Homegrown Handouts

Homegrown Handouts address the most common questions tutees ask in the Writing Center. These handouts were created by our Writing Specialists. If you have a particular topic you would like addressed, please send an e-mail to the Writing Center.

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Grammar

• Appositives (Restrictive and Non-Restrictive)
• Count and Noncount Nouns
• Coordinating Conjunctions (FANBOYS)
• Dangling Modifiers
• Independent Clauses in Compound Sentences
• Passive Voice
• Prepositions of Time
• Present and Past Perfect Tense
• Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
• Nominalization
• Reflexive Pronouns
• Subordinating Conjunctions in Complex Sentences
• That, Who/Whom, and Which
• Transitive and Intransitive Verbs

Punctuation

• Comma Splices
• Hyphens
• Quotation Marks
• Semicolons

The Writing Process

• Comparing/Contrasting - Essay Planning
• Outlines - Essay Planning 
• Reporting Verbs

Other Writing Concerns

• Essay Exam Preparation

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