If you don't see information below on a specific type of document, check Business, Scientific and Technical Writing.

Abstracts (see also, Precis)

• http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/abstract.html - Discusses the purpose of an abstract and what should be included.
• http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/wrabstract.html - UWC's handout defines the abstract, lists the qualities it should have, and then describes it in terms of style.
• http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/bizwrite/abstracts.html - Lists the qualities of an effective abstract and the steps for achieving one.

Academic Proposals

• http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/proposal.html - Provides an explanation of what an academic proposal should accomplish and what elements it should contain.
• http://www.olemiss.edu/depts/writing_center/gracproposal.html - University of Mississippi's Writing Center provides a thorough look at what an academic proposal should look like.
• http://www.brandeis.edu/uaafys/scholarships/proposal.html#general - Explains what an academic proposal should demonstrate in an easy to follow format.

Annotated Bibliographies

• http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm - Brief and concise procedural overview of how to construct an annotated bibliography.
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_annotatedbib.html - Defines the annotated bibliography and explains the purpose of doing one. Touches on format briefly and provides examples.
• http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/AnnotatedBibliography.html - This well organized and easy to navigate site describes annotation content as indicative, informative, evaluative, or a combination; sample entries are given of each type.
• http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/8/74/ - Provides a sample entry written in sentence fragments and a more comprehensive one written in full sentences for comparison. Also supplies a list of questions helpful in determining what should go into the annotation.

• http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/34/76/ -This UWC handout gives a general overview of reviews and critques.
• http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/bkrev.html - A good overview of the book review/ article critique; provides links to London Review of Books and New York Review of Books as well.
• http://www.english.udel.edu/wc/student/handouts/critical_reviews.html  - Notes the difference between a critical review and an abstract or a summary, and then gives an idea of how to go about getting started on a critical review.
• http://library.queensu.ca/inforef/bookreview/wri.htm - Gives a step-by-step procedure for first, getting a general idea about a book, and second, analyzing and evaluating a book.

• http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~leslieob/pizzaz.html offers creative ways to help with writing poetry and fiction. It also provides a link to a site that allows for online publication of creative writing.
• http://www.fsu.edu/~butler/  Pulitzer prize winner Robert Olen Butler takes you deep inside the process of fictional writing. You can learn, from an expert, how to manifest ideas and write creative stories by drawing from some of the most seemingly simple sources, such as artwork from postcards like Butler uses.
• http://www.teachingcompany.com/sensei/revising.ppt presents effective techniques to improve creative writing, such as advice on sentence-making, word choice, and perspective.
• http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/jankej/Writing/tips.htm - This webpage is from Dakota State University. It focuses on fiction writing and gives information regarding the seven major components of a fiction story.
• http://articles.worldvillage.com/creative_writing_tips_have_you_established_your_main_character_at_the_start.html - This webpage focuses specifically on characters in a story. It gives special attention to the main character, and elaborates on how to develop him or her.
• http://www.writingclasses.com/ - This site from the Gotham Writers' Workshop provides a multitude of information on various types of creative writing, including non-fiction, poetry, plays, science fiction, and songs. It also provides information about how to publish your work.

Essay Exams

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_essay.html -States the characteristics of a well-written essay exam, and then explains how to write one.
• http://www.csbsju.edu/academicadvising/help/testskil.htm - Clear and succinct directions for how to approach an essay examination.
• http://mockingbird.creighton.edu/REDOER - This site offers a mnemonic to help remember its suggested steps for taking an essay exam.

• Columbia Journalism Review's Language Corner is a rich resource for usage and style guidelines.

• General
  • http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/findlitcrit.html - Helpful for A&M students since it provides links to resources in our library.
  • http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/guide.html - A criticism guide from the Internet Public Library.
  • http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/ - Excellent collection of literary resources maintained by Jack Lynch of Rutgers University.
  • http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/5/76/ - A series of questions to guide you through writing about literature.
  • http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/lit.html - If you're looking for a few quick questions to spur your thoughts and get you started with a literature analysis, the UWC handout on the subject may be helpful.
  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_lit.html - This site begins with the question: "What makes for a good literature paper?" and then discusses how to write about literature in terms of argument, topic, research, and documentation.
    http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/literature.html -  Explains why writing about literature can seem like a "mystifying process" for some, and then offers a nine step process as a solution.
  • http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html - Begins with the title "Critical Reading: A Guide," but don't be deceived! This site is about much more. It includes insights into analyzing poetry, fiction, prose, and how to write an analytical essay.
  • http://www.library.utoronto.ca/utel/glossary/headerindex.html provides a comprehensive glossary of literary theory terms.
• Poetry
  • http://www.unc.edu/depts/wcweb/handouts/poetry-explication.html describes, in great detail, how to explicate a poem. Offers definitions of common poetry terms as well as methods for starting and producing poetry analysis. Links to other writing handouts.
  • https://my.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/Writing_About_Poetry.PDF explains how to analyze and interpret poetry by developing a thesis and an argument.
  • http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_poetry.html - Answers the question many students ask when it comes to writing about poetry: "What's the Point?" and then follows the answer (a bulleted list) with discussions of theme, genre, versification, figures of speech, and cultural context.
  • http://library.thinkquest.org/23846/writing_guide/poetry.html?tqskip1=1&tqtime=0906 provides an easy way to begin the process of analyzing poetry.
  • http://writingcenter.tamu.edu/content/view/473/76/ - Uses a series of questions to guide you through the process of analyzing or writing a poem.
• Plays
  • http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/plays.html - Points out the difference between drama and prose and provides a list of questions directed at the "special nature of dramatic works."
• Prose
  • http://www.mun.ca/writingcentre/critical_analysis.shtml - This site specifically focuses on the short story and offers links to individual sections of a model essay at the end.
  • http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/prose.html - Site provides a series of questions divided by plot, character, theme, point of view, and literary devices.
  • http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html - Begins with the title "Critical Reading: A Guide," but don't be deceived! This site is about much more. It includes insights into analyzing poetry, fiction, prose, and how to write an analytical essay.

• Literature Reviews

  • http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html - Gives a thorough overview of what a literature review should accomplish.
  • http://library.ucsc.edu/library/ref/howto/literaturereview.html - This well organized site offers links to other resources related to the literature review.

Personal Statements

• http://www.essayedge.com/promo/samplework.shtml  - Provides samples of original personal statements with edited revisions and critiques. The samples cover college, Business School, Graduate School, Law School, and Medical Programs.

• http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/personal_statement.shtml - Writing Tutorial Service (Indiana University, Bloomington) includes some good tips about the writing a personal statement, with an example statement.

• http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/pw/p_perstate.html - Purdue provides solid instructions on how to write a personal statement along with advice from admission representatives from top universities.

• http://uga.berkeley.edu/apa/personalstatement/index.htm - Describes a good personal statement in terms of what it does, and then describes the essay structure and the process for writing a personal statement.
• http://library.ucsc.edu/library/ref/howto/literaturereview.html - This well organized site offers links to other resources related to the literature review.

Precis (See also, Abstracts)

• http://www.utexas.edu/courses/arens/392Enlightenment/392precistypes.html - For defintions and types of precis, including analytic, synthetic, and interpretive.

Research Proposals

Rhetorical Analysis

• http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm takes you to a dictionary of rhetorical terms such as you may already know scuh as alliteration as well as to more obscure terms scuh as aposiopesis or diacope, and many more.
  • http://www.writingcentre.ubc.ca/workshop/tools/rhet1.htm - This site from the University of British Columbia includes a detailed list of questions to ask as you are conducting a rhetorical analysis.

Summaries

• http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/summariesTOC.html - This site is organized around a series of links all relating to summary; the first link explains why developing the skill of summary writing is important, and the last three give you a chance to practice summarizing.
• http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/writer_resources/writing_tips/summaries.htm- Simple and straightforward, this site defines, states the purpose of summaries, and gives a brief explanation of the "how-to." It provides a sample paragraph and summary.
• http://uwc.tamu.edu/handouts/writing/wrsummary.html - Our UWC handout combines a definition with a step-by-step plan for constructing a summary.