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Writing Resources

This guide contains all of the ASC's writing resources. If you do not see a topic, suggest it through the suggestion box on the Writing home page.

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Active and Passive Voice

Learn about active and passive voice and how to use them in your paper.

Academic Writer

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Basic Academic Paragraph Structure

Learn to develop unified paragraphs that are structured effectively.

Academic Writer

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Fragments, Comma Splices, and Run-On Sentences

Learn to avoid sentence and punctuation issues.

Academic Writer

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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

Learn to recognize and correct misplaced and dangling modifiers.

Academic Writer

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Parallel Structure

Learn about parallel structure and how to use it for sentence clarity.

Academic Writer

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