Writing Help: Specific Types of Writing
Resources for students working on different types of writing, from literature reviews to essays to business reports.
What are you working on?
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What are you working on? Here are some resources on different types of writing, from lab reports to comparative essays.
- Specific Types of WritingBook reviews, article critiques, literature reviews, academic proposals, abstracts, comparative essays, admission letters, application letters, lab reports, and presentations.
- Guides for Various Disciplines and TopicsPersonal statements, scientific reports, discussion board postings, in-class essays, literature reviews, business genres, PowerPoint presentations, personal statements, and introductions and conclusions for humanities papers.
- OWL Purdue Guide to Subject-Specific WritingThis guide includes resources and advice on a range of different types of writing, from engineering reports to writing about poetry. Categorized according to discipline.
Reflective Writing
- DEAL Model of Critical ReflectionThe DEAL model, which centers on reflective practice in the context of applied and experiential learning, has garnered significant recognition among post-secondary institutions in North America as a prominent framework for nurturing critical reflection.
- Reflective Writing ExamplesA summary of different types of reflective writing, including examples.
- Experiential and Reading ReflectionsDescribes approaches to experiential and reading reflective inquiry.
Discussion Board Posts & Emailing Professors
- Posting to Discussion BoardsA recommended process for crafting a discussion board post, including replying to others' posts.
- Emailing a ProfessorA simple description of how to email your professor, including an example.
- Student Email EtiquetteExplains some basic principles for emailing instructors.
CVs, Resumes, Cover Letters
Grant Proposals
- Sample Grant Proposals: Undergraduate ResearchersAnnotated sample grant proposals from undergraduate student researchers across the disciplines.
- Grant Proposal Writing Guide and ExamplesLearn the basics for planning and writing a grant proposal. Includes examples.
Writing Abstracts
- Writing Abstracts in the Sciences and Humanities
A detailed guide to writing an abstract, with science and humanities examples.
Writing the Literature Review
- Library Workshop:Conducting SearchesA USask workshop on comprehensive searching for your literature review.
- Library Workshop: Writing Literature ReviewsLearn how to organize a thematic literature review using CARS (Create a Research Space) moves in this workshop.
- Literature Review Planning ToolEnter the due date for your literature review, and this guide will give you a series of dated steps toward completion.
- General Features and Types of Literature ReviewsA basic explanation of the general features of literature reviews in the humanities, sciences, and social sciences.
- Literature Review Goals and Sample AnalysisThis guide demonstrates how to evaluate the form, function, and content of a literature review in a PhD thesis.
- The Basics of Literature ReviewsHelpful guides on the basics of writing a literature review, from the University of Edinburgh.
Writing a Critical Review
- Writing a Critical ReviewA handy table that walks you through the process of writing a literature review: questions, structure, and typical phrasing.
- Critiquing a Research PaperFrom the University of Calgary, elements of a critique and questions to consider.
- The Process of Writing a ReviewFrom Queen's, a resource that walks through the process of composing a literature review.
Blogging and Writing for the Web
- How to Write an Effective Blog PostTips for writing blog posts from Syracuse University.
- Writing for the WebTips for writing web-based content from Rutgers University.
- How to Email a ProfessorA PowerPoint presentation from the Purdue Online Writing Lab outlining how to create emails destined for professors.