Handouts by Workshop Series
The following is a list of handouts that are available from the Writing Center. If you can't find what you're looking for here, we encourage you to check out Purdue's excellent collection of handouts or check our other handout listings. You may also try one of our other browsing methods.
Note: Faculty and staff requesting workshops must pay for any required handouts out of their program budget and bring the handouts to class on the day of the workshop. Handouts can be downloaded from the Workshop Description page for the appropriate series.
All workshop handouts are presented in the same order as the workshops are presented.
Workshop: General Writing Series Handouts
The handouts under this section contain the information given through our General Writing workshops. They are contained here for your reference while writing papers.
This workshop will help you plunge directly into your writing process. We will discuss how free writing, leading questions, and critical reading practices can significantly aid your process of discovery.
| Beginning Your Inquiry | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| The Seminar or Response Paper | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Thesis Types Concept Maps | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Thesis Recognition and Formulation | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Sample Thesis Statements Worksheet | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Six Basic Claim Types | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Outlines and Organization | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Using Your Sources | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Paraphrasing and Summarizing | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Strategies for Essay Revision | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Questions for Peer Review | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Self-Evaluation Guide | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Self-Evaluation Organization | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
Workshop: Grammar Rodeo Series Handouts
The handouts under this section contain the information given through our Grammar Rodeo workshops. They are contained here for your reference while writing papers.
This workshop will familiarize you with seven parts of speech used in everyday language, and will show you how each part functions within a sentence.
| What’s in a Sentence? Getting to Know the Parts of Speech |
Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Sentence Patterns: Locating Subjects and Verbs |
Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Sentence Patterns: Locating Objects and Complements | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Tenses and Conjugation | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Commas 101: The Basics | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| The Compound Sentence: Correcting Run-ons and Comma Splices |
Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| The Complex Sentence: Correcting Fragments | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| The Compound-Complex Sentence | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |
| Parallel Structure | Word 97 | Adobe PDF |