Resources
Handouts
The following handouts were created by the UVU Writing Center and are available for all educational purposes (classroom instruction, tutoring, web links, etc.), as long as source information is given.
Style Guides
- APA In-Text (New!)
- APA References (New!)
- APA Running head (New!)
- APA (Retired Format)
- MLA In-Text (New!)
- MLA Works Cited (New!)
- MLA (Retired Format)
- Turabian
- ASA (New!)
Content & Organization
- Avoiding Plagiarism
- Basic Essay Format
- Basic Paragraph Format
- Introductions & Conclusions
- Prewriting/Outlining
- Revision Checklist
- Thesis Statements
- Transitions
Grammar & Usage
- Adjectives & Adverbs
- Articles
- Basic Punctuation Rules
- Basic Spelling Rules
- Capitalization
- Comma Rules
- Comma Splices, Run-ons, & Sentence Fragments
- Confusing Word Pairs
- Conjunctions
- Forming Plurals
- Misplaced & Dangling Modifiers
- Parallelism
- Parts of Speech
- Prepositions
- Pronoun-Noun Agreement
- Punctuating Phrases & Clauses
- Subject-Verb Agreement
- Titles--Underlining/Italics/Quotes
- Types of Verbs
- Verbals
- Verb Tenses
Writing with Style
Types of Writing
- Business Word Choice
- Business Writing
- Conference Abstracts and Proposals
- Cover Letters
- Literary Terms
- Logical Fallacies
- Persuasive Writing
- Personal Statements (Coming soon!)
- Reference Sheets
- Resumes
- Rhetorical Analysis
- Textual Analysis (Coming soon!)
- Writing in Philosophy