Essay-Writing Skills

The Five Paragraph Essay
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/5paragraph_edit.htm

Writing Basics
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr1.htm

Tips for Writing a Rough Draft
http://www.arc.sbc.edu/roughdraft.html

Building the Essay Draft
http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/
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Formal Writing Assignments
http://mind.phil.vt.edu/www/1204fwa.html

Essay Outline Form
http://www.troyst.edu/writingcenter/handouts/essay_outline_form.html

Narrative Essays
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/narrative.html

Descriptive Essays
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/descriptive.html

The Definition Essay
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/definition.html

Writing a Process Essay
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/process.html

Comparison/Contrast Essays
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/comparcontrast.html


Essay-Writing Web Sites with Multiple Links

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
http://members.tripod.com/~lklivingston/essay/

Writing Center
http://www.richmond.edu/%7Ewriting/wweb.html

Essay Writing Workshop
http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/
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Shaping Information (Thesis Statement)
http://www.esc.edu/ESConline/Across_ESC/WritersComplex.nsf/
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Citing Sources

The Correct Use of Borrowed Information
http://www.winthrop.edu/wcenter/WritingProgram/plagiar.htm

The Writing Lab Guide to Documentation, MLA Style
http://www.bcc.ctc.edu/writinglab/MLA.html

Documentation Formats
http://www.esc.edu/esconline/across_esc/writerscomplex.nsf/
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Writing Essay Answers on Tests

Writing Expository Essays
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr3.htm
Writing Essay Exams
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html

Taking Essay Tests
http://hyde.park.uga.edu/%7Ecrice/essaytest.html

Checklist for Essay Tests
http://www.mtsu.edu/%7Estudskl/essay.html

Essay Tests
http://www.utexas.edu/student/utlc/handouts/1446.html

The Essay Type Test
http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/tsttak4.htm

A Guide for Writing Essay Examinations
http://english.ttu.edu/uwc/eexamsb.html

Writing Well on Essay Exams
http://reach.ucf.edu/~uwc/Writing%20Resources/Handouts/writing_essay_exams.htm

Suggestions for Taking Essay Exams
http://english.ttu.edu/uwc/eexamsa.html

The Writing of a History Essay Examination
http://www.coun.uvic.ca/learn/program/hndouts/histexam.html