Online Writing Help by Topic
A goal of the Ferris Writing Center is to help students to help themselves. One of the ways we can do this is by providing links to the following online exercise and information materials.
- Getting Started
- Punctuation
- Usage
- Parts of speech
- Stereotypes and biased language
- Sound alike words
- i/e rule
- accept/except exercise
- affect/effect exercise
- Writing numbers
- Dangling modifiers
- Gerunds: Gerunds, participles, and infinitives
- Capital letters
- a vs an
- Articles (a/an/the)
- Prepositions
- Adjectives and Adverbs
- Count and non-count nouns
- Subject and verb agreement
- Verb tenses
- Passive verb tenses
- Active verb tenses
- Sequence of tenses
- Two-part verbs
- Irregular verbs
- Verb tense consistency
- Verbs with helpers
- Using Pronouns clearly
- Sentence Structure
- Proofreading and Revision
- Using Sources
- The "Real World"
- Definition of cover letter
- Preparing to write a cover letter
- Writing a cover letter
- Resumes
- Resume sections (contact information)
- Resume sections (education)
- Resume sections (work experience)
- Job skills and action verbs
- Resume design
- Graduate school applications
- Acceptance letter
- Interview (follow-up letter)
- Reference Sheets
- Engineering reports
- Experimental reports 1
- Experimental reports 2
- Memos
- Revision in business writing
- Sales letters: Four-Point Action Closing
