Peruse LEO and pick a topic. Study it. Prepare to present the topic to class next week. Have your blog reflect the topic and presentation design.

Please visit the LEO webpages and review the topics offered. Study three topics from the list below and prepare one for blog presentation and class presentation:
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" 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:

• writing for school
  
• writing in a business or technical setting
  
• writing to get a job  

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." end clip.

Source: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/ accessed Sept. 4, 2012