Writing Resources


Transition Words

Purdue University

Narrative Writing Topics 

Checklist for quoting passages

How to format dialogue

Words that describe people

Strong Verbs handout and video

How to format a paper for Ms. Garrett

Descriptive Words-Sensory Details

Words describing objects

Words Describing Place

Format your resources in OSLIS-Works Cited maker

MLA and numbers

​MLA Style spells out numbers that can be written in one ortwo words (three, fifteen, seventy-six, one thousand,twelve billion) and to use numerals for other numbers (2¾;584; 1,001; 25,000,000). APA Style, on the other hand, generally uses words for numbers below 10 and numerals for numbers 10 and above.

Essay Checklist

Narrative Checklist

Conjunctions and Kinds of Sentences-information and punctuation

Kinds of Sentences handout and video