Writing Resources

• MLA Formatting from EasyBib

• MLA Formatting from Purdue

• Annotated Student Sample Ted Talk Analysis 

General Help

• Thesis writing and how to create a good line of reasoning 

• The University of Berkley Writing Resources (look on the left side of the page) 

• Adding Depth To Your Writing: Cornell University 

Understanding the Prompt

• Tips for Reading an Assignment Prompt: Harvard Writing Center

• Task Words, Content Words, and Limiting Words Within a Prompt: The University of New South Wales

Thesis Related

• Introduction to Writing a Thesis: Harvard Writing Center

• Generating a Thesis and Troubleshooting Good vs. Bad Theses: The University of Indiana  

Body Paragraphs

• Body Paragraph Structure: The University of Arizona Writing Center 

• Quote Integration How-tos: The University of Nevada 

• Quote Integration Examples with Explanations: Valencia College 

• Phrases for Quote Integration AND Reasoning: Brandeis University 

Rebuttals

• General How-to

• Examples and Types Of Rebuttal  

Conclusion Related

• How to Restate Thesis and Summarize Arguments: University of Maryland 

• Conclusion Writing Strategies and What to Avoid: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

Overcoming Writer's Block

• How to Improve Creative Writing as a Beginner

• Creative Writing Resource Packs from the National Centre for Writing

• 100 Prompts! 

How to write poetry

• Types of Poems 

• Where to Start 

• Greatest Poets of All Time (Search their names for inspiration!) 

How to write short stories

• How-to If You Don't Know Where to Start

• Improving Dialouge

• Questions For Building Strong Characters 

• Ending Types and How to Tie Up Loose Ends