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 General Websites

Authors

Book Rags - Biographies: http://www.bookrags.com/browse/biography/

Contemporary Writers - Author Biographies: http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/

Directory of American Poets and Writers: http://www.pw.org/directory/

iCONN - Additional Research Resources - Directories of Individual Authors: http://www.iconn.org/AdditionalResourcesAuthors.aspx

iCONN - Additional Research Resources - Individual Authors and Individual Works: http://www.iconn.org/AdditionalResourcesIndividualauthors.aspx

Internet Public Library - Authors: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.10.00/

The Mississippi Writer's Page: http://www.olemiss.edu/mwp/
 

Dictionaries & Thesauri

 

Dictionary.com: http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/

Dictionary Link: http://www.dictionarylink.com/

Online Rhyming Dictionary: http://www.rhymer.com/

The Free Dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Dictionary.htm

Thesaurus.com: http://thesaurus.reference.com/
 

Documenting Sources & Style Manuals

ASU Libraries - DocsCite: http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/docscite/docscite.htm

Documenting Sources - MLA Style and Other Humanities: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_o.html

Knight Cite: http://webapps.calvin.edu/knightcite/

Landmark Citation Machine: http://citationmachine.net/

O.P.E.N. Citation Maker: http://www.openc.k12.or.us/citeintro/citeintro.php?Grd=Sec

PHS Library Media Center Online - Cite Those Sources!: http://www.pomperaug.com/research/cite.htm

Drama

The British Library - Sound Archive - Drama: http://www.bl.uk/collections/sound-archive/drama.html

eServer Drama Collection: http://drama.eserver.org/

MIT Libraries - Drama Sites: http://libraries.mit.edu/guides/subjects/literature/drama.html

WWW Virtual Library - Theatre and Drama: http://vl-theatre.com/

Yahoo - Literature - Drama: http://dir.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Genres/Drama/
 

Grammar & Punctuation

ATEG - Grammar Links on the Internet: http://www.ateg.org/grammar/links.php

Dictionary.com - Grammar, Usage, and Style: http://dictionary.reference.com/writing/

Grammar, Usage, and Style: http://www.refdesk.com/factgram.html

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

Guide to Grammar and Writing - Index: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/index2.htm

Library Spot - Grammar / Style: http://www.libraryspot.com/grammarstyle.htm

Online English Grammar: http://www.edufind.com/english/grammar/TOC.CFM

Online Grammar Guide: http://www.world-english.org/grammar.htm

Perdue OWL - Grammar, Punctuation, and Spelling: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/grammar/index.html
 

Lesson Plans, Tips, Articles, etc.

ATEG - Tips for Teaching Grammar: http://www.ateg.org/grammar/tips.php

Nathaniel Hawthorne - Teacher's Resource File: http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/hawthorne.htm

NCTE The Mouse That Roared: Teaching Vocabulary with Source-Based Lessons: http://www.ncte.org/library/files/Free/Inbox/comp/EJ0944Mouse.pdf

NCTE - Teaching Resources Collection: http://www.ncte.org/collections

Read, Write, Think: http://www.readwritethink.org/

Teaching Literature: www.teachingliterature.org/teachingliterature/

Web English Teacher.com: http://www.webenglishteacher.com/
 

Literature & Online Texts

American and English Literature Internet Resources: http://library.scsu.ctstateu.edu/litbib.html

American Literature: http://library.alvincollege.edu/AmerLit.htm#Wright,%20Richard

American Literature on the Web: http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/index.htm

Anthology of Middle English Literature: http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/

Bibliomania: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html

Glencoe Literature Library: www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/

iCONN - Additional Research Resources - Collections and Clearinghouses: http://www.iconn.org/AdditionalResourcesCollections.aspx

Internet Public Library - Literature by Time Period: http://www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.40.00/

Internet Public Library Directory - Online Texts: www.ipl.org/div/subject/browse/hum60.60.00/

Literary Resources on the Net: http://andromeda.rutgers.edu/~jlynch/Lit/

Literature Classics - Literary Resources: www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litweb.html

Literature and Composition Resources: http://faculty.frostburg.edu/engl/gartner/Litcomp.htm

Literature.org - An Online Library of Literature: http://www.literature.org/

Perspectives in American literature: http://web.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/table.html

Plot Graphic Organizer: www.readwritethink.org/lesson_images/lesson800/IdentifyPlot.pdf

Project Gutenberg Index: http://www.promo.net/pg/

Web of American Transcendentalism: http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/index.html
 

Literary
Criticism

42 Explore - Literary Criticism: http://42explore.com/litcrit.htm

Analyzing Literature: www.gpc.edu/~lawowl/handouts/analyzing-literature.pdf

Book Rags - Criticism / Essays: http://www.bookrags.com/browse/critessays/

Glencoe Literature Library: www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/

Glossary of Literary Criticism: http://www.sil.org/~radneyr/humanities/litcrit/gloss.htm

Internet Public Library Directory - Literary Criticism: www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/

Library Spot - Literary Criticism: www.libraryspot.com/litcrit.htm

Literary Criticism as a Tool for Interpreting Literature: www.gpc.edu/~shale/humanities/composition/handouts/crit.html

Literary Criticism - An Overview of Approaches: www.literatureclassics.com/ancientpaths/litcrit.html

What is Literary Criticism?: http://mciu.org/~spjvweb/whatislit.html
 

Poets & Poetry

The Academy of American Poets - Poets.org: www.poets.org/page.php/prmID/2

The Borzoi Reader Online - Poetry: www.randomhouse.com/knopf/poetry/index.pperl

Electronic Poetry Center: http://epc.buffalo.edu/

eMule - Poetry Archive: www.emule.com/poetry

EServer Poetry Collection: http://eserver.org/poetry/

Famous Poets and Poems: http://www.famouspoetsandpoems.com/

iCONN - Additional Research Resources - Poetry: http://www.iconn.org/AdditionalResourcesPoetry.aspx

Internet Poetry Archive: http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/

Library of Congress - Poetry 180: www.loc.gov/poetry/180/

Modern American Poets: www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/index.htm

Poetry Poetry: www.poetrypoetry.com/TheVault.html

Poetry Portal: www.poetry-portal.com/

Poets.org: www.poets.org

Poet's Corner: www.theotherpages.org/poems/index.html

Shadow Poetry - Types of Poetry: www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/types.html
 

Rhetoric

A Handbook of Rhetorical Devices: http://www.virtualsalt.com/rhetoric.htm

Forest of Rhetoric: http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm

Glossary of Rhetorical Terms with Examples: http://www.uky.edu/AS/Classics/rhetoric.html
 

Shakespeare

Absolute Shakespeare: http://absoluteshakespeare.com/

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare: http://shakespeare.mit.edu/

Elizabethan England, and the world of Shakespeare: www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/fil/pages/listelizabetma1.html

Shakespeare Class Homepage: http://www.freewebs.com/debcox/index.htm

Shakespeare - Life and Times: http://shakespeare.palomar.edu/life.htm

Shakespeare of Stratford: www.shakespeare-online.com/biography/

Shakespeare Online: www.shakespeare-online.com

Shakespeare Resource Center - Elizabethan England: www.bardweb.net/england.html
 

Study Guides

Beowulf - Read, Write, Think - Reading Literature in Translation: Beowulf, a Case Study: http://www.readwritethink.org/lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=814

Beowulf, A Study Guide: http://web.utk.edu/~rliuzza/Beowulf/index.htm

Bibliomania - Study Guides: http://www.bibliomania.com/0/-/frameset.html

Book Rags - Literature Guides: http://www.bookrags.com/browse/studyguides/

ENotes - Literature: http://lit.enotes.com/?gclid=CLjr7-XTqYoCFRxOPgodcz7Cug

Odyssey Study Guides and Background Information: http://www.webwinds.com/thalassa/odysseystudy.htm

Study Guide for Homer's Odyssey: http://www.temple.edu/classics/odysseyho.html
 

Writing

The Elements of Style: http://www.bartleby.com/141/\

Get Writing: http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/getwriting/

How to Write a Term Paper: http://www.gale.com/free_resources/term_paper/index.htm

Internet Public Library - Teen Space: A+ Research and Writing: http://www.ipl.org/div/aplus/

Paradigm - Online Writing Assistant: http://my.powa.org/

Perdue Online Writing Lab: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/

A Research Guide for Students - How to Write an A+ Research Paper: http://www.aresearchguide.com/1steps.html
 

 

Research Units & Resource Lists

The Adventures of Huck Finn - Literary Criticism
American Culture
American Storytellers
Beowulf
Black Boy - Literary Criticism
Controversial Issues and Bias

The Crucible: Prejudice Throughout History

Demian Test - Chapters 1-6
Emily Dickinson & Walt Whitman
Existentialism
Jane Eyre & Wide Sargasso Sea
King Lear - Literary Criticism
Literary Criticism
Macbeth

The Odyssey

One Hundred Years of Solitude
Orwell's 1984 and Privacy Infringement Today
Poetry & Poets
The Scarlet Letter

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