World Wide Web Sites on Essay Writing

Athabasca University does not accept responsibility for the content and links within the URLs (Uniform Resource Locators) listed in this course. Students are advised to exercise their own discretion and good judgement in pursuing these electronic references. Athabasca University will endeavour to remove references to objectionable materials and Internet sites in its courseware.

There are numerous Web sites on the Internet which will provide you with further direction on the different essay types if you feel you need it. As of Summer 1998, here are a few that will be helpful for this course.

Expository Essay

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
http://www.powa.org

University of Victoria, Dept. of English. “UVic Writer's Guide: The Expository Essay.”
http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/ExpositoryEssay.html

Comparison and Contrast Essay

Denny, H. Temple University Writing Centre. “Comparison/Contrast Essays.” 1998. http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/comparison.html

Persuasive Essay

University of Victoria, Dept. of English. “UVic Writer's Guide: The Persuasive Essay.” http://web.uvic.ca/wguide/Pages/PersuasiveEssay.html

Temple University Writing Centre http://www.temple.edu/writingctr/student_resources.htm

University of St. Thomas http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/wrtstr4.htm

Research and Analysis Essay

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign http://www.deil.uiuc.edu/eslservice/writing.html

University of Victoria, Dept. of English. “UVic Writer's Guide: The Research Essay.” www.deil.uiuc.edu/eslservice/writing.html

Writing Structure

Landsberger, Joe. ISS/Learning Center, University of St. Thomas. “Writing Structure.” 1998. http://www.iss.stthomas.edu/studyguides/wrtstr.htm

Centre for Language and Literature. Athabasca University. “Literary Resources.” 1998. http://www.athabascau.ca/cll/essaywrite.html

Psychology Centre, Writing Resources http://psych.athabascau.ca/html/aupr/writinghelp.htm