English/Writing
Learning Links
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Writing Essays |
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. |
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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. |
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Writing Research Papers |
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. |
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Grammar |
Interactive tests and quizzes help students augment classroom instruction. Navigating through the advertising is worth the effort. |
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Focuses on common sentence errors in a fun way, with cartoon animals showing up at unexpected times to guide student progress through the exercises. |
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| Style Guides |
McGill University calls this site its “Electronic Reference Shelf,” an all-purpose site of sites that directs students to resources for all the major style guides, and a number of minor ones. |
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Basic and easy to navigate for the first-time researcher. Covers the major style guides. |
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Citation Assistance |
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.) |
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Proofreading |
A tutorial on how to proofread. |
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Dictionary/ Thesaurus |
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. |
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Writing About Literature |
Another basic guide to writing about the various literary forms, with brief explanations of literary types, techniques, and themes. The site ends with a series of questions that guide the student through his or her own evaluation of the work. |
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Writing Book Reviews |
A brief, but thorough template for writing a review. The paper virtually writes itself as the student answers the questions in the outline provided. |
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Business, Resume Writing |
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. |
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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. |
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