17.40  American Foreign Policy

Links for writing tips

Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL) is one authoritative resource
on writing. 
Here are a few links for those who want to express
ideas more clearly.
   

1. href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/4/">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/1/4/
Specific tips on grammar 
and sentence mechanics: see the fine page
on sentence clarity.
   

2. href="http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/683/01/">http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/683/01/
- general info for 
international students on writing conventions in
NoAmerican colleges.
   

3. href="http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/revision.html">http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/revision.html
Here’s a user 
friendly piece with tips for Rewrites.

Announced on 22 November 2010  3:18  p.m. by Diane Hendrix

Writing advisor meetings: Thesis statements, time management, etc.

To sign up for a writing conference with Diane, go to http://mysignup.com/17_40writing

Also check the Materials page (here at 17.40) for resources on footnotes, writing tips, etc.

If you need help with someone at the MIT Writing Center for an hour when Diane is not around, go to http://writing.mit.edu/wcc/appointments

Announced on 25 September 2010  2:44  p.m. by Diane Hendrix