General |
English Grammar and Practice |
GHC Professor Shiloh
Winsor's English Grammar Help and Resources. Practice 8 parts of
speech, subject verb identification, subject verb agreement, pronoun
agreement, and sentence combining. Site also has links to other
English and grammar resources. |
Guide to
Grammar and Writing |
An index of over 400
terms related to grammar, writing, and composition with links to
explanations and examples. Includes links to quizzes and frequently
asked questions. |
The
OWL at Purdue University |
The home page points the way to a wealth of
topics that encompass anything the writer needs. Easy to navigate,
strong in practical professional writing assistance, esp. job search,
resumes. Grammar concentrates on common mistakes. |
LEO: Literacy
Education Online |
Home page presents a
detailed outline of writing topics. This resource provides succinct,
concise explanations and examples, with a useful section on everything
that goes into forming sentences. |
Writing
Essays |
Paradigm
Online Writing Assistant |
This site takes
essay writers from deciding what to write all the way to documenting
sources. Highlighting a major essay topic activates a separate, useful
pull-down menu with brief, concise examples. |
The Nuts and Bolts of College Writing |
Practical advice for
how to build an essay from the ground up. A simple, comprehensive guide
directs students from thinking, through style and structure to
documentation. |
Writing Research Papers |
Monroe
Community College:
The New Guide
to Writing |
An excellent
resource for students writing their first research papers. Walks the
student through explanations of terms, themes, and requirements. An
especially valuable introduction to documenting sources and avoiding
plagiarism. |
Grammar |
The Blue
Book of Grammar and Punctuation |
Interactive tests
and quizzes help students augment classroom instruction. Navigating
through the advertising is worth the effort. |
Grammar Bytes! |
Focuses on common
sentence errors in a fun way, with cartoon animals showing up at
unexpected times to guide student progress through the exercises. |
| Style Guides |
University of Wisconsin-Madison: The Writing Center |
Basic and easy to
navigate for the first-time researcher. Covers the major style guides. |
Citation Assistance |
Landmarks Citation Machine |
This site is so easy
to use, students feel as though they’re cheating. Choose from among the
appropriate print or electronic resources in the menu, fill out the
blocks with the information requested, and the Landmark Citation Machine
renders in-text and bibliographic references in both APA and MLA style.
(Warning: may miss style nuances.) |
Proofreading |
Indiana University:
Writing Tutorial Services |
A tutorial on how to
proofread. |
Dictionary/
Thesaurus |
Merriam-Webster OnLine |
Check spelling by
keying a word into the box at the top of the web page. The thesaurus
works the same way. If you misspell the word, the site provides the ten
closest matches or dumps you into a search engine already paged to the
appropriate sites. |
Writing
About Literature |
Guidelines
for Reading and Analyzing Fiction |
This handout describes some steps for planning and writing papers about fiction texts. The site also has guides for writing about other kinds of literature, such as writing about drama and poetry explications.
|
Writing
Book
Reviews |
Indiana University:
Writing Tutorial Services |
A brief, but
thorough template for writing a review. The paper virtually writes
itself as the student answers the questions in the outline provided. |
Business, Resume Writing |
LEO: Literacy
Education Online |
Home page presents a
detailed outline of writing topics. This resource provides succinct,
concise explanations and examples, with a useful section on everything
that goes into forming sentences. |
Writing Abstracts |
Colorado State University:
Writing Abstracts |
A guide to
abstracts, starting with purpose and description, taking students
through a series of examples. An especially valuable “key issues”
section finishes the web page. |
