Helpful Handouts
Teachers: use these files as instructional supplements to classroom learning.
Students: feel free to view or download these files to further your understanding of numerous writing concepts ranging from grammar and punctuation to style formatting, language, and plagiarism.
You'll need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the PDFs and PowerPoint Reader or PowerPoint 2007 to view the presentations.
PDF Files
Missouri State Writing Center PDFs were compiled by Melissa Belk, 2004; and updated by Christopher Powers, 2009.
- Full manual
- Active and passive voice
- Apostrophes
- Articles
- Brainstorming
- Colons
- Commas
- Eliminating sexist language
- Fragments
- Keywords commonly misused on assignments and exams
- Paper organization
- Parallel structure
- Plagiarism and paraphrasing
- Pronoun agreement and inclusive language
- Run-on sentences
- Semicolons
- Subject-verb agreement
- Transitions and their purposes
- Verb tense
Presentations and Guides
Missouri State Writing Center PowerPoints were written by Michael Frizell and edited by Christopher Powers, 2009.
Citation Methods:
American Medical Association
AMA (10th Edition)
AMA 10th Edition Online Version
AMA MedStyle Stat! (Dr. Scribe pdf file - 21 pages)
American Psychological Association
APA (5th Edition)
APA 5th Edition Part II (Advanced)
APA 6th Edition Cheat Sheet (pdf file - 2 pages)
APA 6th Edition Part II (Advanced)
APA...Light! For COM 115 (Variations on 5th & 6th Edition)
Corrections to APA 6th Edition
5th and 6th Editions are located on the reference shelf in the Writing Center for use in the Bear CLAW, while 6th Editions are available from the Meyer Library system:
Library Use Only:
MSU Meyer Ref Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010
MSU Meyer Ref Desk BF76.7 .P83 2010
MSU Music Ref BF76.7 .P83 2010
Available:
MSU Meyer Reserve 2 Hour BF76.7 .P83 2010
Off-campus Resources
American Medical Association (AMA) Style
Diana Hacker
Grammar Resources
Memberships
International Writing Center Association
Midwest Writing Center Association
College English Association
Modern Language Association
Study Skills
Working in the Bear CLAW: Tutoring Basics
MSU Links
- Bear CLAW (Center for Learning and Writing)
- Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning
- First Year Programs
- Supplemental Instruction Program
- Academic Advisement Center
- Bearmail
- Blackboard
- Career Center
- English Department
- English Language Institute
- Evening College & Adult Student Services
- My Missouri State
- MSU West Plains Tutoring, Study Groups, and Study Skills