SharkWrites: College of Optometry: General Writing Resources

Academic Writing:

Mechanics of Writing:

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Writing Clearly and Concisely

• Academic Writing 
  PowerPoint by FCE&SCJ adjunct faculty Dr. Danielle Kwasnik

• Academic Writing 
  Video by FCE&SCJ associate professor Dr. Michelle Tenam-Zemach 

• Good Academic Writing 
  Hyland, K. (2000). Disciplinary discourses: social interactions in academic writing. Essex, England: Pearson Education Limited.

• Email Etiquette
  Guide provided by NSU Writing and Communication Center. (Also a Canvas module downloadable from Canvas Commons.)

• Introductory Paragraph 

• Article recommended by FCE&SCJ graduate student Jarred Perez

• Writing Clearly and Concisely
  PowerPoint (APA Chapter 3) 

• Best Practices in Academic Writing: 3P Writing Philosophy 
  Paper by FCE&SCJ adjunct faculty Dr. Jude St. Phard Jr.

• Academic Writing: A Handbook for International Students by Stephen Bailey
  eBook available at the ASL. Please login using your Shark ID and password

• Writing Literature Reviews by Jose Galvan
  eBook available at the ASL. Please login using your Shark ID and password

Handouts prepared by NSU's Tutoring and Testing:

For program-specific guidelines and templates, refer to your resources by college 

• Purdue OWL Grammar and Mechanics
  Website also includes ESOL/ELL resources addressing specific issues related to the English as a second language learner

• Quick Tricks for Academic Writing
  Handout by FCE&SCJ adjunct faculty Dr. Karen Bowser including tips for APA, FCE writing style, usage, mechanics, & grammar

• The Elements of Style by William Strunk, Jr.

• See also sections on Punctuation and Sentence Structure

• Active Versus Passive Voice
  A guide by the UNC Writing Center to explaining the differences and why you should not use passive voice

• Frequently Misspelled Words
  A segment in a LinkedIn Learning video available through the Alvin Sherman Library

• Usage Mistakes
  A segment in a LinkedIn Learning course available through the Alvin Sherman Library

• Grammar Foundations
  A  course in LinkedIn Learning, a database available through the Alvin Sherman Library

• Creative Spark: Grammar Girl, Changing Writing One Word at a Time
  A  course in LinkedIn Learning, a database available through the Alvin Sherman Library

• Typology of Verbs for Scholarly Writing 
  Article from the journal “Research in the Schools” (NSU login required)

• See also sections on Grammar and Sentence Structure

Handouts prepared by NSU's Tutoring and Testing:​

• Prewriting Strategies
  Document describes strategies such as brainstorming and clustering to select a topic for your paper (recommended by FCE&SCJ graduate student Jarred Perez)

• Prewriting: The Ultimate Advantage 
  Video by FCE&SCJ adjunct faculty  Dr. Karen Bowser

• Punctuation in APA 

• PowerPoint by FCE&SCJ professor Dr. David Ross; covers periods, commas, semi-colons, colons, italics, ellipsis, dash, en dash, hyphen, quotation marks, parentheses, capitalization, spacing

• Punctuating Around Quotation Marks 
  Blog post from the American Psychological Association (APA) with charts to clarify where to place punctuation when quoting

• Transitions 
  Chart by FCE&SCJ adjunct faculty Dr. Karen Bowser with common transitional expressions

• See also sections on Grammar and Sentence Structure

• How to use SAGE Research Methods Online Library Guide | Video

• Tone, Voice, and Sentence Structure videos 

• View short videos by study.com
• See also sections on Grammar and Punctuation

Handouts prepared by NSU's Tutoring and Testing:​

• Articles
• Commas
• Dangling Modifiers
• Fragments
• Gender-Neutral Writing
• Homophones
• Parallel Structures
• Periods
• Prepositions
• Pronouns
• Proofreading Tips
• Run ons and Comma splices
• Subject-Verb Agreement
• Transition Words and Phrases
• Verbals
• Web Resources

• Procrastination and Writer’s Block 
  Tips from Dr. Robert Hill on dealing with procrastination and writer's block

• Parts of an Essay
  Tutorials by study.com

• Essay Writing
  Tutorials by study.com

• How to Revise an Essay
  Tutorials by study.com

• Reading and Understanding Essays
  Tutorials by study.com

Handouts prepared by NSU's Tutoring and Testing:​

• Steps to a Basic Essay​
• Planning a Critical Essay
• Planning a Narrative Essay
• Planning a Persuasive Essay
• Planning an Expository Essay