Paper Organization

Paragraph Construction (pdf) – Review the four essential elements of a well-written paragraph and how to construct and connect your paragraphs with coherent sentences structured in such an order that they communicate a complete topic or main idea to your reader.

Outlining (pdf) – Review these steps for developing an outline that will serve as the roadmap or master plan of your paper and maintain clear support of your thesis throughout.

Organizing a Paper (pdf) – Discover how the process of organizing your paper brings together the parts of the assignment drafted during the research and writing process to develop a paper with greater clarity.

Thesis Statements – Defining, Developing, and Evaluating (pdf) – Learn how to develop a more effective thesis statement by reviewing the elements of this foundational sentence that forms the basis of your paper’s argument and sets the tone, substance, and direction of your writing in the reader’s mind.