Writing Quick Guide
March 13, 2026
Posted by STLCC in Writing Resources
Writing a paper can feel overwhelming when you’re not sure where to start. This quick guide lists all the writing resources for STLCC students, including help with essays, research, grammar, citations and proofreading.
Use these guides to plan your paper, strengthen your argument and polish your final draft.
Essay Writing and Paper Structure
- Admission, Transfer or Scholarship Essays
- Argumentative Essay
- Conclusions
- Counterargument
- Five Paragraph Essay
- Hooking Your Reader
- Introductions
- Narrative Essay Topic Checklist
- Outlines
- Research Paper
- Thesis Statement
- Topic Ideas
- Topic Sentence and Paragraph
- Writing About Literature
Research, Sources and Citations
- APA In-Text Citations and Sample Essay 7th Edition
- APA Sample Sources 7th Edition
- Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition
- Hanging Indentations
- Introducing Sources
- Italics vs. Quotation Marks in Titles
- MLA Avoiding Plagiarism 8th Edition
- MLA In-text Citations and Sample Essay 9th Edition
- MLA Sample Sources 9th Edition
- Quotations and Ellipsis Marks in Research
- Quote Sandwich
- Using Quotes Effectively
Argument and Critical Thinking
- Dominant Impression
- Induction vs Deduction
- Logical Fallacies
- Pathos, Logos and Ethos
- Rhetorical Analysis Graphic Organizer
- Rhetorical Analysis Sample Essay
Sentence Structure
- Complex Sentences
- Compound-Complex Sentences
- Compound Sentences
- Punctuating Compound Complex Sentence
- Simple Sentence
- Sentence Combining
- Sentence Fragments
- Subordination in Complex Sentences
- Subordination vs. Coordination
Grammar and Usage
- Active and Passive Voice Explained
- Active vs Linking Verbs
- Apostrophes
- Articles: A, An & The
- Commonly Confused Words
- Dangling and Misplaced Modifiers
- Parallelism
- Parts of a Sentence
- Parts of Speech
- Prepositional Phrases
- Pronoun and Antecedent Agreement
- Pronoun Consistency
- Replacing To Be Verbs
- Reported Speech and Direct Speech
- Subject and Verb Agreement
- Subject Verb and Pronoun Agreement
- Verb Conjugation
- Who or Whom Pronouns
Punctuation
- Comma Rules
- Comma Splices and Run-On Sentences
- Commas: Three Simple Rules
- Quotation Marks in Dialogue
- Semicolons
- Special Punctuation Marks
Editing and Writing Improvement
- Emotional Word Matrix
- Point of View in Academic Writing
- Proofreading
- Second-Person Point of View
- Transition Words
- Vague Word Matrix
- Wordiness
- Writer's Block
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