Resources for Writers

Comprehensive Writing Guides

Purdue’s OWL Handouts http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html

Paradigm: Online Writing Assistant http://www.powa.org/

Guide to Writing and Grammar, Capital Community College http://ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index.htm

Internet Public Library’s A+ Research and Writing http://www.ipl.org/teen/aplus/aplus.htm

Guide to Grammar and Style http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Writing/

Grammar Handbook at the Writers’ Workshop,University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammarmenu.htm

Strunk and White’s Elements of Style http://www.bartleby.com/141/index.html

School House Rock http://www.apocalypse.org/pub/u/gilly/Schoolhouse_Rock/HTML/grammar/grammar.html

Common Errors in English http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/errors.html

Five Paragraph Essay Wizard http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Atrium/1437/

Utah Valley State College: Persuasive and Logical Writing http://www.uvsc.edu/owl/handouts/logic.html

Style Guides

MLA (Modern Language Association) http://www.mla.org/

APA (American Psychological Association) http://www.apastyle.org/

Springfield Township HS MLA Style mla.html

NoodleBib http://www.NoodleTools.com/noodlebib/

What is an Annotated Bibliography http://www.library.cornell.edu/okuref/research/skill28.htm

Springfield Township HS Research Guide http://www.springfield.k12.pa.us/rguide/

Columbia Guide to Online Style http://www.columbia.edu/cu/cup/cgos/idx_basic.html

Internet Public Library Citing Electronic Resources: http://www.ipl.org/ref/QUE/FARQ/netciteFARQ.html

Playing with Words (see also referenc.html)

Merriam-Webster Online Language Center http://www.m-w.com/dictionary.htm

Your Dictionary.com http://www.yourdictionary.com/

Roget’s Thesaurus http://humanities.uchicago.edu/forms_unrest/ROGET.html

Wordsmyth--the Educational Dictionary-Thesaurus http://www.wordsmyth.net/

Exploding Dictionary http://projects.ghostwheel.com/dictionary/

Encarta World Dictionary http://dictionary.msn.com/

Organizers

Learning Network Printable Organizers http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-6293.html

SCORE Graphic Organizers http://www.sdcoe.k12.ca.us/score/actbank/torganiz.htm

WriteDesign Online Graphic Organizers http://www.writedesignonline.com/organizers/

Speeches

(see also PowerPoint resources at ppt.html)

Allyn and Bacon’s Public Speaking Website http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/

Virtual Presentation Assistant http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm

Learn2 Write a Speech http://www.learn2.com/06/0694/0694.asp

Finding a Topic

Research Paper.com http://www.researchpaper.com

Poetry

BBC’s Listen & Write Poetry http://www.bbc.co.uk/education/listenandwrite/home.htm

Poetry Magic http://www.poetrymagic.co.uk

For more great links . . .

Garbl’s Writing Process Links http://members.home.net/garbl/writing/process.htm

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