ACADEMIC WRITING AND RESEARCH RESOURCES

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​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 Letter
• ​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

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Digital Resources

• Weebly
• Weebly Help Center​
• Google Docs
• Evernote
• Cloud
• Dropbox
• ThinkFree Online
• Wikispaces
• Prezi
• SpiderOak
• Nitro (Convert PDF to Word)​

Publishing Opportunities

• The  Student Writing Journal (DCCC)
• Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives
• Letters to Strangers
• Creative Nonfiction Website
• The Writing Cooperative
• 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

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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
• 4shared (Free file sharing: music, video, image) 
• Second Life (Virtual World)
• List of Comic Strip Sites
• ToonDo (Comic Strip Generator)
• Stripgenerator (Comic Strip Generator)
• WordClouds.com (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

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