Understanding Editing Marks on Drafts
On-line Help for Writing Academic
Papers
http://www.wisc.edu/writing/Handbook/DocAPA.html
If you need APA format assistance (for another course), this site is
helpful.
http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/
A part of the webster.commnet site above, this portion is specifically
devoted to technical concerns
of appropriate, and precise writing. It provides help at the
sentence, paragraph and essay levels of writing.
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/index2.html
This is an extensive set of handouts explaining everything from how to
use a comma to how to write an essay.
The listing is thorough and easy to use.
http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/
Scroll to the bottom of the page to "enter." You will then find
an alphabetical list of common writing
errors explained in brief notes. Easy to use.
http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml
If you can't think of a word you want, but you can describe to what it
relates, OneLook's reverse dictionary
lets you describe a concept and get back a list of words and
phrases related to that concept.
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/home.html
This is a handy site. I recommend you use the Social Sciences
tab--that's where you'll find communication
studies resources.