Cleveland State University

The Writing Center

Writing Across the Curriculum

The Writing Center

 

Director: Prof. Mary McDonald
m.murray@csuohio.edu

 

For Faculty Handouts for Students

CSU WAC Information
WAC Requirements (Listed)
An Ideal WAC Experience
Writing Center and WAC Services You Can Request
GenEd WAC Course List

Faculty Newsletters
Clarify Grading:Analytic Scoring Sheet
Getting a Focused Research Paper
Improving Comprehension and Quality
WAC Complaint About Topics

 

Writing in the University
Writing and Research Advice for Transfer Students and Returning Adults
Decoding College Assignments
Your Role in Academic Writing

Reading
Managing Your Reading Load
Reading Sources for your Research Paper
How Professors Grade
How Professors Grade a Research Paper

Planning a Paper
How to Get Started
Exploring Your Question
Focus
Focus, Audience Guide, Organizational Plan
Sitting with Sources
Invention for the Research Paper
Library Research Skills Checklist
Research Paper Progress Checklist

Types of Assignments
Article Summary
Synopsis Checklist
Research Log
Segmented Report
Letter Writing
Writing a Review of Literature
Synthesis Essay
Personal Statements

Drafting
Introductions
Argument Techniques from Classical Rhetoric
Argument Structures
Structuring Your WAC Paper
Creating a Summary
Evaluative Mode
Introductions for Research Papers
Paraphrasing
Plagiarism
Synopses
First Version Errors

Style
APA Resources
APA:  Using a DOI in Your Reference List
APA Proofreading
Elegant Explanations: Longer Sentences
Formatting Your WAC Paper
Informal to Formal Style
Research Paper Style Checklist

Plagiarism
Common Myths about Plagiarism
Plagiarism Quiz

Revising
Deciding What to Work On
Writer's Block

 

engaged learning
  • Get Writing Help Online
    You can email your paper to m.murray@csuohio.edu and she will send it to a tutor.
    Be sure to do the following:
  • Send a Word document we can open (2003 and later)
  • Allow 5 business days for a response
  • Tell us exactly what to cover in the 1/2 hour tutorial (overall comments or specific areas/grammar)
  • Tell us your CSU ID number if you are a CSU student; if not, we will be glad to help you after we put CSU students first
Mailing Address
Cleveland State University
Provost Office
2121 Euclid Avenue

RT Library 124
Cleveland, OH 44115-2214
Campus Location
Rhodes Tower 124
1860 E. 22 Street

For appointments call:
216.687.6981
Dr. Mary McDonald
216.687.6982
Fax: 216.687.6943
Dr. Mary McDonald , Director

Web Content Contact
Dr. Mary McDonald , Director
216.687.6982



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