WRITING  GENERAL

The Writing Web Sites below contain numerous handouts
on every conceivable part of the Writing Process. Browse
their Indexes to find what you want.

Scroll down to Writing Help
http://www.ruthvilmi.net/hut/LangHelp/Writing/

World's Great On Line Writing Site
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

all Academic Skills: reading, writing, vocab., research, Essay Types
http://depts.gallaudet.edu/englishworks/tablecontent.html

http://www.troyst.edu/writingcenter/index.html
Click on Handouts, and scroll down page to item
that you want

Advice on Academic Writing
http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html

Research & Writing Links
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/links.htm
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/toc.htm

More on Researching
 
 

Proof Reading & Editing your Essay
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_edit.html
 

THE   SENTENCE

http://webster.commnet.edu/sensen/
grammar, run-ons, fragments, agreement, punctuation, combining

http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/definitions.htm
Parts of a Sentence

THE   PARAGRAPH

The Topic Sentence
http://www.sabri.org/topic-sentence-and-thesis.htm

Basic Qualities of a Paragraph
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html

Unity - Topic Sentence & Support
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/paragraphs.htm

Coherence: transition between ideas
http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/transitions.htm
transition words, pronouns, repetition & parallelism

ESSAY  WRITING

The Essay

The Basic 5 Paragraph Essay

structure
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/essay/

Structure & Model
http://www.geocities.com/frankie_meehan/FivePara.htm

A Basic Essay Model
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/sample.html

The Essay Introduction
http://www.citadel.edu/citadel/otherserv/wctr/essayorg.html#intro
The Essay Conclusion  >>
 
 

Research Paper Writing

Excellent Basic  Steps in Writing a Research Paper
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/8866/1steps.html

Complete Guide to Research Paper Writing
Also has a section on Evaluating Resources
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/index.html
 

Thesis  Statement
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/point.html

http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/linksthesis.htm

ESSAY  TYPES
see also Writing General

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/writing.html

Argument essays

Is the Topic Worth Arguing
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/hypertext/ResearchW/cares.html
 

Argument Essay Guideline
http://www.tc.cc.va.us/writcent/handouts/writing/argument.htm

http://www.powa.org/argufrms.htm
complete argument essay guide with exercises

Argument Essay Models (esl planet)****
Argument Essays with Exercises
http://www.eslplanet.com/teachertools/argueweb/frntpage.htm
 

Discussion essays(thesis/support)
http://www.powa.org/thesfrms.htm
complete guide, especially on thesis, introduction & conclusion
 

  Topics for Argument & Discussion essays
   http://www.buypapers.com/procon.htm

 Resources for Argument & discussion essays
 

Critical Essays
http://k12s.phast.umass.edu/~ethics/EthicsCritWriting.html
a quick overview of critical essay writing

More on Critical Writing & Reading

Report Writing

Structure of a Report
http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/report.html

Report Writing -  Complete Guide
http://www.mdx.ac.uk/www/study/Reports.htm
 
 
 
 
 

WRITING  STYLES

Improving your Writing

http://www.greyowltutor.com/advice.html
 

Elements of Style by William Strunk
http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

Grammar and Style ( alphabetical list)
http://newark.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Writing Style & Technique (owl)
http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/linkswritingstyle.htm
 
 

ADDITIONAL WRITING RESOURCES
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/ww_wac.html
Univ of Illinois writing resources for teachers

http://www.webenglishteacher.com/writing.html
comprehensive writing & essay site - argumentative, creative
expository, narrative etc

http://www.homeworkspot.com/high/english/essaywriting.htm
 

http://www.powa.org/

Call Writing Curriculum
http://www.lclark.edu/~krauss/tesol98/sitemap.html