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Douglas Crockford: Elements of Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Renowned handbook of style by William Strunk, Jr. It includes sections on usage, principles of composition, frequently misused words, and frequently misspelled words, L.9-10.3a Standard Format
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Producing a Text Using a Style Manual (English Iii Research)

For Students 10th - 12th Standards
[Accessible by TX Educators. Free Registration/Login Required] You will learn to use the Modern Language Association (MLA) style manual to help you format the final draft of your research paper, including headings and graphics if needed.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin Madison: Documentation Styles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is one of the more thorough reference tools on documentation styles. It covers the major style guides, including APSA, APA, Chicago/Turabian, CBE, and MLA. Numbered references are also explained. One section of links is devoted to...
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style by Jack Lynch

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Reference guide to key grammatical terms and issues. Also gives additional reading suggestions and lists online resources.
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Other

Secondary Lesson Guide for Writing Journalism

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Excellent lesson plan page geared towards teachers and students interested in learning how to write feature stories and also learn basic writing tenets. Very practical site.
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Bartleby

Bartleby.com: Strunk's the Elements of Style

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Bartleby.com's online version of William Strunk, Jr.'s classic reference book, "The Elements of Style."
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Grammar Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a grammar handbook with links to grammar rules for the parts of speech, punctuation marks, mechanics, sentence style and clarity, composition, academic writing, organization and development, revising and editing, and research and...
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Website
Other

Technical Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides style and grammar rules for technical writing.
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Rubric
Other

Public Relations Writing: How I Grade a Press Release.

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Specialized but useful rubric geared towards examining journalistic style writing. Provides evaluation guidelines that one teacher uses, with a rubric to evaluate.
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Other

Library Spot/style Guides

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This general page provides links to MLA Style, Elements of Style and Online Citation Styles. Also has reference desk and links to libraries.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Embedding Quotes 1/23/2014

For Students 9th - 10th
A learning module with links to twenty-one texts, images, slides, and quizzes about embedding quotes in a text.