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Handouts and Materials for Students and Teachers

We offer a number of handouts for students and teachers. You are free to link to these handouts, print them out, and distribute them to your classes as long as copyright information remains intact and as long as you are not distributing them for profit. See our fair use policy for more information. If you would like information about reprinting OWL handouts, please visit our contact page.

If you would like printer-friendly versions of these handouts, please visit our printer-friendly handouts index. If you are a teacher, we also have an entire section on using our Writing Lab and our OWL in various courses.

Handouts are grouped into categories, and each category has a separate index. Click on any category to go to that index.We also have a complete scroll-down list of our handouts.

General Writing Concerns

Scratching your head and sharpening your pencil? Want some quick brainstorming activities? Handouts in this category cover planning, starting to write, pre-writing, revising, and genres of writing.

English as a Second Language

Wondering how writing for an American audience might be different? Handouts in this category are aimed at people who are learning English as a second language.

Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling

Just what is a comma splice, anyhow? Handouts in this category will answer those questions and more about grammar, spelling, and punctuation.

Research and Documenting Sources

How do MLA style and APA style differ? Handouts in this category inform you about doing research, writing research papers, and documenting sources.

Professional Writing

Want to write an effective resume? Need information about memos? Handouts in this category cover aspects of business and professional writing.

Writing across the Curriculum

Trying to integrate writing into classes other than the traditional freshman composition? This category has ideas and handouts that you can use.

Practice Exercises

Want to practice the skills you learned from our handouts? Try some exercises that let you check your answers online.

 


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