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.
Other
Tidewater Community College: Writing Center: Organizing Paragraphs and Essays
This page gives a quick, but thorough look at a few good ways to organize a piece of writing.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: How to Approach Sentence and Paragraph Sequence Questions
Tips for tackling the questions on the SAT Writing and Language Test that ask you to improve the order of sentences in a paragraph or paragraphs in a passage.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What a Pest
Students are asked to identify issues related to integrated pest management and how they affect the environment.
Other
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay: Write the Introduction
How to create a memorable introduction. This good advice can be applied to writing essays, speeches, anecdotes, and more.
Other
Writing for Business and Pleasure: Eliminate Wordiness to Write With Power
This how-to site gives writing tips for business writing. Brief explanations are provided for how to revise writing to ensure that redundant pairs, redundant modifiers, redundance categories, meaningless modifiers, and wordy expressions...
Other
Writing the in Class Essay
Key elements to consider in writing an essay. The process, time saving strategies, revising and proofreading are outlined and discussed.
University of Ottawa (Canada)
University of Ottawa: Start With an Outline
This site from the University of Ottawa provides a brief, but effective, explanation of how to use a sentence outline to organize and shape your paper.
Other
Grammar book.com: Effective Writing
Brief list from The Blue Book with examples of how to take ineffective writing and transforming it into effective writing.
University of Washington
University of Washington: Audience Analysis
A discussion of audience analysis that examines demographics, disposition, and level of knowledge.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing for an Audience: Lesson 3
A slideshow introducing the concept of writing for an audience. It is 3 of 3 in the series titled "Writing for an Audience."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Six Traits of Writing Organization
[Free Registration/Login Required] This lesson reinforces the importance of ensuring that purpose and pattern match well.
University of Richmond
University of Richmond/getting Started
Scroll to the heading "Getting Started" to find several prewriting links. Topics include "Where to Start a Paper," "Keeping a Pre-writing journal," and "Exploring Ideas Through Cubing."
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Writing Organization
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart discusses writing organization and how the organization of a written work varies based on the type of work it is. Assessment questions follow the lesson. L.9-10.3 knowledge of lang
Leaf Group
E How: So You Wanna Deliver an Effective Speech?
An article which presents instruction and advice for every step of the speech writing process. Topic areas covered include: knowing your audience, organizing your speech, writing your speech, how to practice correctly, and handling...
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Cohesion: Using Repetition and Reference Words
This site gives a brief overview of how to achieve cohesion or coherence in writing. It explains how the repeating of key words and using reference words help tie ideas together. Use link in first paragraph to find charts of transitional...
Other
Philosophe.com: Getting to Know Your Audience
Essays about understanding your audience in the development of websites. This extended discussion can enlighten the understanding the audience in writing any work.
Colorado State University
Colorado State University: How Thesis Is Related to Purpose
This table shows the progression from topic to purpose to thesis, as well as explaining the role of the thesis statement. Use the links on the right to get to the specific information you are interested in including forms to fit purpose...
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Introduction to Effective Introductions and Conclusions
This article provides an introduction to identifying strategies for writing effective introductions and conclusions. Click next on the bottom right to continue.
Lumen Learning
Lumen: Writing Skills: Introduction to Effective Paragraphs
This is an introduction to recognizing and evaluating effective paragraphs.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing an Outline
Check out two outlining links under the heading "Invention/Planning." "Developing an Outline" shows how to use different organizational principles. Sample outline shows a complete outline for a paper, including thesis statement and...
Other
English 100: Persuasive Essay
This tutorial provides writing instructions and ideas to help the student in preparing a persuasive essay.
Other
Public Speaking and Writing Tips
Over 20 useful tips on technical writing and public speaking. Many different categories within each topic are discussed. For public speaking tips, CLICK on the highlighted CLICK HERE at the end of paragraph 1.