Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) Planning & Drafting Your Paper How to Get Started Exploring Your Question Focus Focus, Audience Guide, Organizational Plan Managing Your Reading Load Sitting with Sources Types of Assignments Creating a Summary Evaluative Mode Letter Writing Personal Statements Reflection Papers Research Proposal And Annoted Biblography Researched Position Paper Segmented Report Synopses Synopsis Checklist Synthesis Essay Writing a Research Paper from Start to Finish Invention for the Research Paper Library Skills for the Research Paper Reading Sources for your Research Paper Research Log Research Paper Progress List Introductions Argument Techniques from Classical Rhetoric Argument Structures Counterarguments Introductions for Research Papers Writing a Review of Literature Structuring Your Paper Conclusions Improving the Style and Citations of Your Paper First Version Errors Informal to Formal Style Study of Style From Academic to Professional Writing Elegant Explanations: Longer Sentences Research Paper Style Checklist Paraphrasing Common Misunderstandings about Plagiarism Plagiarism Quiz Grammar Web Exercises for Students Understanding How Your Paper Will Be Graded How Professors Grade How Professors Grade a Research Paper Progress Checklist for Argumentative Research Papers Your Role in Academic Writing Decoding College Assignments Other Important Handouts Deciding What to Work On Writer's Block How to Finish a Writing Project Prof. Rachel Carnell of the English Department offers these suggestions for those of you writing a Master's thesis.