Writing Resources:
- Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)
- Indian University Writing Resources
- Skyline College: Writing & Reading Rhetoric
What, Why, and How? Mastering 15 Concepts to Become a Better Writer
Writing tips:
- Writing center
- Grammar Girl tips Tips on grammar and word choice with memory tips. Mignon Fogarty has a B.A. in English from the University of Washington.
- Common comma errors
- Transition sentences: OWL at Purdue Shows examples of weak transitions and improved transitions.
- Transitional devices: OWL at Purdue Words and phrases you can use to connect thoughts (and paragraphs) from one idea to another.
- Transitions and examples: from Brigham Young University
- Tip sheets: Southern Utah Univ. Writing Center PDF sheets on common writing tasks.
Grammar Interactives:
- Guide to Grammar & Writing From the Capital Community College in Hartford, Connecticut. See the interactive quizzes under QUIZZES.
- Grammar Bytes Look under the Exercises section for interactive practice
- Grammaropolis Navigate definitions and examples of parts of speech across the top (free). Also contains paid options.
- Grammar Ninja Game where you identify parts of speech in a sentence.
- Online English Games Collection of English games from the UK
- Word games All age levels and difficulty
- Grammar for learners of English This site for English Language Learners has great overviews of parts of speech and usage.
Plagiarism Tutorial from Vaughan Memorial Library:
The Vaughan Memorial Library has put together this excellent tutorial on what plagiarism is and how to avoid it. And it only takes 10 minutes!