***Important note: The Daemen College Online Writing Lab is color-coded to help students with different learning styles and, therefore, is an essential component to the site. Unfortunately, some computer monitors do not differentiate between the red and orange colors used to show "Writing The Essay" and "Grammar and Punctuation," respectively. We apologize for this problem and recommend that users access the Daemen College Online Writing Lab on newer computers that support Windows programming, since they show the red and orange colors as the designer intended them.

All sections designed and edited by Gabrielle Grubka.

Some information is based on The Little, Brown Handbook, 8th edition, 2001.

Cliches written by Michelle Smith.

Five types of phrases, paraphrasing, quotations, and cover letter/resume sections written by Gabrielle Grubka.

Four major errors adapted from a paper by Gavin Siefert.

Transitions adapted from a paper by Jennifer George.

The following sections were adapted from the original Daemen College Online Writing Lab:

• Rules of punctuation
• Creating websites
• Writing about fiction
• Organization
• Formulating a thesis
• Coherence
• Diction

All graphics designed by Gabrielle Grubka.