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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
New Materials
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A Guide to First Year Composition
OER Composition Book
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You, Writing! A Guide to College Composition
Composition Textbook
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Successful College Composition
Composition Textbook
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First Year Writing
This is an Introductory Writing Course developed through the Ohio Department of Higher Education OER Innovation Grant....
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Cengage OpenNow English Composition 2 Reading & Learning Objectives
Students build on what they learned in Comp I and practice critical reading, deepen knowledge about and how to use...
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www.innovativeteaching.que.ed
A noun names everything. A phrase is a small group of words that forms a meaningful unit within a clause. A noun phrase...
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English Composition
This is a course reader for a beginning composition class. The reader covers: Allegory of the Cave By Plato Civil...
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An Introduction to Interpersonal Communication: A Primer on Communication Studies
By its very nature communication is not a skill we are born with. If lucky, we are born with the senses necessary to...
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Fundamentals of Public Speaking
Given the demands for good communication skills in the civic realm and in the workplace, a course in public speaking is...
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Problems in Argument Analysis and Evaluation
This is the WSIA edition of Trudy’s Govier’s seminal volume, Problems in Argument Analysis and Evaluation. Originally...
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Essentials of Linguistics
This Open Educational Resource (OER) brings together Open Access content from around the web and enhances it with dynamic...
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What, Why and How? Mastering 15 Concepts to Become a Better Writer
First off, rhetoric is the art of discourse, an art that aims to improve the ability of writers and speakers to inform,...
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Style for Students: A Writing Guide
Suppose you have never believed that you are a good writer, and you seriously doubt that you can improve your style. Or...
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Thematic Reading Anthology
Although classified as a course, this can be used as a textbook. This anthology is a curated collection of openly...
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Fresh English - 1st edition
This open textbook exists as a free alternative to commercial textbooks. The book explains composition theory concretely...
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English Composition I
This course promotes clear and effective communication by sharpening critical thinking and writing skills. The first unit...
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Bad Ideas About Writing
We intend this work to be less a bestiary of bad ideas about writing than an effort to name bad ideas and suggest better...
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OpenNow from Cengage Non-Fiction Reading Anthology
Non-fiction reading anthology appropriate for college-level introductory English courses: Developmental English /...
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OpenNow from Cengage Reading Anthology
Reading anthology to accompany college-level introductory English courses: Developmental English / Integrated Reading &...
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Writing for Success
Writing is often a challenge. If you were ever challenged to express yourself via the written word, this book is for you....
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The Process of Research Writing
The title of this book is The Process of Research Writing, and in the nutshell, that is what the book is about. A lot of...
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Compact Anthology of World Literature II: Volumes 4, 5, and 6
The Compact Anthology of World Literature, Parts 4, 5, and 6 is designed as an e-book to be accessible on a variety of...
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College Skills: Intermediate English
This book has been written for adult students of English Language Arts at a Grade 10 level. As such, it meets the...
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Undergraduate Research Commons
The Undergraduate Research Commons (URC), a Bepress research portal curated by university librarians, is a portal...
New Members
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Stephen FonashState University of New York System - College of Technology at Alfred -
Jessica UlmerMidlands Technical College
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Nicole HouserSaint Peter`s College
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Sarah RomeoHudson Valley Community/Technical College
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Cheryl BlevensIndiana State University
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Maia MattseyIndiana State University
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Amy LathamSan Francisco State University
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Trudy Krkoskaprivate language schools
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Brandon WhitbyInTech Collegiate High School
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Cheryl AschenbachLassen College
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Victoria LevchenkoRANEPA
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Erin WedehaseWake Technical Community/Technical College
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Ashley Roach-FreimanUniversity of Memphis
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Catherine GraingerCoastal Carolina Community/Technical College
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Liza GreenbergMiami Dade College
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Bradley BowersBarry University
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Hershell Proctor-Walden (UNCF 2018-MC)Claflin University
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Molly LivingstonUniversity System of Georgia - Kennesaw State University
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Asa ConroyN/A
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Nicole DecoteauNew England College
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silvia piredduUniversità di Torino
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Barry BrownMiddlesex Community/Technical College
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Niurka PassalacquaUniversidad Autonoma de Ciudad Juarez
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Andrew BallBluegrass Community and Technical College
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English on the Web
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- .@KieseLaymon, author of Heavy, will be the keynote speaker at the @ncte_tyca luncheon on Wednesday, March 13, 2019… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…3 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- Jay Jordan reads a favorite passage from his Studies in Writing and Rhetoric book, Redesigning Composition for Mult… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…10 hours ago | NCTE_CCCC
- "If wholesale collection is both technologically infeasible and ethically suspect, then what might a new model of d… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NCTE_CCCC
- The deadline is approaching to submit editor nominations/applications for three of NCA’s journals. Click below for… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- Check out this week's #FoundInMERLOT showcase: Keisan Online Calculator for Math and Science #OER buff.ly/2FzecgD1 day ago | MERLOTorg
- Have you voted in the 2019 NCA Election? All individual members of NCA as of January 8 are eligible to vote through… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- Sociology Prof Deborah J. Cohan shares advice on the advantages of taking time for self-care and finding balance in… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- In this article from the latest issue of CCC, @Instant_Waves takes stock of the material and ideological magnitude… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NCTE_CCCC
- On a BYU Radio episode, Cornell University Communication Professor Jeff Niederdeppe says that the graphic warnings… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…1 day ago | NatComm
- The #4C19 accessibility guide was designed with the hope that conscientious convention attendees will be committed… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…2 days ago | NCTE_CCCC