Links+and+Resources

Below is a list of links and resources you might find useful.
American Authors on the Web [|http://www.lang.nagoya-u.ac.jp/%7Ematsuoka/AmeLit.html#1550] C-SPAN American Writers- A journey through history [] PAL: Perspectives in American Literature- A Research and Reference Guide [] Archiving Early America: your window to early America [] The Cambridge History of English and American Literature (great for research on specific people and periods) [] Visit Purdue's online writing lab to get help with your writing. There are great handouts on a variety of writing topics such as the process, style, academic writing, business writing, creative writing... [|The OWL at Purdue] || Access some great books online. [|Bartleby.com] Use this website's poetry kits to create your own poems. [|Poetry Word Play] || An excellent resource for words, definitions, etc. [|Dictionary.com] a list of sites for all aspects of English class [|High School Ace] This is a good resource when reading that classic literature. It is not intended to take the place of the book though- so be forewarned! [|Cliff's Notes] Another resource for literature study guides. [|Sparknotes] eNotes.com features high-quality study guides, lesson plans, and other reference material in various academic areas. [|enotes.com]
 * Excellent government site with background information on various periods. I borrowed some background reading from here**. [|Outline of American Literature]
 * Love writing poetry? Find words that rhyme. [|RhymeZone] ||
 * Grammar instruction with attitude. Great for extra help! [|Grammar Bytes] ||
 * **Find out information about SAT, ACT, and advice on college prep** [|College Board] ||
 * A free e-mail newsletter that helps you improve your writing and grammar skills! grammar - punctuation - spelling - sentence structure - commas - business writing - writing tips - paragraphs - and more [|Grammar Check] ||
 * A comprehensive list of websites that can help you to improve with grammar. [|Grammar] ||
 * **Need help writing citations for your research paper? Try this generator.** [|MLA citation generator] ||
 * **If you would like to see samples of what works cited should look like, try this website. It has a nice review of MLA citation style.** [|MLA citation style] ||
 * **Just who is responsible for all of those silly research paper writing rules anyways? Visit the Modern Language Association's website. This is the format we use.** [|Modern Language Association]
 * This website by University Libraries (State University at Albany New York) provides a comprehensive list of various citation generators and descriptions of each. You can try this to help you with your works cited page.** [|Citation generators online]
 * This site has a fairly comprehensive list of literary terms, some of which we will cover in class. [|Literary Terms] ||
 * Find and read works by some of the most famous poets. [|The Poet's Bookshelf]