State of New Jersey, Department of Education

Language Arts - Writing Basics

Guide to Writing a Basic Essay Seven basic steps.  Links to sample essays and other essay web sites.
Sentence Fragments - Empire State College. "Sentence fragments, unless artfully used, suggest that your thinking is fragmented, because you're only presenting a piece of a complete thought."
Writing Process

Using a building metaphor, pictures and examples, see the Introduction, Body Paragraphs and Conclusion.

Visual Thesaurus "The Visual Thesaurus is a visual representation of the English Language. To understand the Visual Thesaurus, it is important to think more concretely about how we use language, and especially the relationship between words and meanings."