Writing Skills

Transitional Words and Phrases
http://www.shepherd.wvnet.edu/scwcweb/web12.htm

Transitional Devices (Connecting Words)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_transition.html

Proofreading Techniques
http://reach.ucf.edu/~uwc/Writing%20Resources/Handouts/proof_techniques.htm


Comparison or Contrast Paragraphs

Paragraphs That Contrast and Compare
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ParDevCC.html

Paragraph Order-Particular to General
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ParOrderPartGen.html


Sentence Level-Exercises for Grammar and Usage Tips

Sentence Essentials Home Page
http://college.hmco.com/devenglish/wong/sentence_essentials/1e/students/index.html
Click on the topic you wish to explore further.


Appositives

Appositives
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_appos.html

Simple Sentence: Appositives
http://testwise.com/queststaapp2.html


Participial Phrases

Participles
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/046.html

Verbal (and Other) Phrases
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu3.htm

The Gerund Phrase
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/gerundphrase.htm

Dangling Modifiers
http://www.bartleby.com/64/C001/021.html

Identifying Misplaced or Dangling Modifiers
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/msplmod.html

Dangling Modifiers
http://www.csuohio.edu/writingcenter/dangling_modifiers.html

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
http://www.grammarbook.com/grammar/dangle.html

Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/msplmod.html

Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/niu/niu9.htm

The Function of Phrases
http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/phrfunc.html


Fragments

Common Causes of Sentence Fragments
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/fragmentcauses.html

Fragments
http://www.troyst.edu/writingcenter/handouts/fragments.html

The Fragment
http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/fragment.htm

Sentence Fragments
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/g_frag.html


Sentence Combining

Combining Sentences
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz2.htm

Sentence Variety
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_sentvar.html

Quiz on Sentence Combining
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/combining_quiz1.htm