Sample Essays and More

Essays with Commentary

Visual aids can be helpful in understanding how Writing Advisors interact with student papers. There are several papers linked below, all with comments by Writing Advisors. Please look through some of them, as they are a valuable resource for what you should and you should NOT do while writing. It should be noted that all Faculty have access to these papers and can easily trace any plagiarism originating from this site.

• Augustine and Lamott Essay III
• Reflections on the Atlantic Shore
• The Folly of Self Help
• Virtuous Franklin
• Underneath the Surface, Into the Whole
• Good Life at a Great Price
• Culture Capsule: Romania
• So You're Going to Live in Sudan, Eh?

PowerPoint Presentations

• Salvation Army PowerPoint
• Integrating Sources PowerPoint

  If a research paper requires so many sources, how do you make sure it still sounds like your paper? This PowerPoint presentation walks you through ways to integrate sources and gives you some examples to emulate and some to avoid.

• Collaborative Learning

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