Useful Resources on the Kibin Blog
Linking an author to online resources can save you a lot of time and explanation in your feedback and comments. Kibin's blog is chock-full of excellent content about essay writing that provides clear explanations and actionable tips for all the different working parts of an essay.
Notice someone's conclusion is a bit weak? We've got a post for that! Does your client need some sentence variety to spice up their flow? There's one for that too! The blog has a great search feature, and it's very likely we have a post explaining how to address just about any issue you might encounter in a student essay. (If you can't find a post on something, let Erin or Nikki know; we're always open to suggestions for more content!)
Here's a list of posts Kibin editors link to often:
Writing Tips
- One Persuasive Writing Technique You Can’t Write Without
- Authoritative Voice: How to Write Like You Mean It
- 3 Types of Essay Support That Prove You Know Your Stuff
- How to Make an Essay Longer Without Writing Useless Fluff
- Why Eliminating Wordiness Is So Important for Your Essay
- Concise Writing: How to Write a Strong Essay With Fewer Words
- Loose Ends: How to End an Essay With Authority
- 8 Components of a Smart Literary Analysis
- How to Write a Good Essay: Stop Summarizing, Start Commentating
- How to Avoid Plagiarism in Your Essay Writing
- 10 Examples of Paraphrasing for a Smarter, Better Essay
- How to Put a Quote in Your Essay Like a Pro
Personal Statement and Admissions Essay Help
- How to Write a Personal Statement That Makes a Statement
- How to Start a Personal Statement the Right Way
- 11 Secrets to Good College Essays
- How to Come up with College Essay Ideas that Stand Out
- 10 Common Types of College Essay Prompts–and How to Crush Them
Posts About Specific Essay Types
- How to Write a Discussion Post That Makes the Grade
- 7 Essay Outline Templates to Get Your Essay Going
- How to Show Don’t Tell in Your Narrative Essay
- How to Write a Surprisingly Good Synthesis Essay
- How to Write a Literary Analysis That Works
- Literary Analysis Essay Tips From a Kibin Editor
- The Argumentative Essay: Everything You Need to Know
Basic Elements of Essays
- What’s Missing From Your Introduction Paragraph (and How to Fix It)
- How to Write an Essay Introduction in 3 Easy Steps
- 15 Thesis Statement Examples to Inspire Your Next Argumentative Essay
- How to Write a Thesis Statement in 5 Simple Steps
- How to Make a Thesis Statement the Easy Way (Infographic)
- What Is a Counterargument in an Argumentative Essay?
- What Is a Rebuttal, and How Do You Write an Effective One?
- How to Write a Killer Essay Conclusion
- 20 Essay Conclusion Examples to Help You Finish Strong
Paragraph and Sentence-level Help
- Anatomy of the Perfect Essay Paragraph Structure
- How to Write a Paragraph That Supports Your Thesis
- 12 Examples of Good Topic Sentences (and Why They Work)
- Here Is the Right Way and the Wrong Way to Write Topic Sentences
- What Is a Hook Sentence? (Infographic)
- How to Write Good Hook Sentences
- 15 Rhetorical Devices That Will Spice Up Your Essays
- How to Improve Sentence Variety in Your Essays (and Why You Should Care)
- 5 Punctuation Rules You Need to Know