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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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The Inside, Outside, and Upside Downs of Children's Literature: From Poets and Pop-ups to Princesses and Porridge
Children’s literature is written for children and youth, but the analysis of children’s literature requires careful...
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The Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up
The book deals with fairy tales in traditional times and how the modern fairy tales are a transgression from the myths...
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Home - Litinfinite Journal | ISSN: 2582-0400 [Online]
Litinfinite Journal ISSN 2582-0400 (Journal Of English Literature, Social Science And Humanities) Presents The Ideal...
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Four Rules of Thumb for Essay Writing
This is a classroom handout for first-year college or university students. It provides a "quick and dirty" scaffold for...
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Introduction to College Composition | Lumen Learning
As the second of a three-course sequence that culminates in English Composition I (college-level composition),...
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The Life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod". Volume 3: 1900-1905
William Sharp (1855-1905) conducted one of the most audacious literary deceptions of his or any time. Sharp was a...
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Annotated Bibliographies
As annotated bibliographies (ABs) become more commonly assigned, it is important to not only know what they are, but why...
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Museindia-Slices of Life
Poetry expressing slices of life...
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Passive and Active Voice
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Open Scholarship Knowledge Base
The Open Scholarship Knowledge Base contains resources created, curated, and contributed by the Open Scholarship...
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How Comics Work
An introduction to the literary form of comics - as a comic! Introducing and defining key concepts in comic studies, as...
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The Epic of Gilgamesh: Can Humans Defy Aging and Conquer Death?
This video offers a summary and analysis of the main themes in the Epic of Gilgamesh. The world’s first recorded epic...
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Breaking Down Your Prompt
This fillable Google Doc helps you break down any prompt into its main tasks and requirements, list helpful resources and...
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Writing LCC - An Anthology of Student Writings
The writings in this book were collected from students and their professors at Lansing Community College. The requirement...
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Integrating ICT into English
This website provides many activites to integrate ICT into English curriculum of reading and writing.
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Draft Course Design.pdf
This document is a draft of a Business Writing course design for fall 2020. Its goal is to map out a possible delivery...
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Research for College Students
Presents the research process for lower-level undergraduate students: developing topics, understanding sources,...
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Composition 150: Rhetoric and Research
This is a collection of readings for Composition 150: Rhetoric and Research, which introduces students to the discipline...
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A Digital Workbook for Beginning ESOL
This book contains three levels of interactive grammar lessons and reading activities for beginning students of ESOL...
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Open Research Library: Open Access Books
The Open Research Library (ORL) will eventually contain a scholarly collection of 20,000+ Open Access books available to...
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Writing Conclusion Paragraphs
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Writing Topic Sentences
In the Writing Strategies series, Peer Learning Facilitators from the UCLA Undergraduate Writing Center give their top...
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Student Opinion: NYTIMES
Daily questions inspired by Times content from across sections. Join the conversation!
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Teaching Poetry Online | Poetry Foundation Archive
The Poetry Foundation Archive contains thousands of poems and poetry-related features. Among its collections is "Teaching...
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Claire McCarthySalem State College
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Eric PilcherUniversity of Toledo
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Charlie EdwardsCity University of New York System
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Amanda Gorman gives poetry 'a big lift'
Jan 23, 2021 02:07 PM PST
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Calls pour in from around the globe to this Tucson poetry center, here's why
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MLA REPORT: Clear communication needed for provincial vaccination plans
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Trinamool MLA Rajib Banerjee to stick with party for the time being
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Berkshire Lyric to host biweekly series exploring choral literature beginning in February
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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti gets two years in jail for attack on AIIMS staff
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Celebrate the life and poetry of Robert Burns every day of the year with a fascinating new book on ...
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Satisfying Program Level Outcomes by Integrating Primary Literature into the “Online” Classroom
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AAP MLA Raghav Chadha seeks court-monitored probe in DJB office vandalism case
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Serbia's Utopia eager to publish more books from modern Persian literature
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Leopold's Ice Cream, Live Oak Library team up for annual student poetry challenge
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Historical society literature program and exhibit to open Feb. 12
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Amanda Gorman Showed Why Schools Should Teach Poetry
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Dia Mirza and author Sabarna Roy discuss Indian Literature in times of COVID-19
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Poetry and translation are intertwined for Sawako Nakayasu
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Jaipur Literature Festival 2021 to be held virtually
Jan 23, 2021 02:51 AM PST
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AAP MLA Somnath Bharti Sentenced To 2 Years In Jail For Assaulting AIIMS Staff
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Burris enjoys bilingual opportunities, literature
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Delhi court convicts AAP MLA Somnath Bharti for assaulting AIIMS security guards
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English on Twitter
- Submissions for NCA’s 107ᵗʰ Annual Convention are now open! The convention, to be held November 18-21, 2021, in Sea… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- Dr. Jill Biden will make history as the first First Lady to maintain a job outside of the White House while jugglin… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- NCA is renaming and expanding the scope of 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴. The revised journal, titled 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- Four years ago, Donald Trump spoke of “American carnage” during the inauguration. How does President Joe Biden’s sp… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- In a new 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘌𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 article, @SMCBGSU researchers examine classroom inclusivity through Feminist Parti… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- Fiona J. Mackintosh examines the short stories of contemporary Argentine writer Guillermo Martínez, exploring ideas… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | ModLangOpen
- During Donald Trump’s presidency, family conflicts over political issues increased. @MizzouComm Prof @warnerben wei… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NatComm
- What will happen to the false QAnon conspiracy theory now that Joe Biden has become president? @RutgersCommInfo Pro… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NatComm
- New on the NCA Bookshelf: 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨: 𝘈𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘝𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘰 𝘚𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯 𝘠𝘰𝘶𝘛𝘶𝘣𝘦. Author Patricia Lange rec… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NatComm
- Tune into 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘔𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 on January 28 to hear Profs @allisonprasch, Stephen Browne, @TheonHill, and… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 days ago | NatComm