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Grammar
Focusing on Words
Word activities, skill tests and reference materials, all exploring the Latin and Greek
origins of modern English.
American Heritage Book of English Usage
Grammar Slammer - helps you with
punctuation, capitalization and rules of grammar
The Grammar Lady - this
is a very good site for quick answers to those irritating grammar problems
Guide to Grammar and Writing
- word and sentence helps, paragraph aids and essay and research paper materials
Strunk's Elements of Style
Puzzlemaker - Create customized word searches as
well as crossword and math puzzles.
Your Dictionary - offers more than
1800 dictionaries
American Heritage Dictionary - at
Bartleby; this is especially useful for root words
The Merriam-Webster
Online Language Center - use for root words
Rhyming Dictionary - from The Write Express
Online; find a rhyme in no time
Roget's II - a wonderful thesaurus
Research-It
- An online reference tool that contains a dictionary, thesaurus, quotation finder, foreign
language dictionaries, maps, telephone numbers and various library, financial and mailing
tools.
Literary Criticism
Authors, Mining Company -
comprehensive guide full of annotated information on author sites and Internet links. Can
be searched by categories and is updated weekly
The Mississippi Writers' Page
Voices from the Gap - Women writers of
color
Authors and Illustrators
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young adult writers
Celebration of women's authors -
scroll down to get information for women by author, title, and by country and century.
Internet Public Library
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Literary Criticism Collection; excellent resource for literary criticism;
arranged by author or literary period
Women Domestic Goddesses -
profiles of American writers of the 19th century
The Victorian Web -
information on authors during the Victorian era
Literary Resources on the Net -
can be search by genre, time periods, or by entering a key word in search box
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Writing Center
Research Paper
Topics - A varied selection of topics and suggestions for research papers
Internet Public Library
- A+ Research and Writing ; provides a step-by-step approach to writing the term
paper
Purdue's Online Writing Lab - step-by-step approach to term papers; excellent
resources for writing
Citations - use
this to properly cite online resources in your term papers and essays
Documentation
Styles - citations for all formats including APA, MLA and Turabian from the
University of Wisconsin - Madison Writing Center
WTHS MLA Style Sheet - located on your IMC
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Bartlett's Quotes - online version of
Bartlett's
Aphorism Galore - provides not
only the aphorism, but its origin
Creative Quotations - quotations
by famous persons that can be searched by author, subject, profession, month or
day
Quoteland - thousands of quotes from
sports and literary figures to topical quotes about love, marriage, friendship
The Samuel Johnson Sound Bite
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Dictionary of Scientific
Quotations - quotes about science from scientists
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