ACADEMIC WRITING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES
Academic Writing
- The Writing Site
- Essay Writing
- 10 Ways to Develop Expository Writing
- Conclusions UNC Writing Center
- Persuasive Writing Techniques
- What is Rhetoric?
- Rhetorical Situations
- Aristotle's Rhetorical Situation
- Canons of Rhetoric
- Purposes of Writing
- Purdue Owl Writing Lab
- The Fallacy Project
- Fallacies UNC Writing Center
- Fallacies Purdue Owl Writing Lab
- Five Fallacies Idea Channel
- Logical Fallacies (Videos)
- The Wrong Way to Teach Grammar
- Ten Digital Resources for Teaching Gramma (American TESOL Institute)
- Ten Best Websites for Grammar
- English Resource Guide
- Grammar Girl
- Grammerly
- Grammery Handbook
- What Do You Capitalize in Titles
- Capitalization (Academic Titles)
- Grammar, Punctuation, Mechanics?
- Literary Devices
- Style, Diction, Tone, and Voice
- Paragraph Structure
- Wordy Phrases
- Passive and Active Voice
- Parallel Thesis Statements
- Sentence Fragments
- Keys to Realistic Dialogue
- How to Format Dialogue
- Prologue & Epilogue
- Writing a College Application Lette
- Genres in Academic Writing: Reflection
- I Heard, I Noticed, I Wondered
Research Writing
- DCCC Library Research Tutorial
- Copyright vs Creative Commons vs Public Domain
- Intellectual Property & Fair Use
- Creative Commons
- Release Form Guidelines
- Sample Release Form
- Writing Thesis Statements
- Plagiarism and Citation Assistance (resource recommended via email by a girl scout group)
- Research and Citation Resources
- The Writing Site
- Essay Writing
- Conclusions UNC Writing Center
- Persuasive Writing Techniques
- Writing Thesis Statements
- Argument
- Counterargument
- Logical Fallacies (Video Channels)
- DCCC Library Research Tutorial
- Research and Citation Resources
- Summary: Using it Wisely
- Quote Sandwich
- Citation Chart
- MLA Style
- MLA Style Center
- APA Style
- In-Text Citations
- Citation Machine
- EasyBib
Publishing Opportunities
- The Student Writing Journal (DCCC)
- Creative Nonfiction Website
- Brevity
- Under the Sun
- Hippocampus Magazine
- The Found Poetry Review
- 101 Best Writing Sites
- This I Believe
- This American Life
- Hint Fiction
- NewPages Call for Submissions
- Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction
- r.kv.r.y.
- Press53
- Thaumatrope Twitter Fiction Magazine
- The Journal for Undergraduate Multimedia Projects
- The OpEd Project
- Philadelphia Inquirer
- Philadelphia Stories
Digital Resources
Multimodal/Multigenre Resources
- All Writing is Multimodal
- What is Remediation?
- Multigenre: An Introduction
- Brief List of Genres
- What is a Repetend?
- What is Hint Fiction?
- What is a Six-Word Story?
- Howl Part 1 (Multimodal Sample)
- How to Create Online Music Playlists
- <hyper>gURL (Embed MP3 files into your page)
- 4shared (Free file sharing: music, video, image)
- Second Life (Virtual World)
- List of Comic Strip Sites
- ToonDo (Comic Strip Generator)
- Stripgenerator (Comic Strip Generator)
- Wordle (Word Cloud)
- Tagxedo (Word Cloud)
- Textorizer (Pictures Formed with Text)
- Photovisi (Photo Collage)
- Squidoo (Photo Scrapwalls, Collages, and Mosaics)
- FotoJet
- Pinterest (Online Pinboard)
- BeFunky (Photo Editing)
- Jing (Screenshot)
- Jing Tutorial (WRT Student Blog)
- iNewsletter Template (Free Printable Newsletters)
- Fodey (Newspaper Clipping)
- Big Huge Labs (Magazine Cover)
- Ownzee (Make Your Own Magazine)
- Microsoft Publisher (Professional Publications)
- Google Chrome Web Store
Recording Resources
- How to Upload a YouTube Video
- How to Upload a YouTube Video From your Phone
- YouTube Video Editor
- YouTube Video Editor
- Viddler
- Vimeo
- Vimeo FAQ
- SoundCloud
- The Beginner's Guide to SoundCloud
- Download Audacity: Sound Editor
- Download Movie Maker Live
- Download Movie Maker Windows XP 2.1
- Download iMovie HD
- Windows Live Movie Maker for Window 7
- Windows Live Movie Maker 2.1 for XP
- Windows Live Movie Maker 2.6 for Vista/Windows 7
- iMovie Tutorial