Student Resources for Writing

Writing Different Types of Assignments

Your best resource for questions about assignments is your professor.  However, here are a few links that discuss some common types of assignments.  Please remember that these are just guides, and that each assignment is different.

Abstract – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center  

Annotated Bibliography – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center 

Autobiographical Reflection – The Writing Studio at Duke University 

Business Letter – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center

Close Reading - Harvard College Writing Center, Harvard University 

Critique –The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center

Ethnography – The Writing Studio at Duke University 

Film Review – The Writing Studio at Duke University 

Formal Analysis and Comparative Analysis (Art History)- The Undergraduate Writing Center at The University of Texas, Austin 

Grant Proposal – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center  

Lab Report - Texas A&M University Writing Center

Literature Review – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center 

Oral History – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center 

Policy Memo – The Writing Studio at Duke University

Response Paper – The Writing Studio at Duke University 

Summary –The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing Center 

Synthesis – Writing Center of Princeton