General Writing Concerns

• Purdue Online Writing Lab (O.W.L.)
• Grammar Girl's Quick and Dirty Tips (listen online or download the podcast)
• The Elements of Style (William Strunk)
• Patient Griselda's Guide to Grammar (This is Meredith's own Grammar Resource!)

• Purdue Owl-Using MLA
• Purdue OWL - Using APA
• UNC Citation Information (MLA, APA, Chicago, & CSE)
• Chicago Manual of Style
• Council for Science Editors (CSE)

• Dave's ESL Cafe (includes definitions of American idioms and slang)
• American University Classroom Culture (by Iowa State University)
• ESL Gold (includes Web-based speaking partner program)

• Bedford Handbook Online Resources (includes practice quizzes organized by chapter)
• Easy Writer companion web site (some items are free; some require registration)
• MyCompLab sign-in page (You must register with the code that came with your Writer's Option book or pay for a subscription.)

Helpful Resources

• A GUIDE TO THE NEW MLA DOCUMENTATION STYLE
• ARTICLE CHART
• AVOIDING PLAGIARISM
• BODY PARAGRAPHS
• COMPARISON CONTRAST POINT BY POINT
• DEVELOPING A THESIS STATEMENT
• EIGHT PARTS OF SPEECH REVIEW
• GUIDE TO WRITING A COMPARISON CONTRAST ESSAY
• HIGHER AND LOWER ORDER CONCERNS
• MODELS FOR CITATION AND DOCUMENTATION
• NOTETAKING HINTS
• PARALLELISM
• PLANNING
• PROOFREADING EDITING AND REVISING
• READING METHODS-SQ3R
• REVISING
• REVISING YOUR ESSAY-A CHECKLIST
• SEARCHING THE WORLD WIDE WEB
• STUDY SKILLS TIPS
• SUMMARIZING AND PARAPHRASING SOURCES
• THE TEXTUAL ANALYSIS THESIS
• TIPS FOR WRITING CONCLUSIONS
• TROUBLESOME VERBS
• USING LITERARY QUOTATIONS
• USING THE WORLD WIDE WEB FOR RESEARCH IN ENGLISH
• WARNING SIGNS OF A RUSHED PAPER
• WRITING ABOUT FICTION
• WRITING SUMMARIES