Student Information
Research and the Essay
Sentences and Words
Paragraphs
Literary Essays
Structuring and Developing the Essay
The Main Point of the Essay
Useful Things
Critical Thinking
The Life of a Technical Writer
(only for the truly curious with
time on their hands)
Welcome to the student page. Here you can find
handout materials I often use in class, and other
general advice that might be helpful. Please let me
know how I can improve this page; tell me about other
materials that would be useful. The files are saved to
RTF from Microsoft Word (Windows) (let me know if
they do not open).
Technical Writing
See also the link, "Thesis
statements: topic
breakdown method"
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Science Fiction Novel in Progress
(for English 277 students, optional perusal)
I have encountered interesting problem during the
planning and writing of this novel; these problems
extend from its basis as a "near future" SF story.
Think about what specific challenges an SF
author faces in near-future SF. Feel free to ask
questions.