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Sample UWS Exercises

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Designing Complex Arguments

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Online Writing Resources


General Resources for Instructors and Students

  • The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)
  • Bartleby's Online Reference Books (includes Strunk and White's "Elements of Style")
  • The Chronicle of Higher Education
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  • Guide to Grammar and Writing
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  • International Writing Centers Association (IWCA)
  • KAIROS (Journal for writing teachers in webbed environments)
  • Library of Congress
  • Literary Links
  • Modern Language Association (MLA)
  • National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
  • National Writing Project
  • Purdue's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
  • Project Gutenberg (Free Online Versions of Classic Books)
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