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The English Department's PHS Style Manual is designed to guide students through the writing process and the conventions of essay composition. Select the links listed below for the information you need. As we are still in the process of building this page, not all links are currently active, and more will be added over the next several weeks. Check back soon!

The PHS Library link is another place to get great information on research and writing.

PHS Style Manual - A Guide to Writing Well

Writing and Editing Terms                Common Academic Writing Tasks

Turnitin.com                                          Plagiarism Policy

Online Writing Lab (OWL) at Purdue University

2009 MLA Guidelines                          Parenthetical (In-Text) References

Standard Editing and Correction Symbols

Common Essays Assigned at Petaluma High - Instructions & Examples

Descriptive

Instructions

Example 1       Example 2

Narrative

Instructions

Example

Cause and Effect

Instructions

Example

Compare/Contrast

Instructions

Example 1 - Point by Point/Alternating       Example 2 - Subject by Subject

Evaluation

Instructions

Example

Interpretation/Literary Analysis

Instructions

Example

Process Analysis

Instructions and Pre-write

Example

Persuasive

Instructions

Example

Reflective

Instructions

Example