All 20 Writing Tools
Which one do you need?
The tools above overlap in places. This is the quickest way to pick the right one.
- You are not sure which style you need
- Citation GeneratorOne page covering the major styles instead of picking blind.
- You are writing in psychology, education, or the sciences
- APA Citation GeneratorAPA is the default in most social and behavioural science courses.
- You are writing in the humanities
- MLA Citation GeneratorMLA is standard for literature and language coursework.
- You need writing to land with a specific audience
- Readability CheckerGives a grade level, which is more actionable than a vague sense that it reads heavily.
- You want a proofreading pass
- Grammar CheckerCatches the mechanical errors that survive your own re-reading.
- You need the gist of something long
- Text SummarizerPulls out the central sentences so you can decide whether to read it all.
- You need to restate something in your own words
- Paraphrasing ToolA starting point to edit, not a substitute for understanding the source.
Frequently asked questions
They follow the published formatting rules for each style, so the structure and punctuation are right when the details you enter are right. Always check the output against your assignment brief - institutions and journals apply local variations, and a citation is only as accurate as the author, date, and title you gave it.
Whichever your assignment or publisher specifies. As a rough guide: APA for psychology, education and the sciences, MLA for the humanities, Chicago for history and some publishing, IEEE for engineering and computer science. If your brief does not say, ask rather than guess.
No. Paraphrasing software rewords text without understanding it, and submitting reworded source material as your own remains plagiarism regardless of how it was produced. Use it to see an alternative phrasing of your own draft, and still cite the original source.
Somewhere around grade 8 to 10 suits a general audience, which is what most news writing targets. Technical documentation for specialists can sit higher. If your score is well above grade 12, the usual causes are long sentences and unnecessary jargon rather than difficult ideas.
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