How-to Guides

• Introductions
• Thesis Statements
  
  • Thesis Statement Placement 
• Paragraph Development: M.E.A.L.​
• 3 Levels of Analysis
• Conclusions​ 
• Using Transitions​
• Writing a Literature Review​ 
  
  • Sample Literature Review (nursing)
  • Sample Literature Review​ ​(Latino youth)
• Writing an Abstract
• Writing an Annotated Bibliography​
• Writing about Film
  
  • Formal Elements of Film Chart
• Critical Thinking and Reading
• Engaging with Academic Texts
• Guiding Questions for Peer Review
• Rhetorical Analysis

• Integrating Direct Quotations
• Integrating Paraphrase
• Introducing Source Material

• Guide to Citation Styles
• APA 7 Guide
  
  • Sample APA 7 Paper/Format​​​
• MLA Citation Guide, Ninth Edition
  
  • Documenting Difficult (Web) Sources in MLA
  • More Difficult Works Cited Examples​
• Chicago Manual of Style
• CSE Citation Guide
• AMA Citation Guide​
• ACS Citation Guide
• Avoiding Plagiarism​

• Sentence Combining (Eliminating Wordiness & Redundancy)
• Clarity and Concision
• Known-New Contract (Cohesion Between Sentences)
• Using Articles
• Understanding Commas​ 
• Avoiding Comma Splices​
• The Basics of Syntax: Independent Clauses​
• The Basis of Syntax: Dependent Clauses
• Adjectivals: The Describing Tool​​​ 
• Prepositions
• Understanding Passive Voice 
• Relative Clauses (that vs. which)
• Reader Expectations (Writing Sentences That Work for Readers) 

• Principles of Scientific Writing
• Principles of Business Writing
• Writing a Personal Statement​
  
  • ​Sample Personal Statement (Annotated)​
• ​​C.S.A.R.R. for Cover Letters & Personal Statements​
• ​​Writing an Artist Statement
• Composing Professional Emails
• Writing Exceptional Cover Letters
• Writing Exceptional Resumes (brochure)
  
  • Exceptional Resumes (insert)
• Designed/Visual Arts Resumes
  • Tregg Frank Resume (CU Denver alumnus)
  • Amber Somthaboun Resume (CU Denver alumnus) 
• Creating a Curriculum Vitae (CV)​
  
  • SAMPLE: Architecture Graduate Student
  • SAMPLE: Dental Residency 1-Page
  • SAMPLE: MPH and MD Graduate
  • SAMPLE: PharmD Graduate Student
  • SAMPLE: Public Affairs Graduate Student
  • SAMPLE: Sociology Graduate Student

• ​​Nursing Resumes & Cover Letters PowerPoint Presentation
• Annotated Resume Example 
  
  • Second-Career Resume Sample 
  • Resume Sample 2
  • Resume Sample 3
• Nursing Cover Letter Example

Commas

• Comma Splice, Part 1: How to recognize it
• Comma Splice, Part 2: How to revise it

Homophones

• Effect vs. Affect
• Its vs. It's

Passive Voice

• Passive Voice, Part 1 (Understanding it)
• Passive Voice, Part 2 (Using it effectively)

Pronouns

• Who vs. Whom

Known-New Contract

• Part 1: Chain Method (What is the known-new contract?)
• Part 2: Fork Method
• Part 3: Branch Method

Miscellaneous

• Quotation Marks (Where do those periods and commas go?)