Composition & Grammar Links

Links to sites that might provide hints in writing papers, grammar, documentation, etc.
Some of these links are silly, some are serious, but all are helpful.
Warning: these are all links to sites that are not created by your instructor. As a result, I have no control over their content, or even whether they are still active. I have looked at each and every one of these sites, and they were fine when I looked at them, but the Internet is a very unstable place, and anything could have changed. I also cannot control where the folks who made these pages choose to link to-- so be careful when "surfing." You could stumble into sites that aren't what you expected... but this is all part of learning about the Internet, so just use your brain. 

How to choose a research topic from one of our other Composition teachers, Ms. Coste; this is a great guide that nicely explores the issue.
Web tutorial from Mayfield Publishing-- a great site that shows you how to make your Internet search very effective.
Schoolhouse Rock: includes the catchy Grammar Rock (You'll learn what a conjunction is but you have to listen carefully). This site takes me back to my childhood, watching Saturday morning cartoons, eating cereal, and wearing pj's with feet....
The Grammar Safari: a fun site that explores grammar the way we "learned the rules" as kids: naturally. You can learn a lot if you explore this safari.
A&M's Writing Center: where can you go on campus to find a tutor, writing coach, help on research topics? Our very own writing center staff is there to help; and guess what, you already paid for it. So USE IT!
The Paradigm Online Writing Assistant: this site, constructed by a proffesor and composer of a very popular Grammar/Composition textbook, can help you through online excercises, some good coaching, and some great advice. Site even includes a beta version of the program that you can download & try yourself, as well as online "composition chat."
Robin's nest of writers' links: a site developed by another teacher (just like your own) that has a large collection of good links to explore, including copyright, dictionaries, online programs, etc.
An Elementary Grammar: If you need to know the difference between an auxiliary verb and a regular one, check this site. It contains links to different definitions and examples of "elementary" grammar terms. Of course, I want you to know that good writing isn't just grammar, so don't drill yourself to death. Just get an idea here.
Guide to citation of electronic sources: When you're writing your bibliography, sometimes the "print" indexes do not tell you how to cite "cyber" sources. This website will show you how to cite MLA style electronic publications.
Strunk's online style guide: for years, the Strunk & Wagner grammar book was the definitive one. Check out this site for some tips on good style.


Principles of Composition: a good site that has digital handouts that can talk you through everything from getting started and discovering your thesis statement to using examples. A great site, and one that I recommend highly.

These are some of my favorite literature webpages that you might find interesting & fun.
Check them out and learn something.... Buried within these links are several pages that I created myself... can you figure out which ones they are?

Aint I a Woman? The text of Sojourner Truth's famous speech about women's rights, arranged into a poem
Anna Akhmatova- a collection of poems by this Russian poet & brief biographical info.
Louisa May Alcott a page about Alcott-- bio, photos etc.
Louisa May Alcott links a collection of different links to other Alcott resources on the Internet.
Willa Cather features this author of My Antonia, links, E-text, etc.
Cather links more Cather resources
Kate Chopin site: a page featuring Kate Chopin, from the Domestic Goddess collection
Kate Chopin Links to other Chopin resources on the Internet.
Rita Dove Site: a site that features poems from Dove's Motherlove collection. Also includes other great poets.
Another Rita Dove Site: on this site you can read and hear a poem that Dove wrote.
Domestic Goddesses: a webpage featuring seven Victorian women writers, Louisa May Alcott, Kate Chopin, Edith Wharton, Willa Cather, Sarah Orne Jewet, Susan Warner t and Harriet Beecher Stowe. Features links, bio, photos, lit crit.
Carolyn Forché-- a modern poet who is well worth checking out.
Carolyn Forché 2 another Forche page, this one includes an email link to the poet.
Charlotte Perkins Gilman: The Yellow Wallpaper site -- a link to a page about Gilman's most famous story, with essays, biographical info, and other good stuff.
Poetry of Allen Ginsberg -- includes links to online texts of "America" and other poems by Ginsburg.
The Ernest Hemingway Museum-- leads to a site that has great graphics of Hemingway's favorite places
The Papa Page - - another page about Ernest Hemingway
Langston Hughes -- features biography and other info about thisHarlem Renaissance poet
The Internet Public Library: a site that has links to a number of American writers, literary sites, etc.
Sarah Orne Jewett page: from the Domestic Goddess collection-- features a bibliography of works by and about Jewett.
Sarah Orne Jewett links
Jlynch's Literary Links--a collection of literature related links.
A Frida Kahlo Page: a website with scanned art and biographical info on Kahlo
Jamaica Kincaid- a Caribbean author, read about her newest book
John Keats: Portrait a link to a page with a sketch of Keats as a young man
jkeats.html at www.geocities.com biography and links to other poems by John Keats
Literary Kicks- a great site by Levi Asher, features the "Beats", writers like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac, William S. Burroughs, Neal Cassady, Gary Snyder, etc. A very well-written, informative site.
Macondo: A Gabriel García Márquez Web Site -- a really great page about the author of
some of the greatest Magical Realism texts in existence.
MayaPages Organized by Topic -- info about the Maya, lots of links
Maya home page @ The Foundation for Latin America-- similar to the above site, check both out
Rigoberta Menchú -- biography
Rigoberta Menchu, MayaPages for Native Americans-- Menchu as a modern Mayan activist
Aniina's Toni Morrison Page: a great site, as usual, from Aniina. Features information on all of Morrison's texts. Four star site!
Museo Popol Vuh-- a site that features scanned Mayan art work, information about Guatamala, and other great resources, all related to the Maya book of mythology-- The Popol Vuh.
Myths -- searchable mythology database.
Native American Authors : Biography & Online ... -- includes links to Louise Erdrich & Leslie Marmon Silko
Pablo Neruda - a page by Katharena Eiermann- with links to poetry and other info on Neruda
Anne Sexton's Star -- the text on this page is large, which is distracting, but it includes many great links.
Gary Snyder-- one of my favorites, and a really gentle and great man. (Did I mention I met him?)
Harriet Beecher Stowe page: from the Domestic Goddess collection, features a page with great Uncle Tom's Cabin graphics.
Harriet Beecher Stowe links
Anniina's Alice Walker Page author of The Color Purple-- this is a great page.
Edith Wharton page: features links, photos, etc.
Edith Wharton links
Women Writers a site that features hundreds of links to women authors on the Internet, plus original articles, essays, fiction & poetry.
Writers Online: A literary magazine that features interviews and speeches by Allen Ginsberg, Carolyn Forché, Jamaica Kincaid, and Joyce Carol Oates.
World Library 3RD EditionTitles --check this project out.
Women Writers: An online literary WebZine devoted to women writers. Has links, essays, book reviews and other stuff.

Last Updated January 5, 2000 by Kim Wells