Web Links

Writing Process

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  Advice for writing a variety of college papers, with samples and activities.
  

• Purdue Online Writing Lab
  Searchable collection of more than 130 handouts on writing, including planning, organizing, revising, editing, and proofreading.
  

• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  Advice on writing at every level, from the writing process through grammar.

Critical Thinking and Argument

• 35 dimensions of critical thought
  An extensive list of strategies for critical thinking and writing, from the Foundation for Critical Thinking.
  

• An overview of critical reading
  Extensive guidance on reading critically, from Colorado State University.
  

• Brainstorming a paper topic
  Ways to discover and develop interesting ideas, from Bemidji State University.
  

• Choosing a subject
  Tips on deciding what to write about, from the Paradigm Online Writing Assistant.
  

• Planning
  Advice on finding and narrowing a subject, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Yahoo!
  A Web search engine organized by subject.
  

• BUBL LINK
  A catalog of academic Web resources organized by subject.
  

• Librarians' index to the Internet
  A collection of subject-related links compiled by librarians.
  

• Tile.net
  A searchable index of Internet discussion and information lists.
  

• Google groups
  A searchable archive of newsgroup subjects and messages.

• Pre-writing: Keeping a Journal
  Advice on using freewriting to overcome writer's block, from the University of Richmond.
  

• Overcoming writer's block
  Advice on drafting and writer's block, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Avoiding Writer's Block
  Tips on avoiding writer's block, from George Mason University.

Collaboration

• A guide to gracious criticism
  Strategies for offering constructive criticism to a peer or colleague, from George Mason University.

Revision

• The editing and rewriting process
  Editing and proofreading tips, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Revising your writing
  A guide to making local and global revisions, from Paradigm Online Writing Assistant.

• Editing and proofreading strategies for revision
  Revising papers, with examples and links to additional resources, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

Editing and proofreading

• Proofreading strategies
  Help with revising papers, with examples and links to additional resources, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Paragraphs

• Glossing your ideas
  Ideas for checking the development and organization of paragraphs, from the University of Richmond.
  

• Paragraph development and topic sentences
  Building paragraphs using topic sentences, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.

Paragraph development

• Patterns of development
  Developing and organizing paragraphs with the patterns of development, from Colorado State University.

Introductions and conclusions

• A proper introduction
  Functions of and strategies for introductions, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Strategies for writing a conclusion
  Tips and examples for writing successful conclusions, from Saint Cloud State University.

Paragraph unity

• Paragraphs
  Help with paragraph unity and other features of paragraph structure, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.
  

• Paragraph unity
  From the University of British Columbia.

Thesis statement

• Stating your thesis
  Information about creating a thesis statement for an argument, from Paradigm Online Writing Assistant.
  

• Writing a thesis statement
  Tips on thesis statements for different types of essays with links to other sources on thesis statements, from the Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Thesis statements

• The thesis statement
  Principles and examples related to thesis statements, from the Guide to Grammar and Writing.
  

• Thesis statements
  Examples and exercises, from the University of Richmond.

Purpose

• Purpose
  How purpose influences writing, from Colorado State University.

Evidence

• Evidence and proof
  Information about using evidence and proof in arguments, from Colorado State University.
  

• The nature of evidence
  Guidance on rational, emotional, and ethical appeals, from the College of DuPage.

Alternate views

• Showing you are aware of both sides of an issue
  An in-depth tutorial exploring opposing views in arguments, from ESL Planet. Though prepared for nonnative English speakers, the tutorial is valuable for native speakers as well.
  

Fallacies

• Fallacies
  A comprehensive list of common fallacies with examples, from the Nizkor Project.
  

• Informal fallacies
  Definitions of 44 informal fallacies, classified into seven types, from Arizona State University.

• Writing argumentative essays
  A guide to reading and writing arguments, from ESL Planet.
  

• Writing argumentative essays
  Extensive guidance on writing arguments, from Paradigm Online Writing Assistant.

Audience

• Audience awareness
  A guided tour promoting audience awareness for writers, from Colorado State University.