WRITING - HELP FILES

 

WORKS CITED

-- Need to know how to prepare a works cited list or use a quotation?  Check out these links:

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/09/ = How to format a citation for a webpage, e-mail, or other electronic source.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/01/ = How to format your first page (including your name, the title of the work, etc.)

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/02/ = How to format a quotation in your text.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/557/05/ = How to format footnotes or endnotes.

SIX-TRAIT WRITING TO IMPROVE YOUR WRITING

• Go to 6+1 TRAIT WRITING  for more information about trait writing. 

5-PARAGRAPH ESSAYS

You can also go to the links below for help with 5-paragraph essays:

• http://teenwriting.about.com/od/writingnonfiction/a/WritingEssays.htm --detailed information about what each paragraph should contain.

• http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/ -- a good overview of essay writing

• http://www.gc.maricopa.edu/English/essay/table.html -- sample essay with explanations for each paragraph and its purpose

• http://depts.gallaudet.edu/EnglishWorks/writing/fiveparagraph.html -- a sample essay on movie going