Essay Resources Links
Writing Process | Invention & Design | Different Fields of Study | Organization | Revision & Editing | Specific Writing Tasks | Using Sources | Drafting
The Writing Process
What is meant by the "Writing Process"?
The Writing Process
(Cleveland State University Writing Center) This page
overviews the writing process from invention to revision and editing using a
graphic to show recursive nature of the process and also offers links to tips
for each stage of the writing process.
Invention and Design
How do I read a writing assignment?
Tips
on How to Read an Assignment
(University of North Carolina, The Writing
Center)
How do I get started writing?
Planning
(Invention) techniques
(Purdue Online Writing Center). Suggests a
variety of ways to overcome writer's block and begin brainstorming a ideas.
Planning
(Invention) for when you start to write
(Purdue Online Writing Center)
Recommends ways to "percolate" ideas by thinking about purpose and
by answering questions.
Invention
Thought Starters
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Suggests questions
to get started brainstorming a topic from a variety of approaches, definition,
classification, comparison and contrast, etc.
Organization
How do I write an outline?
Developing
an Outline
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Describes the purpose
and goals of outline a paper as well as how to write an outline. It also
offers a sample outline link.
How do I make my ideas coherent and unified?
Coherence
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Describes several ways to
create general coherence and unity in an essay from transitions (of which it
offers links to examples) to repetition of key words.
Drafting
What's a thesis statement?
Writing
a thesis
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Defines "thesis
statement," discusses a variety of types (expository, argumentative, etc.),
suggests tips on writing the thesis statement, and provides links to other
resources on thesis statements.
Revising and Editing
How do I complete a peer-review for a partner?
Peer-Review
Tips
(University of Wisconsin, Madison Writing Center)
Using Sources
How do I restate other writer's ideas?
How
to Paraphrase and Summarize
(http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/paraphrase.html)
From the University of Toronto.
How do I integrate quotations into my essays?
How
to Quote
(http://www.utoronto.ca/ucwriting/quotations.html) From the
University of Toronto.
How do I acknowledge my sources if I am writing a paper in a Humanities Field of Study?
How do I acknowledge my sources if I am writing in the Social Sciences?
APA in-text Documentation
Handout Chemeketa College Writing Center;
See also, APA Reference Page
Handout Chemeketa College Writing Center
How do I document online sources
Online
Documentation for APA
(Purdue University Writing Center)
Online Documentation for MLA
(Purdue University Writing Center)
What is an Annotated Bibliography?
Writing
Annotated Bibliographies
(University of Wisconsin College Writing Center)
Writing for Different Fields of Study
These links highlight the basic principles for writing conventions in specific fields of study.
Writing
for Art History
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/arthistory.html)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Writing
in Communication Studies
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/communications.html)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Writing
for History
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/history.html) The
University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Writing
In Literature
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature.html)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Writing
for Philosophy
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/philosophy.html)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Writing
for Political Science
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/polisci.htm)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
Specific Writing Tasks
The following links highlight the writing process for specific academic writing tasks.
Writing an Argument
What is academic argument?
Effective
Academic Writing: The Argument
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Writing Center)
How do I write a argument?
Logic
in Argumentative Writing
(Purdue Online Writing Center) Presents
a vocabulary of logic, discusses ways to draw logical conclusions, and defines
and offers examples of fallacies.
See also
Logical Fallacies
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).
Essay Exams
How do I write for an essay exam?
Essay
Exams
(From The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Reviews
How do I write a review?
Writing
a Review
(From The University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill);
See also Writing
Book Reviews
(http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/bookrev.html) from St.
Cloud State University Online Program.
Speeches
How do I write a speech?
Writing
a Speech
(From The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Literary Analysis
How do I write about literature?
Writing
a Review of the Literature
(http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html)
From the University of Toronto.
Writing
About Fiction
(http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_fiction.html)
Purdue University Writing Center.
Poetry
Explications
(http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html)
The University of North Carolina, Writing Center.
How do I write a Play Review?
Play
Reviews
(University of Wisconsin Writing Center)
How do I quote in my literature papers?
Using
Literary Quotations
(University of Wisconsin Writing Center)
Scientific Reports
How do I write a science report?
Science
reports
(University of Wisconsin Writing Center)
Research Papers
How do I write a research paper?
See Getting
Started on a Research Paper
(University
of Wisconsin Writing Center)
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