How to Write an Essay:

Write an Essay
http://www.write-an-essay.com/
offers specific tips and useful links for those writing essays

Essay Info: Essay Writing Center
http://essayinfo.com/
has information on all aspects of essay writing, including information on specific types of essays

The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org/
... helps students think about how to conceive a writing project. This site contains sections on discovering what to write, organizing, revising and editing your writing, various types of essays, including thesis/support, argumentative, exploratory, and informal, and documenting sources. Each section is accompanied by activities, which help the student to incorporate the concepts.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab (OWL)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
....offers over 100 handouts on English writing skills. The collection could be called an online grammar book or a basic writing course.

Topics:

Librarian's Guide to the Best Information on the Net
http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Default.htm
this site has great links to web sites categorized by Hot Paper Topics, Resources by Major, and  Alphabetical Index. Links to information on topics such as gun control, smoking issues, drugs, censorship, child abuse, serial killing, and welfare reform can be found here.

Argumentative Topics
http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/english/topicarg.html
here is a list of topics that are suitable for argumentative essay assignments. Suggested thesis statements and a list of web links to pertinent information are provided for each topic.

Essay Topics
http://www.pccc.cc.nj.us/english/essay_topics.html
Topics include: Criminal Justice & Society, Education, Business, Technology, and Health, Leisure & Adolescence.

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