Write, write, write!
Below are some resources if you want to work on specific areas in your writing.
Also visit the tabs above to explore other types of writing: journalling, creative writing and letter writing.
Also visit the tabs above to explore other types of writing: journalling, creative writing and letter writing.
Mechanics
The Elements of Style online
Transitional words
The Five-Paragraph Fetish - article in Aeon by David Labaree
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Common proofreading symbols
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Big Dog's Grammar - a bare bones guide to English
Grammar Bytes - grammar instruction with attitude
Diagramming sentences
Grammarbook.com
Grammar handbook - from The Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois
Daily Grammar
Transitional words
The Five-Paragraph Fetish - article in Aeon by David Labaree
Purdue University Online Writing Lab
Common proofreading symbols
Guide to Grammar and Writing
Big Dog's Grammar - a bare bones guide to English
Grammar Bytes - grammar instruction with attitude
Diagramming sentences
Grammarbook.com
Grammar handbook - from The Center for Writing Studies, University of Illinois
Daily Grammar
Rhetorical Devices and Literary Terms
For Better for Verse: an interactive site to help with scansion and literary terms.
Critical Voter: Using the 2012 Election campaign to study critical thinking
"I Have a Dream" speech analysis lesson plan, and a fun hip-hop video about literary terms
Analyzing the Rhetoric of JFK's Inaugural Address (handout taken from this website)
Grade 11 Lesson Plan for teaching Rhetorical Devices
Instructional Materials on Rhetoric
Glossary of literary terms with examples from Ted Nellan
Virtual Salt: a glossary of literary terms
Virtual Salt: a handbook of rhetorical terms
The Forest of Rhetoric
Literary and Rhetorical Terms from UVic English
Critical Voter: Using the 2012 Election campaign to study critical thinking
"I Have a Dream" speech analysis lesson plan, and a fun hip-hop video about literary terms
Analyzing the Rhetoric of JFK's Inaugural Address (handout taken from this website)
Grade 11 Lesson Plan for teaching Rhetorical Devices
Instructional Materials on Rhetoric
Glossary of literary terms with examples from Ted Nellan
Virtual Salt: a glossary of literary terms
Virtual Salt: a handbook of rhetorical terms
The Forest of Rhetoric
Literary and Rhetorical Terms from UVic English