GRAMMAR AND STYLE
Columbia Guide to Online Style
Elements of Style - William Strunk's classic book online.
Guide to Grammar and Writing - Topics are divided into three levels: sentence, paragraph, and essay. In addition, there are ninety-nine challenging computer-graded quizzes.
Handbook for Technical Writers and Editors: Grammar, Punctuation, and Capitalization - Extensively explored (PDF version).
The HyperTextbook for English 126
CLWG: The Children's Literature Web Guide - "Internet resources related to books for children and young adults." Newberry and Caldecott winners listed; best book lists and commentaries; authors and stories on the Web; recommended books; resources for teachers, parents, storytellers, writers, and illustrators; research guides and indexes, and more!
Electronic Resources for Classicists
Electronic Text Center Holdings - "Approximately 51,000 on- and off-line humanities texts in twelve languages, with more than 19,000 related images (book illustrations, covers, manuscripts, newspaper pages, museum objects, etc.)"
The Encyclopedia Mythica - "An encyclopedia of mythology, folklore, and legend."
Fairrosa Cyber Library of Children's Literature
The Missouri Review - Online magazine featuring poetry, fiction, essays, interviews, features, and book reviews.
Project Gutenberg - Complete texts of thousands of literary works. Free distribution of these etexts (electronic texts).
Shakespeare Bookshelf - "William Shakespeare's Complete Works."
The Shakespeare Web - " . . . an interactive, hypermedia environment dedicated to the increasingly popular understanding and enjoyment of Shakespeare's plays and other works."
UV CLA English Language and Literatures
Lists of Best Books:
VOCABULARY
Dictionary of Greek and Latin Roots - A brief listing of Greek and Latin roots (not separated as to whether they are Greek or Latin), with their meaning, and one-word examples of English words formed from these roots.
Experiencing Words - Focuses on Latin and Greek elements of English words.
Take Our Word For It - Etymology and more.
Wordsmith.org - A new vocabulary word every day. Hear the word's pronunciation by WAV sound or by using Real Audio. An excellent etymology of the word is given. Subscribe to receive a different vocabulary word each day by e-mail--it's free! This site's anagram server is about the most fascinating and brilliant operation I've ever witnessed--check it out!
WRITING
The Bridge - Collection of literary submissions from every genre. Submission of literature, art, and photography is free and open to anyone (the site does not pay for submissions). Links to literary ezines and book reviews.
Inkspot - "a comprehensive writing resource full of market information, tips on improving your writing, articles, interviews with professional authors and editors, networking opportunities, and a guide to the best resources for writers on the net."
The Online Writery - "suggestions and assistance with writing as well as forums for writers to meet one another and discuss ideas."
Online Writing Lab (at Purdue University) - Includes links to other Online Writing Labs (OWLs), resources for teachers, especially language arts and English teachers, materials for writing across the curriculum (WAC) and writing in the disciplines (WID), resources for writers, and Internet search tools.
OTHER SITES
Homework Help: English/Literature Web Links
The Motion Picture Industry: Behind the Scenes - Students can read interviews with filmmakers, voice opinions on current movies, and explore the history of filmmaking. Students can also create their own films online!
National Council of Teachers of English
Word Games and Puzzles
Activity Center Puzzle Area (Holiday Themes)
Brendan's Phone Anagram Generator - Enter your phone number and see what letters (and possibly words) come out!
Merriam-Webster's Word Puzzles
K-12 Education and Reference Sites
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