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Writing Persuasion
This site has a simple set of guidelines to use when writing a persuasive essay.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Conclusion or Summary
This Grammarly Handbook resource explains the purpose on writing a summary or conclusion of an essay. Brief "how to" tips are provided for writing a summary or conclusion to an essay.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Writing Essays: Introductions
This site provides a brief overview of introductions, exploring what they are supposed to mean for an essay in writing.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Argumentative Papers: Key Elements: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over words, phrases, and key elements that are included in argumentative papers. It is 2 of 2 in the series titled "Argumentative Papers: Key Elements."
Other
This I Believe: This I Believe Essay Writing Guidelines
Guidelines and tips on writing a good essay following the "This I believe " format.
Other
Hamilton: Essentials of Effective Persuasive Essays
This resource provides good insight on how to structure a well organized effective persuasive essay.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paragraph Types
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart describes the four types of paragraphs, their purpose, audience, and organizing structure. Assessment questions are included.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Paragraphs 3
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart analyzes how individual paragraphs are structured in writing, examining comments sequenced to follow the shifting thoughts of a character. There are examples listed to justify a point and...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Persuasive Essays
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart takes students through the process of writing a persuasive essay.
Other
Cleveland State University: Introductions & Conclusions
Briefly explains how the introduction and the conclusion work together. Then gives bulleted lists dealing with the introduction and conclusion separately. The conclusion list explains how to make a conclusion go beyond a mere summary...
English Club
English Club: What Is English?: History of the English Language
A brief history of the development of the English language including a timeline.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing a Persuasive Essay
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses the structure and procedure for writing a persuasive essay. Assessment questions are included.
Leaf Group
E How: Discover: How to Write a Statistical Paper
An explanation of how to write a paper that reports statistical information and analysis.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Common Errors in Body Paragraphs
This lesson goes over common issues in body paragraphs.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This lesson goes over tips an techniques for writing an effective topic sentence. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Answering the Opposition in a Persuasive Essay
This page explains when and how to answer the opposing claims in a persuasive essay.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Introduction to Effective Paragraphs
This is an introduction to recognizing and evaluating effective paragraphs.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Academic Argument: Introduction to Argumentative Thesis Statements
This introduction focuses on evaluating argumentative thesis statements. Click on the Next link at the bottom right for more information.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Putting It Together: Academic Argument
This is a summary of the academic argument learning objectives including constructing a debatable thesis statement, avoiding logical fallacies, building common ground with readers, and incorporating rebuttal and refutation.
British Library
British Library: Virtual Reference Library
This site provides links to several on-line dictionaries. Students may desire to consult a few dictionary definitions of their focus term prior to beginning a definition essay.
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Structure
Click through an overview of how to structure an essay, including the introduction, body, and conclusion. Use the list on the right side to learn all of the elements of an essay.
Other
Academic Help: Writing Samples: Expository Essay Samples
Links to several examples of expository essays in order to better understand the process and end result of a well written expository essay.
Other
English 100: Persuasive Essay
This tutorial provides writing instructions and ideas to help the student in preparing a persuasive essay.