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Writing Guides, Skills & Terms

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Below are 19 different PDF files.  These are the true guts of the course, and learning to use these guides, skills and terms is the path to an A+ for most courses in the Humanities.  This is the knowledge to acquire, and then apply to your writing for the rest of your academic career and beyond.  Use these tools and practice the craft of communication.

1. 13 Tips for Notetaking

2. Kerr-nell Notebook

3. Keymaster

4. Thesis Statement

5. Contents of a Great Paragraph

6. Contents of a Great Outline

7. Contents of a Great In-Class Essay

8. How to DBQ

9. Contents of a Great 3-Part Essay

10. Research Paper Instructions

11. Efficient Notecards

12. Story Board

13. The 1-Pager: Response & Explication

14. Historical Voice Papers

15. Editing Symbols

16. Grammar's Magnificent 7

17. Essay Comment Code

18. Culture Tree

19. Working Vocabulary & Concepts


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