Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) • An extensive archive of tips on grammar, mechanics, and citation styles/practices. Searchable.

Writer's Workshop (UIUC) • An extensive archive of tips on rhetoric, style, starting projects, grammar, mechanics, and citation styles/practices.

More to Come • An even better annotation. Searchable.

More to Come • An even better annotation. Searchable.

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Silva Rhetoricæ • Burton's (BYU) "forest of rhetoric" site contains popular rhetorical appeals, figures, tropes, etc. Searchable.

Rhetorical Terms • Definitions of rhetorical tropes and figures.

American Rhetoric (Speeches) • Collection of famous (and not so famous) speeches by Americans. Searchable.

Logical Fallacies • Stephen Downes (UAlberta) provides a collection of fallacies divided into broad categories. Searchable.

Aristotle's Rhetoric • An online version of one of the first systematic explanations of language and persuasion. Searchable.

Propoganda Resources • Collection of links to wesites that examine propoganda.

Propoganda Remix Project • Collection of "classic," 1940's style government propoganda posters redone to reflect the post-9/11 government. Especially interesting is the "hate mail" section.

White House Satire Site • Demonstration of satire through genre conventions. Also has posters like Prop-Remix above.

Pro-Republican Posters • Site that supports current and past Republican presidents and political positions.

EasyBib.Com • A fill-in-the-blank Works Cited generator for both MLA and APA styles. Free to individual students.

Columbia Guide to Online Style (Janice Walker & Todd Taylor) • The definitive guide for citing various kinds of online/Internet data.

Modern Language Association (MLA) Style • The primary style guide for research in English and Foreign Language. Searchable.

American Psychological Association (APA) Style • The primary style guide for research in the sciences, psychology, sociology, and education. Searchable.

Chicago Manual of Style (sometimes called Turabian) • The primary style guide for research in history. Searchable.

Evaluating Your Sources • Dr. Janice Walker's explanation for evaluating various types of sources. A must read!

Evaluating Web Sites • Several questions to consider when attempting to decide the credibility of web site contents. (Cornell)

Evaluating Web Pages • Careful, systematic approach with several examples. (UC Berkeley)

Motime.com • A free blogging service. Blogs are hosted on Motime's site and have a narrow header advertisement. Allows reader comments. Several available themes.

Xanga • A free blogging service. Blogs are hosted on Xanga's site. Allows advanced options for paying customers. The user interface is a little more complex than others here, but also has more options. Allows reader comments.

Blog-City.com • A free blogging service. Blogs are hosted on Blog-City's site. Fewer themes than Motime and a bit more complicated interface. Offers more advanced coders the ability to edit templates. Allows reader comments.

Blogdrive.com • A free blogging service. Blogs are hosted on Blogdrive.com (but one may FTP to personal site). Many background templates, all of which are editable if you know code. Allows reader comments.

Blogger.com • A free blogging service. Students can either host their sites at Blogger (blogspot.com) or on their ECU server space.