Essay Writing Guides Online

In English 432 you are required to complete three writing assignments. The essay topics for the first assignment are in the Student Manual. Before you begin working on your essay it is wise to discuss the topic with your course tutor. The phone numbers and e-mail are in the tutor letter.

Below are some essay writing guides that you can use to help you with your assignments. Remember that there is a format for citations from the Internet. It includes the titles, names, plus the date of most recent update and the complete URL. See the MLA style guides below.

Paradigm Online Writing Assistant

http://www.powa.org

MLA Guide to Online Style, by J. R. Walker

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

MLA Style (see Documenting Sources WWW)

http://www.mla.org/

The Athabasca University Library

http://library.athabascau.ca/

Critical Reading: A Guide by Professor J. Lye

http://www.brocku.ca/english/jlye/criticalreading.html

Advice on Academic Writing, University of Toronto

http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/advise.html