MERLOT Materials

This free and open online course in Technical Writing was produced by the WA State Board for Community & Technical... see more

Discusses concepts in topic development, including sizing topics, finding an angle, introducing complexity, and viewing... see more

This website has links to a dozen lessons that I created for a freshman composition class. Material covered includes:... see more

From the author: "These guidelines are designed to help you, the engineering or science student, perform writing... see more

'Volumes in Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing offer multiple perspectives on a wide-range of topics about writing, much... see more

"This book contains definitions and examples of more than sixty traditional rhetorical devices, all of which can still be... see more

Has Word of the Day feature which gives pronunciation, etymology, quotation and date chart.

This site contains animated libraries of the phonetic sounds of English. Available for each consonant and vowel is an... see more

This tutorial explores annotations and abstracts, providing definitions, identifying elements to include, and discussing... see more

Guide for spotting and removing second person from academic writing. Provides the reasons to avoid "you" in academic... see more

'Welcome to Writing Commons, the open-education home for writers. Although this is a website, it can be used as a... see more

This site is an archive of primary sources (including songs, letters, poems, images, and speeches) and questions to... see more

"THERE CAN BE NO DENYING that critical theory has now begun to affect undergraduate and graduate education in various... see more

This book overviews the time-tested conceptual foundations of the field, while incorporating the latest research and... see more

From a West Saxon dialect to a global phenomenon, from runes to rap, the development of English follows a fascinating... see more

This course will be beneficial if you wish to learn how to communicate with the sounds and music of American English. The... see more

This portal provides a framework for understanding and teaching literacy. It includes information for teachers (mainly... see more

Breaking Down Academic Articles is a webcomic tutorial that walks you through the most important aspects of an academic... see more

This fillable Google Doc helps you break down any prompt into its main tasks and requirements, list helpful resources and... see more

Celt (a.k.a. as the Corpus of Electronic Texts) provides educators, schloars, and students with a free online humanities... see more

This guide outlines a process for developing publications for people with limited-literacy skills. The process was... see more

This unit introduces some of the main themes and issues in discourse research using Martin Bashir's famous interview with... see more

Tips for students on writing a Cause / Effect essay. While this guide is not comprehensive, it does provide enough... see more

Tips for students on writing a Compare / Contrast essay. While this guide is not comprehensive, it does provide enough... see more