Writing Resources
Explore common writing issues using the Easy Writer Seventh Edition handbook.
| Topic | Easy Writer, 7th Ed. |
|---|---|
| Identifying the purpose | p. 6 |
| Articulating a purpose or formulating a response to a prompt | pp. 6-11 |
| Attending to context or audience | p. 7 |
| Avoiding bias | pp. 243-247 |
| Passive voice | p. 286, p. 271 |
| Supporting each claim | pp. 12-14 |
| Argumentation and avoiding fallacies | pp. 48-60 |
| Organization and paragraphing | pp. 14-16 |
| Introduction and conclusion | p. 54 |
| Communicating ideas | pp. 2-6 |
| Inappropriate use of vernacular or contractions | p. 232, pp. 247-252 |
| Quality of sources | pp. 91-99, pp. 109-110 |
| Documenting sources |
p. 29, pp. 99-106, pp. 110-111, |
| Understanding plagiarism and rewriting in your own words | pp. 106-113 |
Click a link below to explore one of the formatting style guides on the Purdue Online Writing Lab website.
| APA Style Guide |
| MLA Formatting and Style Guide |
Before submitting your work, review our mechanics checklist below. Page numbers from the Easy Writer Seventh Edition handbook are provided. Click on a topic to explore helpful internet resources.
| Topic | Easy Writer, 7th Ed. |
|---|---|
| Sentence fragments | pp. 314-316, p. 242, p. 35 |
| Run-on sentences and comma splices | pp. 311-314, pp. 33-34 |
| Comma usage | pp. 318-326, p. 28, p. 30, pp. 32-33 |
| Subject-verb agreement | pp. 290-296 |
| Pronoun-antecedent agreement | pp. 305-307, p. 34 |
| Pronoun case and pronoun reference | pp. 302-305, pp. 307-308, pp. 29-30 |
| Verb tense consistency | pp. 281-283, p. 32 |
| Misplaced or dangling modifiers | pp. 299-302 |
| Faulty parallelism | pp. 268-270 |
| Missing or misused articles | pp. 287-290 |
| Plurals | pp. 331-332 |
| Possessives | pp. 330-332, pp. 302-303, p. 33 |
| Capitalization | pp. 341-344, p. 31 |
| Gerunds and infinitives | pp. 274-280 |
| Word choice and misspellings | pp. 247-255, pp. 27-28 |
| Prepositions | pp. 308-310, p. 31 |
