Grammar

• Adjective Clauses
• Articles (A, An, & The)
• Colons & Semicolons
• Commas
• Gerunds
• Kinds of Clauses
• Parts of Speech Quicksheet
• Passive vs. Active Voice
• Sentence Structure
• Verb Tense
• Verbs (Principal Parts)

Prewriting

• Outlining
• Decoding an Assignment
• Prewriting Strategies
• Crafting a Research Question
• The Writing Process

Writing

• Audience
• Clarity
• Comparing & Contrasting
• Concision
• Introductions
• Conclusions
• Thesis Statements
• "Recipe" for Writing: American Academic Rhetorical Structure
• Revision
• Proofreading & Editing

Speaking & Reading

• Managing Public Speaking Anxiety
• Close Reading & Critical Analysis
• Making Sense of Difficult Texts
• Reading for Information vs. Reading for Comprehension
• Memorization

Using & Citing Sources

• Citing Less Typical Sources
• Notes-Bibliography Citation Quicksheet
• Plagiarism
• Tools & Resources for Avoiding Plagiarism
• Turabian’s Online Citation Quick Guide (outside link)
• Types of Sources
• Using Sources Responsibly
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, & Summarizing Quick Guide
• Citation Creators/Managers (USE THESE WITH CAUTION!Always check to ensure that your final citations are correct, even after using one of these tools.)
  • Citation Machine (outside link)
  • Edu Birdie (outside link)
  • Papers Owl (outside link)
  • Zotero Bibliography (outside link)

Assignment-Specific Guidance

• Annotated Bibliographies
• Case Studies
• Credos/Faith Statements
• Discussion Board Posts (outisde link)
• E-Portfolios
• Exegesis Papers
• Exegesis Checklist for Biblical Writers
• Literature Reviews
• Research Papers
• Theological Reflection Papers
• Utrum Papers
• Formatting Tips for the DMin/DEdMin Project
• How to Publish in a Journal

Workshops & Tutorials

• Self-Guided Asynchronous Workshops

• Time Management
• Navigating Your Syllabus for Assignments
• Plagiarism
• Clarity & Concision
• Claiming Your Voice
• Research Tutorials
• Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing
• Critical Analysis
  • Video Recordings of Past Workshops
• E-Portfolios
• Theological Reflection Papers
• Research Papers
• Case Studies
• Credos/Faith Statements
• Joining the Conversation: A Crash Course in Seminary Writing
• Reading Between the Lines: Reading for Graduate School
• How to Write a Thesis Statement
• How to Write a Journal Article
• How to Write an Op-Ed

Other

• CTS Academic Writing Guidelines
• "The Ultimate Cheatsheet for Critical Thinking" (outside link)
• Academic Phrasebank (outside link)
• Grammar Girl (outside link)
• Grammarly (outside link - free version available)
• PC(USA) Ordination Exams
  • CTS's Ordination Exam Preparation Resources
  • Exam Description and Archive from the Office of the General Assembly (outside link)
• Reverse Dictionary (outside link)
• Time Management
• Visual Thesaurus (outside link)
• Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) (outside link)
• Free tools for creating digital mind maps:
  • Canva's free mind map maker (outside link)
  • Mind Meister (outside link)