How to Write an Analytical Thesis and Essay

  • The University of New South Wales - The Learning Center - Online study resources are available. Focuses on essay writing, exam skills, reading, notetaking and getting organized.
    • Essay & Assignment Writing - A printable handout of a general outline of the steps to writing university essays.
    • Academic Writing: Dumb Things That Smart Academic Writers Don't Do - A step-by-step guide on how-to's of academic writing
      • Essay Writing - The step-by-step guide on how-to's of essay writing
    • Edith Cowan University - Academic Skills Unit - Provides several links about geting started on assignment writing, notemaking, effective reading, critical reading, referencing, exam preparation, and time managment
  • Writing Exercises for Engineers and Science Students
    • Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) - a collection of writing handouts
  • Murdoch Univserity Link - Provides many support links (ie. for studying online, for online resources)
  • www.criticalreading.com - Discussion on how to read and write critically
  • How to Write Answers to Essay Questions - Geared for TA's on how to teach studdents to answer exam questions well
  • University of Florida - Reading & Writing & Studying - how to write with some grammer and style tips
  • Essay Tips - provides outline to basic parts of an essay; provides steps on how to write an essay
  • University of St. Thomas - Writing Persuasive Essays - Step-by-step guide to writing
    • The Basics on Essay Writing
  • How to Write a Narrative Report, Expository Essay, Critical (Review) Essay, or an Argumentative Essay - how to write a particular type of essay with a link on 'Good Writing'
  • University of Illinois - Writers' Workshop
    • Developing a Thesis Statement - How to develop a thesis statement
  • Research Paper Assistance - provides general guidelines to writing a research paper including deciding and developing a thesis
  • Internet Resources on Writing - provides a bibliography of internet websites on writing
  • Report Writing Tips and Aids - suggested steps in writing a report, essay, research paper or other original work
    • These Statements - how to write a thesis statement with some online exercises
  • Heuristics/Exercise Page - online exercises for essay development
  • Overview on Writing Essays - provides information on gathering ideas (prewriting), drafting, revising, and editing essays with some practice exercises available online
  • Paragraph PAL - Lots of exercises available with regard to writing