Welcome to LEO: Literacy Education Online

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LEO: Literacy Education OnlineLEO provides online handouts about a variety of writing topics. Although LEO is affiliated with the Write Place (the writing center at St. Cloud State University), LEO does not offer online tutoring, answer questions about grammar or punctuation, or give feedback about your writing or papers. If you are interested in information about tutoring or other Write Place services, please head to the writing center homepage at http://www.stcloudstate.edu/writeplace. LEO is also the online site for the early issues (1990-1998) of Kaleidoscope, SCSU's multicultural literary magazine. For current issues, please visit Kaleidoscope's new home on the Write Place web site: http://web.stcloudstate.edu/kaleidoscope/.We assume you've come to LEO to find some online information that can help with your writing. If you're here just to look around, you might prefer to see the Write Place Catalogue for an alphabetical list of our files.Click on the phrase below that most nearly describes what's bothering you about your writing. I'm writing a research paper . . .and want help with online sources.and want help with citations and documentation.and want help with introducing quoted and paraphrased material.and have questions about quotations and paraphrases.and want to avoid plagiarism.and want help with researching techniques.and want help organizing it.I want to make sure my ideas are logical.I want to improve the way my writing sounds. My writing doesn't flow. It's choppy.I'm having problems getting started.I have difficulty organizing my writing.I want to work on developing my writing.I have problems with particular parts of a paper -- introductions, thesis statements, conclusions.I need more information about particular types of writing:I'm never sure about where commas go.I'm having problems with sentence fragments.I'm confused by semicolons and colons.I want to know more about grammar and the parts of a sentence.My native language is not English.I'm not sure what some of the abbreviations and symbols mean that my teacher wrote on my paper.I'm not sure what some of the terms mean that my teacher wrote on my paper. I'm never sure how to revise or catch errors in my writing.I'd like some ideas for making my writing nonsexist.My writing doesn't flow. It's choppy.My writing doesn't flow. It lacks parallelism.All of my sentences sound the same. It would be helpful if I knew more about how phrases function so that I could vary my sentence structure.Somebody said I should work on my transitions.My writing sounds awkward.I don't always put my modifiers where they should go, and sometimes teachers say they're not sure what my sentences mean.I'm not sure my writing says what I want it to say.My writing is wordy.I want better vocabulary.It sounds like I'm talking, not writing.Certain words are confusing:I'm not sure how to write the kind of paper my teacher assigned.I'd like to see some guidelines on time management and steps for writing a paper.I'm overwhelmed and don't know where to begin working on my paper.I need some new strategies for generating ideas.I would like strategies for starting particular types of papers.How do I get started writing a book or film review?I'd like some tips about organizing my thoughts before I start writing.My teacher wants a five-paragraph essay.I have problems with particular parts of a paper -- introductions, thesis statements, conclusions.My teacher says I use "sentence fragments."I'd like help finding the subjects and verbs of my sentences.How can I check my papers for subject/verb agreement?My teacher says I need to work on noun/pronoun agreement.I'm not sure what pronouns to use with anybody, somebody, each, everybody, and so on.I'd like an overview of verb tenses.I'd like to know more about how phrases function in sentences.I'd like to know the difference between active and passive verbs.My teacher says I need to work on "parallelism."I'm never sure whether to use a numeral or spell out a number.I'd like help finding the subjects and verbs of my sentences.I need help finding errors in subject/verb agreement.I'm not always sure which pronouns to use in my writing or which pronouns go with which nouns.I'd like an overview of verb tenses in English -- simple, progressive, perfect, and perfect progressive forms.I'm never sure when to use an article -- a, an, the--or what article to use.I need to know more about the difference between count and noncount nouns.All of my sentences sound the same.I'd like to know more about where to place modifiers in sentences so my word order is correct.I'm concerned about sentence structure and need to know more about where to place phrases in sentences.I confuse certain words in English:To ask questions or offer suggestions about these handouts, please email us at leolink@stcloudstate.edu. 1995-2004 The Write Place

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