This tutorial focuses on transitions including transitional devices, lists of common transition words and phrases, transitions between paragraphs with examples, and separate lists of transition words for descriptive, narrative, and...

This tutorial on writing essays contains several sections pertaining to the thesis. These include thesis definition, characteristics, analysis of thesis to gather and shape information, and topic sentences. Many examples given. W.9-10.2...

This site from the University of Ottawa provides a wonderfully designed website that not only gives you exhaustive information on paragraph writing. Students will engage in starting with outlines, writing topic sentences, dividing their...

Persuasive writing is the topic of this article. Students will learn the parts of the persuasive essay and how to write an effective persuasive essay.

Discusses finding a logical order for the ideas you wish to present in your essay. Uses samples to show how changing the position of the topic sentence changes the emphasis. Briefly touches on transitions. Then discusses the outline as...

This site discusses the topic of patterns of organization of paragraphs. Links with video content and further explanations about the following patterns of organization topics are provided: sequence, spatial, cause and effect; order of...

Website dedicated to controversial issues lays out the both sides of the arguments made on whether or not Tsarnaev should recieve the death penalty. Resources for students include summary of events, pro con list, and links to related...

What do you want your audience to remember the most about the topic of your speech? This is will be your central idea and it can be boiled down to one sentence! Follow these guidelines for writing a concise central idea and then practice...

An explanation of the most common grammatical errors that Portuguese speakers are likely to make in English. Each error is analyzed, with special attention to mistakes Portuguese speakers typically make when translating their language's...