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English Handouts
We've put together a variety of resources and handouts related to essay writing, citation styles, grammar, and more!
Handouts
Academic Writing
- Argumentative Essays
- Essay Guide – TLC Use
- Essay Outline
- Introductions Conclusions
- Hooks and Attention Grabbers
- How to Create Hanging Indents
- Outline for Basic Paragraph
- Outline Template - Compare and Contrast Block Essay
- Outline Template - Compare and Contrast Point-point Essay
- Parallelism
- Peer Review Checklist
- Thesis Statements - Practice
- Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences Reference
- Topic Sentences - Practice
Citations and Referencing
For resources on how to cite your sources in APA, please see below:
APA 7th Edition – Guide for Nursing
APA 7th Edition - In-Text Citations FAQs
APA 7th Edition - Reference List Examples Online Sources
APA 7th Edition - Reference List Examples Online & Other Sources
Editing and Proofreading Practice
Grammar
- 11 Rules for Using Plurals
- Adjective Clauses - Practice
- Adverbial Positions - Practice
- Articles - Practice 1
- Articles - Practice 2
- Articles - Practice 3
- Basic sentence structure
- Commas - reference
- Common Prepositions
- Count Non-count - reference
- Gerunds and infinitives Following Verbs
- Participial adjectives - Practice
- Parts of speech
- Passive Voice - BY phrase
- Passive Voice - Practice
- Phrasal Verb Equivalents - reference
- Phrasal Verbs - Practice
- Proofreading Articles
- Proofreading for Sentence Structure
- Relative Clauses
- Reported Speech
- Verb Tense-Reference Chart