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Livingston: Basic Guide to Essay Writing
This tutorial lists and discusses the steps to writing a good essay and provides a downloadable guide. It also allows you to view a sample essay. W.11-12.2a Intro/Format
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Boundless Communications: Conclusion
This lesson focuses on writing the conclusion of your speech including the role of the conclusion, summarizing ideas, signaling the end, and managing Q&A.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Introductions, Body Paragraphs, and Conclusions
This handout focuses on what an exploratory or inquiry paper is and how to write the introduction including the questions you need to answer and setting the context, stating why the main idea is important, and stating your research...
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Academic Writing: Essay Writing
An overview of essay writing in general with additional pages discussing descriptive, narrative, expository, and argumentative essays.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Conclusions
This lesson plan focuses on strategies for writing effective conclusions. It provides a list of strategies and a sample essay.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Putting It Together: Beyond the Five Paragraph Essay
This lesson focuses on strategies for moving essay writing beyond the five-paragraph essay structure to one whose structure is determined by the content. W.11-12.4 Clear/Coherent Writing
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Key Sentences
This lesson focuses on effective paragraph construction especially topic sentences.
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Wheeling Jesuit University: How to Write a Cause Effect Essay [Pdf]
This writing lab explains the terms "cause" and "effect" and how to write cause-effect essays.
W. W. Norton
W.w. Norton & Company: Elements of the Essay: Thesis
An explanation and examples of interpretive claims and evaluative claims in a thesis statement. Click on list on the right for more information about elements of the essay.
Leaf Group
Classroom: How to Write Narrative Conclusions
This article focuses on how to write conclusions for narratives by sharing a takeaway message, a lesson or a reflection -- a new discovery of meaning in life -- for your reader. W.9-10.3e Conclusion, W.11-12.3e Narrative Conclusion
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin School: Research Paper: Writing a Conclusion
An excellent tip sheet on how to write and develop a conclusion to a research paper. Includes in-depth information and examples.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Analysis of Relative Values of Specific Data, Facts, and Ideas
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] In this lesson we will talk about reviewing the facts and data you use to support your arguments and assessing the reliability of the sources you use.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Effective Intro & Conclusion & Variety of Sentence Structures
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson focuses on the introduction which establishes the context for the information that will form the body of the essay, connecting the conclusion to the introduction,...
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina: The Writing Center: Conclusions
Offers strategies for writing conclusions, things to avoid, and examples of effective conclusions.
Harvard University
Harvard Univ.: Harvard College Writing Center: Ending the Essay: Conclusions
This resource teaches how to write a conclusion for an essay. Also includes a few pointers on how not to end one.
Leaf Group
E How: How to Write a Briefing Paper
This article by Jody Hanson explains how to write a briefing paper, a concise communication to keep people up to date on the status of a project and any changes.
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Study.com: Parts of an Argument: Claims, Counterclaims, Reasons, and Evidence
This lesson explains the parts of an argument essay. [To unlock this lesson you must be a Study.com Member.]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Identify the Role Learn More
Some questions ask you to describe the individual role that a statement is playing in a larger argument. These questions require you to understand the statement in question, but even more important is your understanding of its context...
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides and Strategies: The Five Paragraph Essay
A major requirement of the five paragraph essay is the use of sufficient, appropriate, and interesting supporting details. Use this guide for the entire process of writing the five paragraph essay, or focus on the section about...
University of Richmond
University of Richmond: What Is Analysis?
This site from the University of Richmond defines analysis through two sample paragraphs. It also contains a brief section on using analysis. A very brief site, but good, factual information is provided.
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont Colleges: Writing an Argument
Brief handout describing different forms of argument for writing.
Other
Writing Den: Essay Builder
Site that gives an overview and general rules in how to write an essay. Sections include Parts of an Essay, How to Write an Essay, and Kinds of Essays.
Other
Writing Den: Essay Builder: Definition Essay
General information and guidelines about writing definition essays. Be sure to look over the entire site for lots of information about writing.
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.