extensive lists of topics below. We currently have over 60 titles and are always adding to our collection.

These handouts are valuable and popular resources, so we update them frequently and are always looking for new ideas. If you have a concern or a topic in mind not covered here, email us at writingcenter@agnesscott.edu. We'd love to hear your ideas.

#001 Conclusions: End With a Band, Not a Whimper
#002 Research Papers
#003 Evaluating Internet Resources
#004 Revision
#005 Sentence Variety: Part One
#006 Sentence Variety: Part Two
#007 Topic Development
#008 The Annotated Bibliography
#009 Timed Essays: Beating the Clock
#010 Introductions
#011 Organizing Your Paper: A Few Choice Words
#012 Creating an Outline: Before and After You Write
#013 Summary Versus Analysis
#014 Writing Lab Reports for Biology
#015 Journal Writing: A Process of Reaction
#016 Quotable Quotes: Effective Quoting in the Humanities
#017 The Semicolon
#018 The Colon
#019 In Your Own Words: Avoiding Plagiarism
#020 Seven Days to a Good Paper
#021 A Guide to Creative Writing
#022 Writing About Poetry: Reading Between the Rhyme
#023 Revising Prose: The Final Touches
#024 Taming the Chemical Beast: Writing a Chemistry Lab Report
#025 What is a Thesis Statement?
#026 How to Write a Thesis Statement
#027 How to Write a Literature Review
#028 Using Commas: A Writer's Guide to Those Impossible Rules
#029 Using Commas (2): A Writer's Guide to More of Those Impossible Rules
#030 Writing Reviews in the Visual and Performing Arts
#031 Writing in Philosophy
#032 Writer's Block
#033 Writing Compare/Contrast Papers
#034 Writing in Math is Integral
#035 A Guide to Writing Think Pieces, Reflection Papers, and Reaction Papers
#036 Writing About Film
#037 Writing the Graduate School Application Essay
#038 Netiquette: A Style Guide for Emails
#039 Writing Effective Position Papers
#040 Clarity Clarified
#041 Subject-Verb Agreement 1: Finding the Subject
#042 Subject-Verb Agreement 2: The Rules
#043 How to Cite Online Sources
#044 Peer Editing 101
#045 Make the Most of Your Tutoring Session
#046 Writing Feature Stories
#047 Writing News Stories
#048 Writing Editorials
#049 Prep Points for Writing Interviews
#050 Feeling Comfortable with Verb Tenses
#051 Describing Art: Writing a Formal Analysis
#052 Close Readings Across the Disciplines
#053 Historiographical Essays
#054 So You Want to Be a Tutor?
#055 Writing in Anthropology and Sociology
#056 Developing Ideas: Moves Writers Make
#057 How the Writing Center Can Help You: International Students
#058 How the Writing Center Can Help You: Woodruff Scholars
#059 Writing the Graduate School Application Essay
#060 Writing the Academic Statement of Purpose
#061 Writing in Economics
#062 How to Ask Faculty for Recommendations
#063 Cover Letters
#064 Resumes
#065 Citing 101
#066 Scope
#067 How to Read Critically
#068 Blog Writing