Developing an Introduction: a Top-Down Model (St. Cloud University)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/intro.html

Introductions and Thesis Statements (Sharon Williams and Laura Reidy, Hamilton College)
http://www.hamilton.edu/academics/resource/wc/Intro_Thesis.html

Developing a Thesis Statement (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/tips/thesisstmt.htm

Developing Ideas into Thesis Statements (Edmonds Community College)
http://web.edcc.edu/gvb/Thesis2.html

Statement on your Thesis (University of Victoria)
http://www.clearcf.uvic.ca/writersguide/Pages/EssayThesisStatement.html

Developing a Thesis Statement (Texas Tech University)
http://english.ttu.edu/uwc/thesis.html

Thesis Statement (St. Cloud University)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/thesistatement.html

Developing a Central Idea or Thesis (Princeton University)
http://web.princeton.edu/sites/writing/wc4c.htm

Thesis and Purpose Statements (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/ThesisStatements.html

Thesis Writing (Craig Waddell, Rensselaer)
http://www.rpi.edu/web/writingcenter/thesis.html

The Thesis Statement (University of Richmond)
http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb/thesis.html

The Opening Paragraph and Thesis Statement (Michael Harvey)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/beginning.html

Body Paragraphs and Topic Sentences (Michael Harvey)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/middle.htm

The Body Paragraph (Purdue University)
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_pgrph2.html

Strategies for Writing a Conclusion (St. Cloud State University)
http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/acadwrite/conclude.html

Writing a Conclusion (Hamilton College)
http://www.hamilton.edu/academic/Resource/WC/SampleConclusions.html

The Point of an Ending: Writing Conclusions (Michael Harvey)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/ending.html
 
 

English Mega Sites
These URL's link to comprehensive English websites that cover nearly every aspect of the writing process

Guide to Grammar and Writing (Charles Darling, Capital Community College)
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing (Michael harvey, Washington College)
http://nutsandbolts.washcoll.edu/nb-home.html

The King’s English (H. W. Fowler)
http://www.bartleby.com/116/index.html

Writing Center (University of Richmond)
http://www.richmond.edu/~writing/wweb.html

Study Web: Links for Learning (Lightspan, Inc.)
http://www.studyweb.com/Language_Arts/langtoc.htm

Sentence Sense (Evelyn Farbman and Charles Darling)
http://ccc.commnet.edu/sensen

An Overview of Language Mechanics (Flora Joy)
http://www.etsu.edu/stories/langmech.htm