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  • Writing Essays
  • Quotation and Paraphrase
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  • Business, Scientific and Professional Writing
  • Nursing Application Materials
  • Video Tutorials
  • Introductions
  • 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?)

 

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Email: Writing Center
Learning Commons (City Heights)
Corner of 12th St. & Larimer St.
(CU Denver)
First Floor
(303) 315-7355
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Room 1204
(303) 724-4143

The Writing Center is a member of the Rocky Mountain Writing Center Association and the International Writing Centers Association.

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