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GRAMMAR & COMPOSITION
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Guide to Grammar and Writing – Contains a very intensive guide from word and sentence, paragraph to essay and research paper level for grammar and writing.
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Elements of Style – A handy electronic reference by William Strunk, Jr. which answers grammatical questions on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
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Guide to Grammar & Writing – A professionally designed site that includes lessons on sentences, essays, paragraphs. Also included are practice quizzes and other English links.
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Writing Den – Improve your English reading, writing and listening skills with this interactive site. Fresh topics and great online activities!
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Paradigm Online Writing Assistant – A comprehensive online resource for writing.
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Basic Guide to Essay Writing – A step-by-step guide to writing a basic essay, along with links to other essay-writing resources
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ABCs of the Writng Process – Provides a user friendly online resource, for students or teachers, no matter what they are being challenged to write.
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LITERATURE
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Toolkit – Small Business Guide – Examine what’s involved in starting your own business, and assess whether self-employment is right for you; earn how to create a winning business plan; examine a wide variety of ways to get the money you need to start a business and more…
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The Web Concordances – “The first interactive literary concordance system on the Web.” This site contains the works of Shelley, Coleridge, Keats and other Romantic poets, with concordances for all poems and workbooks for some.
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Multicultural Pavilion – Outstanding sources for tons of literatures.
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Poetry.com – International Library of Poetry, poets and poems, poetry glossary, poetry techniques, love poems, greatest poets, poetry rhyming dictionary and poetry contest. It is the world’s largest online poetry resources.
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Poets.org – A resource from the Academy of American Poets with thousands of poems, essays, biographies, weekly features, and poems for love and every occasion.
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The Complete Works of William Shakespeare – Browse a Shakespeare glossary.
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Shakespeare Resource Center – You’ll find here collected links from all over the World Wide Web to help you find information on William Shakespeare. There are millions of pages that reference Shakespeare on the Internet. This site aims to make it a little easier to find your sources.
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Myths and Legends – Collection of links to myth and legend related pages from different cultures. Brief descriptions of the sites are included as are links to medieval pages and early works of SF.
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Author Guides – It contains pointers to individual author guides or other cumulative documents that deal with literary writers.
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Plagiarism Information Packet – This packet provides students a comprehensive understanding of plagiarism: it’s definition, it’s many forms, as well as strategies to avoid it.
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Citation Style Guide – Contains MLA, APA, CBE, Chicago style guides for citing an internet resource.
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A Research Guide for Students – Provides all the necessary tools for students to conduct research and to present their findings.
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Writng a Research Paper – A helpful research writing guide from Purdue Writing Lab.
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A+ Research and Writing – Step-by-step guide to researching and writing. It is also linked to online texts, newspapers, and magazines; and the Ask A Question online reference service.
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Hot Paper Topics – Created by St. Ambrose Universty, this site contains links for hot topics from Affirmative Action to Welfare.
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PUBLIC SPEAKING
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Speech and Public Speaking – Tips and resources for and delivering a speech.
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Preparing Speeches – Includes information and step-by-step guide on how to prepare speeches in the classroom, boardroom, at the lectern or whenever it’s your turn to speak in public or private.
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SpeechTips.com – “A free guide to speech writing and delivery for every occasion. From best man speeches to eulogies.”
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