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What you need to know about logos, pathos, and ethos for your essay on rhetorical devices.

Check out this handout for the whys and hows of Toulmin, in addition to the definitions of its parts.

Take a look at this handout for an explanation of the Rogerian model and an activity to help you get started.

This handout gives guidance for a clear and focused thesis statement.

Follow this template as a model MLA essay. Your essay should look like this!

This handout explains why and how to organize an essay and includes a guided outline.

This outline can be general and include the main ideas of each paragraph.

This outline gives more space for specific content in your essay, such as topic sentences and a thesis statement.

Beginning your essay can be easy with these tips.

The important phrases to connect your body paragraphs logically.

A body paragraph follows a simple and clear structure.

Some words are more colorful and descriptive than others. Create a more detailed essay!

Some words can get repetitive, without you realizing it. Here are a few to avoid (and to replace)!

Here are effective verbs to help integrate your sources and to avoid drop quotes.

This handout outlines some dos, some don'ts, and practice to conquer the comma.

Includes “and,” “but,” “so,” “or,” “yet”… and when to use them.

There is a difference. Hint: Your professor wants complete sentences!

These depend on the complete sentence close by.

Around, over, under, of, about, with, near… do you know the difference?

A unique punctuation mark to combine sentences.

External citation page, at the end of your essay for English and literature essays.

These citations go within your paragraph, in your essay.

Used in the fields of psychology, sociology, history, and communication.

A helpful research tool to keep track of your sources.

Generally used in the business and art fields.

Practice identifying the main point and supporting sentences that make up a paragraph.

These charts highlight the past, present, and future verb tenses with singular and plural subjects.

Key words that are context clues to finding the main point and supporting details.