nglish 1301 - Helpful Writing Resources

Helpful Writing Resources

These additional internet resources are available to help with your writing:

Note: Also see information on Writing Resources - Mechanics for additional links to help with specific problems you may be having.

Guide to Grammar and Writing
Provides both instruction on grammar and writing, and helpful exercises for students with online feedback. Provided from Capital Community College.
http://webster.commnet.edu/grammar/quizzes/runons_quiz.htm

The English Department's Ten Most-Wanted Grammar Errors
Find help identifying and correcting the 10 top grammatical problems: Comma Splices, Wordiness, Fragments, Misplaced Modifiers, Run-on Sentences, Passive Voice, Pronoun Reference, Subject-Verb Agreement, Faulty Parallelism, and Indicating Possession. Also good on this site is the Glossary, which briefly gives you key definitions and rules on grammatical issues and writing. Site brought to you by Acadia University in Canada.

The Grammar Handbook
This online handbook concisely explains and illustrates the basic grammatical rules concerning parts of speech, phrases, clauses, sentences and sentence elements, and common problems of usage.
Provided by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/grammar_handbook.htm

Principles of Composition
Provides helpful information and exercises on the writing process, including looking for organizing ideas, as well as developing thesis statements and writing your paper. Provided from Capital Community College.
http://www.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/composition/composition.htm

Online Writing Assistant: Provides excellent resources on discovering how to get started, organizing, writing, editing and revising. Also includes suggestions on essay writing. Explore this resource.
www.powa.org

Online Writing Lab Home Page
Writing Lab Site Map
Provides easy to find links to all the writing center handouts and resources. Instructional handouts, exercises, and answer keys to check your progress are all available to fit almost any problem or writing situation.
English as a Second Language
ESL resource pages, handouts, and exercises.
Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling
Correcting Sentence Fragments
Eliminating Wordiness

The American Heritage Dictionary
Access this resoruce online.
www.bartleby.com/61/
Merriam-Webster Dictionary and Thesaurus
Merriam-Webster Language Center provides a dictionary, thesaurus and variety of word games and products.
www.m-w.com
Infoplease - Dictionary
Search the Random House Collegiate Dictionary, as well as additional resources.
www.infoplease.com/dictionary.html
Dictionary.com
Access a thesaurus, medical and language dictionaries, and links to grammar, writing and vocabulary materials.
www.dictionary.com
Roget's Thesaurus
Find synonyms and antonyms
www.thesaurus.com
Academic Info: The Reference Desk: Dictionaries
Provides links to numerous dictionaries of various kinds.
www.academicinfo.net/refdictionaries.html

Elements of Style
This classic reference book is a must-have for any student and conscientious writer. Intended for use in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature, it gives in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style and concentrates attention on the rules of usage and principles of composition most commonly violated.
www.bartleby.com/141/

MLA Style Examples
MLA Style Guidelines, Brought to you by Writers Workshop, University of Illinois.
www.english.uiuc.edu/cws/wworkshop/MLA/bibliographymla.htm