Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Euphony
This is a glossary entry for the term "Euphony" including a definition and an example.
The Write Place
Literacy Education Online: Definition Essay
This site provides guidelines for writing definition essays. It also explores various types of definition writing and provides a few short examples.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den
The WritingDEN includes feature articles with associated words, sentences, and paragraphs to aid in the writing process. Interactive features include pronunciation guides and content quizzes. The Tips-o-matic section offers grammar...
Other
Noodle Tools: Basic Language Literacy: Writing: Paragraph Art
When you create a coherent paragraph, it can be represented by any number of visual images. This page shows examples of how that might work to help writers understand the idea of coherence.
Other
Alpha Dictionary: Do I Have to Pay Syntax?
A humorous explanation of syntax and sentence structure, and how meaning in language is made up of so much more than words.
Other
Writing Den: Essay Builder
Site that gives an overview and general rules in how to write an essay. Sections include Parts of an Essay, How to Write an Essay, and Kinds of Essays.
Other
Guide to Writing a Basic Essay
Step by step guidelines to the process of essay writing. Basic, but helpful.
Other
Weber State University: Misused Words and Phrases
A fun look at the wrong way to use the English language; includes many examples.
Other
Legal Writing: Dependent Clauses & Phrases
This writing guide for law students provides information on distinguishing phrases and independent and dependent clauses.
Other
Welsh Course Glossary of Grammatical Terms: Phrases
An online course site aimed at teaching Welsh to native English speakers includes a glossary of grammatical terms. The entry for "phrase" explains how phrases function in sentences.
Other
Western Michigan University: Writing Papers of Literary Analysis
Lots of great guidelines and rules for writing a literary analysis essay. Areas covered include organization, content, style, and documentation.
University of Victoria (Canada)
The U Vic Writer's Guide: Literary Term: Bombast
This site from The UVic Writer's Guide provides an excellent description of bombast language. Content includes a literary example.
English Club
English Club: Learn English: Grammar Terms
A glossary of grammar and linguistic terms along with definitions, example sentences, and links to additional information.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 7
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to the human body. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Health 8
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to the human body. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
English Club
English Club: Vocabulary: Cloze Games: Business 5
Choose from a word bank to complete ten sentences about terms related to the structure of a company. Hints are available if needed, and a percentage score is displayed once answers are submitted.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Clarity: Introductory Sentences: Lesson 2
This lesson goes over the importance of clarity in the first sentence of a paragraph.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Sentence Variety: Sentence Structure
This slideshow lesson discusses how to use variation in sentence structure to produce more effective writing.
Other
Hamilton: Essentials of Effective Persuasive Essays
This resource provides good insight on how to structure a well organized effective persuasive essay.
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Teaching Tone
[Free Registration/Login Required] Teach tone using passages from Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, and Edgar Allen Poe. We annotate passages focusing on diction and syntax to illustrate how the language contributes to the overall tone of the...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Diction
This lesson introduces diction. This tutorial shares a short audio lesson [5:11] and supplemental notes with the lesson's content.
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Writing Effective Topic Sentences
This lesson goes over tips an techniques for writing an effective topic sentence. This tutorial lesson shares a short slideshow with the lesson's content.
British Library
British Library: Virtual Reference Library
This site provides links to several on-line dictionaries. Students may desire to consult a few dictionary definitions of their focus term prior to beginning a definition essay.
Austin Independent School District
Austin Independent School District: Examining Tone in Literature [Pdf]
Click through this PDF slide presentation to learn a definition of tone and to gain a better understanding of how it is used in literature. Slides include activities to help students see the effect of using different tones and examples...