Resources For Writing

Classroom Handouts, Exercises, Essay Assignments and Help from Writing Instructors at the University of Delaware

The Writing Center

• The University Writing Center

Writing Essentials

• What You Should Know About Plagiarism
• A Plagiarism Handout
• A Citation Quiz
• Critical Reading

Improving Writing

• Developing a Thesis
• What Is an Audience?
• An Audience Handout
• Writing Introductions
• An Introduction Handout
• Using Quotations in Essays
• Eliminating Cliches
• Showing Versus Telling in an Essay
• Eliminating "To Be" Verbs
• Improving Transitions

Representative Assignments

• Genetically Modified Foods: A Team Assignment
• Stephen Bernhardt
• Magazine Analysis
• Michelle Filling
• What Makes an (In)Effective Argument
• Caroline Smith
• Interconnection: Essay and Fiction
• Corey Taylor
• Different Sources, Same Event
• Jeremy Trucker
• Magazine Project
• Lara Zeises

Handouts and Worksheets for Teachers

• Peer Review - Writers Workshop [HTML] [PDF]
• Michelle Filling
• Peer Review for Ad Analysis [HTML] [PDF]
• Tara Moore
• Peer Review for Four [HTML] [PDF]
• Tara Moore

Arak Anthology Resources

• "Heartache, Hard Work, and Havoc: A Psychoanalysis of Victor Frankenstein" [HTML] [PDF]
• Leah DiMatteo
• "The Only Difference Between a '54 Beetle and a '64 Beetle is the Ad" [HTML] [PDF]
• Carolyn Simmermon
• "The Silver Lining of Dorothy's Shoes: Political Undertones in Oz Adaptations" [HTML] [PDF]
• Edwin Wong
• "Japanese Jazz: Protest through Individuality, Freedom through Music" [HTML] [PDF]
• Michael Hertz
• "Women Coaching Men" [HTML] [PDF]
• Darren Mooney
• "Female Soldiers on the Front Line?" [HTML] [PDF]
• Melody Chandler

• "Sexual Warfare: The True Weapon of Mass Destruction"  [HTML] [PDF]
• Michelle DiMarino
• "Youth Sports: Stopping the Outrageous Tactics"[HTML] [PDF]
• Leah Eichenbaum
• "The Risks of Internet Gambling"  [HTML] [PDF]
• Jonathan Hullman