Writing Resources

Emphasizing the Main Point

Writing topic sentences and developing a thesis statement.

• Writing a Summary of an Article

From Randolph Community College: discusses one way to write a summary with guidelines for including an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.

• Summarizing

From MIT: discusses how to summarize with examples. Contrasts summarizing and paraphrasing.

• Thesis Statements and Topic Sentences

Explains thesis statements and how to develop them; discusses topic sentences and their attributes. Provides multiple exercises.