Camping essay.  Revise the fragments you find.  NOTE: Grammar check will NOT catch them ALL.
	Fragment lesson at myenglishteacher.net.  Reminders about what fragments are and how to fix them.

List of prefixes, roots, and suffixes: http://ueno.cool.ne.jp/let/prefix.html (It's from a Japanese site, but the info on English language is accurate.)

MSU suffix list: http://www.msu.edu/~defores1/gre/sufx/gre_suffx.htm

Online Etymology Dictionary: http://etymonline.com

Capital Community College's Build a Better Vocabulary website: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm

Dictionary and Thesaurus: http://dictionary.com    http://www.thesaurus.com   http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/

Visual Thesaurus:  http://www.visualthesaurus.com/  (Really cool for connotation, too, but you only get a limited number of free searches.)

Literary and Rhetorical Terms.  Many lit terms appear throughout my website, and you might find them easily by doing a search of the page.  In Explorer, Click on the Edit menu and choose Find.  If that proves unsuccessful, you might also look at these sources:

	Literary Vocabulary
	All American: Glossary of Literary Terms
	Cyber English's Literary Terms--look also under "Other Sources" at the bottom of the page

Writer's Block?  Memoirs By Me, The Journal, Meredith Sue Willis' website, ETTC Poetry Templates

 

Places to publish: Ideas from Springfield Library, Teen Ink, Ideas from IPL, WordSmiths

 

Verbs: Eighner's Writer's Workshop on verbs

 

Titles

	Writing the Perfect Title (for nonfiction pieces, mostly)
	Author Elizabeth Chadwick's tips for writing titles

 

Quotations

	Bartleby's online quotations.  An online database of four books on quotations.  Searchable by author, year, and keyword.
	Quote Garden.  Famous quotes from authors, politicians, celebrities.

 

Poetry: Poetry Templates, Making every word count

 

Logic/ Persuasive writing

Speeches:  Allyn Bacon's website for public speaking takes you through all the steps.

 

Logic terms: Avoid logical errors (logical fallacies) when writing your essay.  Click here to read about some examples.  Here are some terms you'll want to be familiar with: Appeal to force Attacking the speaker Presuppositions Half truths Popularity False Alternative Consecutive Relation Slippery Slope Circular Reasoning

 

How do I know if I have a good argument?  Ask yourself these questions:  Does a real problem exist?  Will my solution really solve the existing problem without causing bigger problems?  Is there another, simpler way to solve the problem?  Is my solution really practical?  What are the consequences and problems associated with my proposal?

Metaphor: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/general/gl_metaphor.html 

 

Research Links:  See West English's main research page

 

Developing your characters: See Reading Help

To Kill a Mockingbird

1930's websites

 

Graphic Organizers: http://www.englishcompanion.com/Tools/notemaking.html

 

Characterization:  7 Ways to Describe a Character

 

Editorial (Political) Cartoons: 

	Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index.  Cagle is one of the most famous contemporary cartoonists.  This site contains tons of cartoons, not all by him.
	PBS's Newshour.  Use this site to research information about current events/ upcoming elections.  You need to have information about your topic before you go about creating an editorial cartoon.

West English

 

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