Category: Level 2 pages

You may have heard it said that all writing is an argument of some kind. Even if you’re writing an informative essay, you still have the job of trying to convince your audience that...

Revision and editing are both important parts of the writing process, yet many students skip revision and don’t spend enough time editing. It’s important to remember that these steps are separate and that each...

Maybe you have heard the story about how punctuation saves lives. Clearly, there is a difference between and In addition to saving lives, using punctuation properly will help your writing be clean and clear...

Please note: The Chicago Manual of Style released the 18th Edition in September. The OWL is currently updating its pages to reflect changes in the new edition. 18th Edition Chicago-style citations utilize two distinct...

MLA stands for the Modern Language Association, and its style guidelines have been assisting authors since 1951. In 2016, the MLA Handbook introduced a template using core elements in an effort to simplify much...

You will often use sources for academic writing, and it’s important to know how to responsibly cite and integrate those sources into your own writing. APA format provides guidelines and structures for citing those...

In addition to adding credibility to your writing when you cite your sources correctly, you also help yourself avoid plagiarism. Plagiarism occurs when writers do not give proper credit to sources for words, ideas,...

Having trouble locating reference information? As you’ll learn in this section of Citation & Documentation, part of writing within a particular documentation style, such as APA or MLA, is building a References or a...

The literature of a literature review is not made up of novels and short stories and poetry—but is the collection of writing and research that has been produced on a particular topic. The purpose...

Writers often create annotated bibliographies as a part of a research project, as a means of recording their thoughts and deciding which sources to actually use to support the purpose of their research. Some...