The Purdue Global Writing Center supports writers in college composition and across the curriculum with resources that cover a range of topics on college writing from audience and formality to assignment types and sample essays and argumentation and rhetoric. Browse the collection below or use the search tool to locate topics on college writing and more.
AUDIENCE AND FORMALITY
ASSIGNMENTS AND ESSAYS
Writing an Annotated Bibliography
Learn how to write and format an annotated bibliography in APA Style (7th ed.).
Writing an Informative Essay
Write an informative essay by following this guide, which includes a sample informative essay outline and final paper.
ARGUMENTATION AND PERSUASION
Writing a Persuasive Essay
Write a persuasive essay following this guide, which includes a sample persuasive essay draft with instructor feedback and a revised final essay.
The Three Appeals of Argument Podcast
Learn about the three appeals of classical rhetoric: ethos, pathos, and logos.
How to Support an Argument and Avoid Logical Fallacies
Learn how to argue effectively using credible evidence and avoid logical fallacies.
Hasty Generalizations and Other Logical Fallacies
Learn to recognize common logical fallacies used in argumentative writing.
Visual and Spatial Rhetoric: Analyzing Images
Understand how to analyze visual arguments such as ads.