ENG-2010 v1

Burnell, C., Wood, J., Babin, M., Pesznecker, S., Rosevear, N. (n.d.). The word on college reading and writing. https://openoregon.pressbooks.pub/wrd/
Part 2: Writing—Drafting: sections “Writing the First Draft,” “Writing Paragraphs,” “The Paragraph Body: Supporting Your Ideas,” “Developing Relationships between Ideas,” “Patterns of Organization and Methods of Development,” “Writing Introductions,” and “Writing Conclusions”.
These selections provide strategies on writing your essay draft, helping you get the first words on the page, then ensuring that your supporting paragraphs are well constructed, and lastly, by making sure your ideas work to support your paper’s purpose.

Excelsior Online Writing Lab. (n.d.). Finding your voice. https://owl.excelsior.edu/writing-process/finding-your-voice/
The Writing Process Chapter webpage group, only the subsections within “Finding Your Voice”
These selections from Excelsior College’s Online Writing Lab feature multiple resources designed to help you develop and recognize your academic voice. Understanding your voice in a document will help you phrase your language in a way that can be easily digested by your readers.

Harrop, J. A. (2018). The simple math of writing well: Writing for the 21st century. George Fox University. https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/the-simple-math-of-writing-well-writing-for-the-21st-century
Chapter 10: Thesis Statements, Chapter 11: Introductions, Chapter 12: Body Paragraphs, and Chapter 13: Conclusions
In these four short chapters of The Simple Math of Writing Well, the basic elements of an essay are defined and explained: thesis statements, introduction paragraphs, body (supporting) paragraphs, and conclusion paragraphs. Revisiting this section whenever formulating an essay outline will help you to be sure that the necessary information you need is ready for when you tackle the full draft!