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Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT English Portal, an educational resource for teachers and learners of English at any level. You are invited to join MERLOT – it’s free – and contribute to this growing community of English instructors. Feel free to submit your own modules and assignments for evaluation, build collections of content specific to your teaching, and participate in a wonderful community of scholars.
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The visitor will find a collection of links to Internet sites dealing especially with English and American literature. Users can search by single word or by several categories. A list of links to General Sources is also provided.
Literary Resources on the Net in MERLOT
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OER-Enabled Pedagogy for Mythology
This OER-Enabled Pedagogy page provides prompts for student reading reflections and social media posts as well as a...
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English 225 - Creative Writing
This open textbook is being utilized in a Creative Writing course for undergraduate students by Professor Scott Starr at...
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English Composition 101
Abstract: This open textbook is being utilized in a Humanities course for undergraduates by Scott Starr at California...
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Reading and Writing Successfully in College: A Guide for Students
This textbook helps students improve theirability to make choices about writing specifically in an academic setting. The...
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Open College Writing I
This course is designed as a "zero-cost textbook" The purpose of the course is to introduce you to academic reading,...
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Dante to Machiavelli
This is an introductory course to Italian literature from Dante (1265-1321) to Machiavelli (1469-1527). We will read...
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African American Literature
African American Literature, is a survey course that will take us from the early days of enslavement to the present. We...
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American Literature I
This course is a survey of American Literature from 1650 through 1820. It covers Early American and Puritan Literature,...
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English Composition II
English Composition II offers comprehensive support for college research writing, from planning and research to drafting...
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Critical Thinking, Second Edition
This text explores the nature and structures of academic arguments through the analysis and implementation of critical...
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English teaching and study resources from Linguapress
Linguapress.com provides a large free collection of online resources for teachers and learners of English as a first or...
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Critical Language Awareness: Language Power Techniques and English Grammar
This guide to language power techniques and associated grammar is for use in language arts, grammar, rhetoric, and...
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The Lion's Pride, Volume 14
The Lion’s Pride is a publication of student written and visual works created at Lake Washington Institute of Technology....
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The Ultimate Guide to Writing a Research Paper
Few things strike more fear in academics than the accursed research paper, a term synonymous with long hours and…
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How to Write An Argumentative Essay-A Step by Step Guide⚙️
Learn about the best argumentative approaches✅, basic essay structures, and a helpful step-by-step guide⚡️for writing an...
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Beginnings and Endings: A Critical Edition
This publication contains the work of College of Western Idaho students in Professor Liza Long’s English 211 Literary...
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La France Sauvée ou le Tyran Détrôné: A Dramaturgical Casebook
This is a dramaturgical casebook on La France Sauvée, an unfinished play by Olympe de Gouges, translated by Clarissa...
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Composition Open Materials Promoting Student Success (COMPSS)
COMPSS (Composition Open Materials Promoting Student Success) is a collection of free, high-quality course...
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Great Works of African American Literature
· It was proposed that the eBook would consist of early literature available in the public domain; links to literary...
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Analytical Literature Video Series
This collective of videos provides quick prompts for literature responses to springboard students into analytical...
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Connections
This project is the result of a grant provided to faculty at Clayton State and involved digitizing and updating a...
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Academic Guides: Grammar: Sentence Structure and Types of Sentences
This guide includes instructional pages on sentence structure and the different types of sentences. The following topics...
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Online Exercises for English Grammar
This site contains a variety of grammar quizzes. Students answer the questions and the quizzes are automatically graded....
New Members
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Alexandra FranciscoEscola Básica e Secundária Gonçalves Zarco
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Larissa FeketeOberlin College
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Brock PenningtonJohn Abbott College
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Beatriz CharnellSanta Ana College
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Miguel FriaMidstate College
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Ashna SinghModesto Junior College
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Steven Pisanolong beach
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Gizelle PonzilloIrvine Valley College
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Tessa TroughtonUniversity of Ontario Institute of Technology
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leo zellyIvermectin
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Jennifer WorleyCity College of San Francisco
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Stella ApostolidisNassau Community/Technical College
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Jason MullinCuyahoga Community/Technical College System
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ReginaN LyonsCampbell University
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Rayshell ClapperDiablo Valley College
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Andrew Rossiterindependent
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Alisa CerconeCity University of New York System - Queensborough Community/Technical College
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Susan KonantzColorado Mesa University
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SANKET JHALalit Narayan Mithila University Darbhanga
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Lynn McCoolDrake University
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Kevin BarberoJames Hillhouse High School
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Dana CottonEastern Idaho Technical College
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Laura GettmanGalveston College
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Julia Remsik LarsenUniversity of Nebraska System - Lincoln
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English on the Web
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Poetry Group Reunites at Write On - Door County Pulse
Feb 08, 2023 03:38 PM PST
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ED arrests son of ex-Akali Dal MLA | India News,The Indian Express
Feb 08, 2023 03:37 PM PST
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Second Tuesday of each month – Open Mic Night Poetry | Crestview News Bulletin
Feb 08, 2023 03:28 PM PST
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Top 10 love poems | Poetry | The Guardian
Feb 08, 2023 03:26 PM PST
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B.C. minister Selina Robinson announces cancer diagnosis | CityNews Vancouver
Feb 08, 2023 03:25 PM PST
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ESL Federal Credit Union | Rochester Business Journal
Feb 08, 2023 03:15 PM PST
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Black Poetry Month: Ross Gay | The Chatham News + Record
Feb 08, 2023 03:10 PM PST
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Valentine & Poetry Workshop Feb. 11 - La Conner Weekly News
Feb 08, 2023 03:09 PM PST
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Bethany College Continues Valentines Day Poetry Reading Tradition
Feb 08, 2023 03:07 PM PST
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Poetry recital winner found new respect for beauty of verse - Reminder Publications
Feb 08, 2023 02:54 PM PST
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PM Modi's poetry-laced counter to Rahul in Lok Sabha, says 'opposition….
Feb 08, 2023 02:38 PM PST
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Bluetooth SIG Introduces Wireless Standard for Electronic Shelf Label Market
Feb 08, 2023 01:46 PM PST
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Christian Poetry & Verse: Cheap, Quick, Portable - The Imaginative Conservative
Feb 08, 2023 01:37 PM PST
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'Word Up Bookshop' empowers community through literature and events - NY1
Feb 08, 2023 01:25 PM PST
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Fort Ashby Library to revive poetry contest | Mineral County WV News and Tribune
Feb 08, 2023 12:56 PM PST
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Oral Histories of Poetry in Duluth
Feb 08, 2023 12:37 PM PST
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Submit poems to the N.C. State Poetry Contest | Archives | hendersondispatch.com
Feb 08, 2023 12:13 PM PST
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Why You Should Read Short Stories. - Dakota Student
Feb 08, 2023 12:11 PM PST
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MLA hits out at planned Translink fare increase - Belfast Media
Feb 08, 2023 12:00 PM PST
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Emily Carlton writes Poetry called “Emily's Questions” - Sanford Herald |
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