Grammar:

There are several AI tools that assist with identifying grammatical errors in a sentence or paragraph.

• Suggestive Grammar Tools: Some tools, such as Grammarly, will not change the text. Instead, these tools will simply identify potential changes, along with the reasoning, and allow the student to make the final decision.
• Generative Grammar Tools: Other tools, such as ChatGPT or Google Bard, can be asked to rewrite text and directly make the changes for the writer. However, it is possible to write a prompt asking it to suggest changes with an explanation of the reasoning behind those changes.

Sentence Structure:

AI tools can also help with sentence structure.

• Suggestive Structure Tools: Tools like Hemingway simply identify problematic areas of the writing piece, specifically emphasizing sentence structure. This allows the student to decide if they would like to change the suggested areas.
• Generative Structure Tools: More generative AI tools like ChatGPT and Gemini can assist with this task as well, either by rewriting the submission or suggesting changes if prompted to do so.

Readability:

AI tools can be helpful in identifying how readable a text is. For example, some tools can identify unclear and overly complex sentences.

• Suggestive Readability Tools: Tools such as Readable are useful in analyzing and identifying the sentence length and syllables of words within the submitted piece and then identifying how readable the submission is.
• Generative Readability Tools: Tools like ChatGPT and Gemini can be prompted to identify unclear areas and suggest or even make changes to increase readability.

Tone:

AI can analyze or adjust your content for tone to better match the needs of the audience (e.g. simple, casual, professional, formal).

• Suggestive Tone Tools: In Word Editor, you can indicate what tone you’d like to use and it will suggest changes in grammar and conciseness accordingly.
• Generative Tone Tools: Gemini can analyze a piece of text and rewrite it according to the tone requested or it can generate its own text and regenerate if you request a different tone. 

Predictive text / alternative sentences: 

When hit with writer’s block or unsure how to word an idea, students can ask AI to provide some options for the next words to use in a sentence. Some software, like Microsoft Word, have this function already built in. But other AI tools can provide more options for what the student may want to say next. Students can mix and match the results provided to come up with their own version of what the text predicted or supplied.

• Suggestive Alternative Text Tools: Some AI tools, such as Jenni*, work more as a suggestive tool and give potential words or phrases that the student could choose to use next. 
• Generative Alternative Text Tools: Students can mix and match the results provided to come up with their own version of what the text predicted or supplied. Generative AI such as ChatGPT and Google Bard can be used to write whole sentences that can be used for inspiration.

Generating Outlines:

AI tools can be helpful in creating outlines of project formats and material or timelines for completion. By submitting prompts multiple times, students can see how different emphasis on various aspects of the project and materials, or materials included or excluded, may look.

• Generative Outline Tools: Generative tools like ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Ahref’s outline generator can be prompted with details of the project to create an outline that gives students a plan to follow and a breakdown of potential layouts.

Provide examples of genres or types of writing:

When tasked with writing an unfamiliar genre, students could ask AI to provide an example of that genre, explain what the genre is, or even ask how to write that genre. This can be useful when beginning a project unlike anything else a student has done.

• Generative Example Tools: Generative AI like ChatGPT and Google Bard are helpful here, as students can ask questions regarding genre that these tools can then generate answers or examples to without having the AI write it for them.

Brainstorming ideas, headings, titles, or questions to consider:

Generative AI can be useful in helping students generate things to consider about their projects, such as headings or titles, or even questions they should consider. They can take key words or phrases regarding their topic and ask AI to tell them about the concept. Students can use these suggestions as inspiration for their own ideas.

• Generative Brainstorming Tools: Students can ask tools like ChatGPT and Google Bard for suggestions and then use these results as inspiration for their own ideas, headings, titles, or further things to consider.

Summarizing, clarifying, or paraphrasing:

Long and complicated texts can be hard to understand. AI can help students to paraphrase or simplify a submitted text, allowing them to better understand the core ideas of the text or rewrite it in their own words.

• Suggestive Paraphrasing Tool: Quillbot is a useful tool for students, as they can submit a piece of text and the tool will paraphrase it, allowing students to choose how many synonyms or similar phrases they would like the tool to use, essentially changing the degree to which the text is paraphrased.
• Generative Paraphrasing Tool: ChatGPT, Google Bard, and Scholaracy are tools that can be used to extract the main ideas of a challenging piece of writing or paraphrase it for clearer understanding.