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Bibliography of Web Sites On Writing

• Seven stages of writing assignments ◄
• Transitional words & phrases
• Modifiers & commas
• Spelling - American
• Writing under deadline
• Writing for the "Web"
• The five-paragraph essay
• Essays for a literature class
• Expository essays
• Persuasive essays
• Position papers

General writing

• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
  "an interactive, menu-driven, online writer's guide and handbook..."
• Language and Learning Online
  Tutorials to help you write at the university level.  Sections include writing essays, reports, postgraduate literature reviews, editing, and what make a good essay and review. Especially helpful:  Writing in subject areas with annotated essays!  Monash University, Australia
• Writer's Handbook
  Includes stages of the writing process, common types of assignments, proposals, dissertations, and research, reviews and scientific reports.  University of Wisconsin-Madison.
• Writing for English Language Learners with sections on
  Better Writing, Writing Clearly, Leaning from Stories, Writing that Describes, Academic Writing.

Grammar

• Grammar & Style Notes
  alphabetical listing of grammatical topics and explanations
• Paradigm Online Writing Assistant
• Guide to Grammar and Writing
  Sections on Word & Sentence, Paragraph, Essay and research papers, grammar and quizzes, etc. Sponsored by the Capital Community College Foundation
• Grammar Help
  Illustrated rules and quizzes by Robin Hardin, Instructor of English at Cape Fear Community College

Organizing the Essay and its Process

• OWL, Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
  Excellent site for the writing process: Discovering ~ Organizing ~ Revising ~ Editing with a list of handouts organized by category.
• The Writing Process
  very comprehensive Writing Center, University of Richmond, Virginia
• Graphic Organizers
  the basic spidering approach with lots of graphics North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
• Graphic Organizers
  types are graphically presented San Diego County Office of Education, California
• Graphic Organizers
  excellent indexed grid by types (can be copied for educational purposes) Greg Freeman, Bend, Oregon
• Writing Center handouts on writing
  5 paragraph essay & Generating Sensory Details, Maple Woods Writing Center, Missouri

Writing the Essay

• Essay Writing Tips
  parts of an essay, how to write an essay, kinds of essays Writing Den by TestDen
• Writing an Effective Expository Essay
  takes you step-by-step through the process.  Our Study Guides page
• Eleven rules of Writing
   basics, basics, basics Junket Studies Internet Services

• Writing Effective Introductions
  clear advice with examples
• Writing Effective Conclusions
  good ideas with examples
• Using Transitions
  explains why and gives example

Editing the Essay

• Editing Paragraphs
  list to check

Evaluating your writing:

• Writing to Persuade|
  in easy-to-understand language
• Kid Language Writing Rubrics
  written so eighth graders would understand

Tools for writing

• Roget's Thesaurus

Citing Web Sites

• Study Guides' automated process in various styles
• The Columbia Guide to Online Style (MLA and APA)
• Citing from the Internet:  APA Style

Other Compendiums of Internet Resources

• Writing-Related Internet Sites
  "Write Your Way to a Higher GPA:  Indispensable Writing Resources" in four categories:
  On-Line Writing Labs and Centers on the Web; General Writing/Grammar Resources on the Web; Subject-Specific Writing Resources on the Web; Miscellaneous Collection of Writing-Related Sites
• Writing-Related Resources
  an excellent compendium by topic (including getting published!) produced by the Writing Lab at Purdue University.

Initiated with portions copied (with permission) from: Kasper, J. The Five Paragraph Essay, 13 January, 1999

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